he, like his wife of over 70 years barbara had that unique ability to make you feel like he was your best friend, and you were his, and he pulled it off with charm and humility and humor with few, if any, rivals. so however you do it today, whether through quiet meditation or tearful remembrance or jub ewe lant story give thanks that his life brushed up against yours. good-bye, thank you, but there is one more thing we come to do, and that is to lift up our lives to hope. what i mean by that, well, president bush was a man of faith, a faith that sustained him in this life and now has brought him new life. the president and barbara bush were devoted and active members of this church, st. martin's for over 50 years. in a talk the president gave here in 1982, he spoke of his