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York Times.
was a kid," he recalls. "The
Feller, whose mother
idea was that I would join
UNCIL
THE CO
studied at the University
the Bible the way I had
OF D A. DS
of Michigan and who grew
joined the circus. That
up surrounded by maize
led to the years I wrote
kty
and blue, reveals how his
Bible books, [including
d 4-Ae Li en w4,
wife,
Linda, is starting the
Walking the Bible]'.'
e Age
Council of Moms — at the
As Feiler began assem-
request of his daughters.
bling his Council of Dads,
"The process is very
such as one to demon-
similar
to what I went
strate values and another
BRUCE
FEELER
through":
says Feller,
adventure, he thought
whose
website,
about whether he wanted
www.councilofdads.com,
to have a spirituality
gives tips for establishing
figure.
extended
parenting."It's
a combination
"I felt that the book would have a lot
of
deciding
who
should
be
on her list,
of spiritual and religious content because
the
roles
they
would
play
and
the parts
of me and my experiences over the last
of
her
life
they
would
capture.
10 years so I decided to do the speaking
"How a council is assembled has less
about God myself' Feller explains.
to
do with whether the people are men
During his year coping with cancer,
or
women. It has more to do with where
Feller thought about the holiness code in
the
parents are in their lives."
He
reflected
on
the
the Book of Leviticus.
Feller,
free of cancer and feeling well,
idea that there were times, every seven
is
pleased
with the authenticity of his
years and every 49 years (the jubilee
memoir.
year), when land should lay fallow and
"The No. 1 thing I learned from writ-
people should reconnect with families
ing
this book is the value of slowing
and those loved.
down
and taking pause in life," he says.
"My lost year was my jubilee year," he
"Being
a dad has become defining for
says. "In lying fallow, I planted the seeds
me, and I feel full of hope."
for a healthier future. In forming the
Council of Dads, I reconnected with the
ones I love."
Dads for My Daughters will be
Among the new seeds planted are
broadcast 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday
the ones for a weekly column, "Family
and Sunday, June 19-20, on CNN.
Matters," which will be run in the New

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tending jobs to support his travels before
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working as a freelance writer.
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Landing his first real job when he was
"I was struck how family is the hard-
33, Kravitz settled in to creating and
est and most complicated business we
editing magazines for young people. In
have": Kravitz explains."So many issues
2000, he was named edi-
go unspoken and linger"
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Surprises in the jour-
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work, Kravitz is better
positive impact on oth-
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and faces this Father's
rewards that came his
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way.
with his children's activi-
During a visit with a
ties. While promoting
friend who had become
the book, he is not sure
a monk, the friend was
about his future profes-
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...unfi niched
sional pursuits — more
with issues from the
basin ess...
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progressed, Kravitz was
the results of his jour-
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