... , read the Old Testament lesson. The local Greek Orthodox priest read from the New Testament and symbolically kissed the feet of Mr. Lawson. The Reverend Frank McRae, a courageous leader in the United Methodist Church, spoke about hope in the midst of despair. After a time of Bible study, prayer, and speaking, the clergy decided to march en masse to the office of Mayor Henry Loeb, as a symbol of love and reconciliation. We wanted the Mayor to reconsider his opposition to the striking sanitation workers as ...
... to guide her life. Years later, after Anne's girls had grown into fine, young women, Ollie reflected on Anne's favor. She realized that the Lawson girls had plenty of good influences around them growing up. Anne had not really needed Ollie's example. Instead, she had asked this favor for Ollie ... ! THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF COUNTRY MUSIC QUOTATIONS, compiled by Raymond Obstfeld and Sheila Burgener (New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1997), p. 152. 4. Richards, Lawrence O. THE 365-DAY DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY ( ...
... , read the Old Testament lesson. The local Greek Orthodox priest read from the New Testament and symbolically kissed the feet of Mr. Lawson. Reverend Frank McRae, a courageous leader in the United Methodist Church, spoke about hope in the midst of despair. "After a session of Bible study, prayer, and speaking, the clergy decided to march en masse to the office of Mayor Henry Loeb, as a symbol of love and reconciliation. We wanted the Mayor to reconsider his opposition to the striking sanitation workers as ...
... Store, I couldn’t be happier. TRADITIONALIST: My little granddaughter was chosen to be Lucia at a Sancta Lucia Fest this year. Sweetest thing you ever saw. Henry and I flew out just to see her. [Swedes celebrate December 13 in honor of Lucia (pronounced Loos-EE-ah), the Sicilian saint who, according to ... hymn by Charles Wesley, and published in Solos for the Church Year: A Collection of Sacred Songs, by Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc., N.Y.; G. Schiriner, Inc., sole selling representative, N.Y.]
... can anybody say about any of us? Some years ago Winston Lloyd, who later became one of our top foreign policy experts, was an aide to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. One day he brought to Kissinger a longawaited report on conflicts in South America. Without even glancing at the report, Kissinger asked, "Is this the very best ... Osborne, THE ART OF GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980), pp. 17677. 4 Norm Lawson 5 Elton Trueblood, WHILE IT IS DAY (New York: Harper and Row, 1974), p. 27.
... sick, the imprisoned. We all pass by when we see someone who is hurting. We are all sheep who have gone astray. Norm Lawson tells about a CALVIN AND HOBBES cartoon series that illustrates this truth brilliantly. Calvin says to Hobbes, "Let's push the car out ... try to sum up the nature of Christ? He is the gentle shepherd. He is the righteous judge. He is the coming King. Henry Sloane Coffin once told of three young Englishmen who, in April 1848, found themselves in Paris in the midst of the revolution which ...
... it right! "You're the Christ," said Peter, "the Son of the Living God!" Surely Jesus would have felt comfortable with the words Professor Henry Higgins said to Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady: "By George, I think he's got it!" In response to Peter's profession of ... disciples simply did not yet know the power of Christ's grace. And that same grace is still your hope and mine today. 1. Lawson G. Stone, "What Does It Really mean to Take the Lord's Name In Vain?" DECISION magazine, Mar 2000, p. 31. 2. From a ...
