... we find a genuine reason to rejoice. The season of Advent reminds us that God is in control. John Killinger tells about a scene in Alan Paton's novel Cry, The Beloved Country that reflects this kind of joy. An old South African pastor, Stephen Kumalo, has gone to Johannesburg to ... in LETTING GOD BLESS YOU, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992). 3. Hanoch McCarty in Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, A 2ND HELPING OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1995), pp. 175-176 ...
... Frank, a book that has inspired millions, was rejected 15 times and called “very dull” by one publisher. Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen was rejected 140 times. And yet they turned it into a series of books that have made them both very, very rich. Stephen King’s disturbing work, Carrie, was ... W. Bowen, http://www.lectionary.org/Sermons/Bowen/OT/Isaiah_43.1-7_WhoseAreYou.htm. 6. Avril Ellis. 7. As told by Alan Smith, http://www.tftd-online.com/content.asp?CID=19468.
