Dorothy

Dorothy

Special Report #5, December 2014

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Dear Friends of God's Story and STS, and to the many who know and love Dorothy.

On December 9, 2014, our beloved leader and friend, Dorothy Miller, went to be with our Lord. She's home with the heavenly body she looked forward to having, and with the Lord Jesus she served faithfully, with passion and fervor.

Dorothy saw life through the eyes of Scripture. She walked by faith not by sight. We know this time is hard for so many because of her love for us and we love her as well. Know this, she loves us still. Dorothy would want us all to rejoice that she's with Jesus and home.

The family have asked that people who wish to send condolences by phone to please call the office (951) 658-1619 during the work hours of 9 am to 5 pm California time. If you wish to send a card please feel free to send cards to Paul Miller's address below, or to The God's Story Project address. (Any email wishes for Tom, Rachel & Caleb, and Paul & Becky and family please send to Paul and Rebecca Miller at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For all other questions you wish to ask by email, contact me, Andrea at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact Jean in the office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..)

Paul Miller & Family
140 E. Stetson #319
Hemet, CA 92543

The God's Story Project
PO Box 187
Hemet, CA 92546

There will be a celebration time for Dorothy's life on earth January 18th, 2015 at the Miller’s residence for all who wish to come. The flyer with more details is attached.

We have posted a link on the home page of www.SimplyTheStory.org that goes to a special site designed to be a tribute to Dorothy Miller as well a place where people can post messages to friends and family. The direct link is www.storytheBible.com/wc . One of the tributes is on the next page. Let’s celebrate all the Lord did through our friend.

"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." 2 Cor 1:3-4

We are grateful for each and everyone of you.

Much love and prayers,

The Miller family and The God's Story Staff

Dorothy’s Legacy

There are men and women in every generation that the Lord raises up to lead us into the things that will awaken our souls and help us grasp onto the richer meaning and purpose for which we were made. The world is hungry for this kind of leader. Yesterday we lost one of them. Dorothy Miller passed into the presence of our Lord and Savior. As envious as her position is now…the blessed image of her dancing before the throne unfettered by the bondages of this world keeps dancing in my head…her influence was so profound in so many lives that she leaves behind an abyss of loss. Many tears are being shed, many hearts are crying out for comfort, all over the world in these hours as the news spreads. Lord Jesus, comfort them.

The best way I know how to honor her is to honor her calling. Dorothy’s passion for the Word of God was unparalleled among anyone I have ever known. Literally. I don’t know anyone who enjoys and saturates in the Word like she did…or was able to get everyone else into it with lively discussion and fascinating insight. The concept that Scripture could be boring was unthinkable in her presence. She believed in it’s Truth, in it’s power to transform, it it’s clarity to speak to any person who attended to it’s content. She created ways to explore the Word that astounded us with it’s beauty and broke the boundaries of the wooden ways we often approach the love letter of God to His beloved. She taught us to love the stories and the characters in them by helping us know them as our friends and brethren…and know ourselves through them. The servants of God in the Bible that we often, in truth, relate to as if they are dusty myths, came alive as our true heroes…men and women that we could relate to in their rich psychological complexities…complete persons with epic victories for God, devastating failures, and everything in between. All except Jesus, of course. He was all victory. Dorothy’s fierce love for these characters and (often breathtaking) understanding of their stories showed us how to own them for ourselves, in our own spiritual heritage, and in how we want to live our lives. And she gave us the remarkable gift of a teaching method that equips us to pass that passion on to others.

There are so many who were loved by Dorothy and who love her with the depth of those who feel they have been rescued…from shallowness, from darkened understanding…from the unfulfilled desire to be engaged in something meaningful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have never met a group of people so fully awake to the things of God as those who were drawn into Dorothy’s world of Bible storytelling.