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Kate Bigam Kaput

Someone once asked Ryan Mathews if he expected to be healed and made whole when he got to heaven. Ryan, who had spent his life in a wheelchair, responded, "I am already whole and do not need to be healed. I will roll down the golden streets." A high school classmate of mine and a recent graduate of Eden Theological Seminary, Ryan died in October just a few hours after being released from the hospital following a car accident. He was only 28 years old.