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Real-Life Miracles
Reading “The Church
That Wouldn’t Burn,”
I found it most interest-
ing to learn that there
are underground coal
veins that continue to
burn in Centralia, Penn-
sylvania. Shortly after
I read your story, my
sister-in-law told me
about other coal veins
that have burned at the
Theodore Roosevelt
National Park in North
Dakota since last May.
A ranger told her that
a separate vein had

Back in the Holiday Spirit


Thank you for publishing your past two
issues without endless articles on how to
avoid holiday stress, get around fighting
with your family, and dodge the holiday
blues. Thank you for showing that miracles,
caring, and goodness are so much more
important and lasting.
—Carole Modlin Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

made, memories from
trips taken, gifts from
friends, some I just
purchased because they
were pretty and Christ-
masy. Nice to know
I am not the only one
who still has an old-
fashioned tree.
—Hazel “Petey”
Kaletta
Pembroke Pines, Florida

Unfreeze Your Brain
The article stated that
“talking to people who
disagree with you is
good for your brain.”
Actually, you have to
LISTEN to people who
disagree with you.
—Diana Donoho
Lovington, New Mexico

I Won!
Wing Bowl 2018, won
by Molly Schuyler,
was the 26th and final
championship. Begun
in 1993 as a promotion
for a local radio station,
it was Philadelphia’s
substitute for the Super
Bowl, as the Philadel-
phia Eagles never made
it that far. Then the
Eagles won Super Bowl
LII in 2018! So there
is no longer a need to

LETTERS
Notes on the
Dec./Jan. issue

smoldered for 26 years.
Amazing!
—Georgiann
Kman O’Bryan
Bruce, Wisconsin

The Miracle of
Memory
It was a joy to read
about Bruce Kelley
decorating his Christ-
mas tree with beloved
ornaments. Many of my
friends have themes for
their trees: pink, purple,
Disney, whatever. Mine
is always the same, with
ornaments the children

8 march 2019


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