... the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. [2] They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, [3] but when they went in, they did not find the body. [4] While they were perplexed about this, ... was depressed I'd come to help and didn't do a very good job. Before I left, we prayed and I prayed for a sign for Emma; something to ease her grief and to help her know the truth of the resurrection. As I walked down the hall, I felt pretty useless as a ...
... stone which has been hollowed out for a font. On that very stone, African slaves stood to be sold to the highest bidder. Today, the stone serves Belmont Abbey as its baptismal font. An inscription on the plaque tells all who enter those cleansing waters: "œOn this stone men were sold into slavery. From this stone ... broom with a short handle. Since wood for longer handles cost too much and was in short supply, Emma found a long-stalked reed and planted shoots from this reed by her door. She tended these reeds ...
... wife, Ellie, Erik's biggest obstacles are the little things in life. For instance, Erik and Ellie have an infant daughter named Emma. Emma has made life a little more complicated for Erik, because she leaves her toys all over the floor. For the man who ... the spot where it had fallen. Within a short time, the nut burst open: its roots reached in between the crevices of the stones of the bell tower and began to push them apart; its shoots pressed up toward the sky. These shoots soon rose above the walls of ...
... to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of our independence. We are all familiar with the words of the American writer, Emma Lazarus, appearing on a tablet in the main entrance to the pedestal. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses ... a house for him. In turn God promises that he will build a house for David. It will not be a house of cedar wood or stone, but a community. In the biblical sense, a house can also mean a community that shares the purpose of its progenitor. God's house is the ...
