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What does it mean?
The promise of salvation transcends time and location for those united in death.
In plain terms
Hope connects people across death regardless of when they died.
What can you take from it?
Trust that spiritual bonds hold beyond death.

Where it applies

  • grief
  • communion
  • end of life

Putting it to work

  • offer comfort
  • remember bonds

Questions to consider

  • Who are you connected to beyond time?
  • What promise do you hold?

Another view

It assumes a specific religious view of the afterlife.

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