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How discovering ancestral spiritual writings changes our understanding of the dead

My wife thinks I am being morbid but I keep reading my father's old sermons from when he was a Methodist minister trying to understand who he was before I knew him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Encountering the private spiritual thoughts of deceased family members can reveal dimensions of their inner life that transform our relationship with their memory.

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“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.