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    What Heaven Was Like

    Sep 26, 2020 2 minutes
    By Beth Ruff, PARIS, ILLINOIS

    “What was it like when you died?” my friend Olivene asked me. Her voice was surprisingly strong, given how frail she looked propped against the stark white pillows of her hospital bed.

    Her question caught me off guard. I’d never mentioned my near-death experience to her directly. But I shouldn’t have been surprised. In our small, tight-knit church community, news spread fast.

    Olivene was

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