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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Jeni Stepanek on Faith and Grief | PBS

Duration: 08:35
Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Broadcast Date: Nov. 13, 2009

Jeni Stepanek is talking about her new book called Messenger. The book is about her son Mattie, the New York Times bestselling inspirational poet who died five years ago at the age of 13. Mattie had a rare form of muscular dystrophy, the same disease that afflicts Jeni.

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Post Date: November 13, 2009