... once asked the famous American writer, three times Pulitzer Prize winner, Carl Sandburg, “What is the ugliest word in the English Language?” After ... York tells about a man in his first parish named Jimmy. Jimmy was a well-known figure in town. No one knew Jimmy’s age, but he walked the streets at all hours of the day ... sheets into strips and eventually used them to bandage wounds the wounds of suffering black people in Africa. (5) Now that is a conversion that would thrill the heart ...
... who refuse to accept black people as members. When Jimmy Carter was elected president, his Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, had a closed-door policy to blacks. After much controversy, the church eventually agreed to consider blacks for membership. Because ... favor. Humility is the quality that will make you admit when you are wrong and will cause you to ask another’s pardon. Carl Sandburg, in his book Lincoln: The War Years, tells about Colonel Scott who requested a leave to attend the funeral of his wife ...
Object: None or tricycle. Well, boys and girls, good evening. I’m glad to see you here. A lot of you have been here every week, haven’t you? How many of you have been cutting out the little animal figures and coloring them on your banners at home? Good. I’m going to ask you a question now. Do any of you know who Jimmy Carter is? You don’t. I’ll have to ask some of the older students. Who is Jimmy Carter? Former President. Right. I remember some years ago when Jimmy Carter was president, he came to our city ...
The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said ... "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." (John 20:26b, 29b) Most of us are familiar with the controversy that has been going on over the issue of "colorizing" old black-and-white movies. Do Humphrey Bogart and the Maltese Falcon or Jimmy Stewart and his Wonderful Life look better in the original black-and-white photography or with color added by one of the latest wrinkles in computer technology? There is a strong parallel ...
