... . Jesus died for you." Before long, they heard sirens, and the police arrived with their guns. But there was no shooting. Louise told the police that she wanted no violence. As they put handcuffs on the prisoner, they looked at this couple and wondered ... sent me a new book called JOHN BROWN'S BODY, by Stephen Vincent Benet. When I finished reading that magnificent Civil War epic," Ms. Mitchell declared, "I burst into tears and put my own manuscript away on a closet shelf. JOHN BROWN'S BODY gave me such a ...
... Maybe she'll just weigh me." Then in Frame 4, Charlie agonizes, "If she mentions exploratory surgery, I'll scream!" I'm a lot like Charlie Brown -- most of us are, aren't we? We often let our fears run away with us. We live in an anxious age, and we've grown ... a better life if he accepted Christ. When the breakfast was prepared, they said grace together around the table and Louise prayed for that young man. They ate breakfast together and then an amazing thing happened -- the young escapee telephoned ...
... where Lucy is chasing Charlie Brown. She is shaking her fist at him and screaming: “I’ll get you, Charlie Brown. I’ll get you. And when I get you, I’m going to knock your block off!” Suddenly, Charlie Brown screeches to a halt. He ... One who can bring us home to what God wants us to be. Last week, one of our charter members died. Her name was Louise Elledge, or as we called her affectionately, “Weezie.” Among Weezie’s devotional materials, stuck in her Bible was a powerful piece of writing ...
... to say. Liz Ann, age 8. "Who is a mother? She knows what is important. This is why God asked her to be a mother." Louise, age 7. "A mother is the only one if she sings your favorite song it stops thundering." Jimmy, age 8. "A mommy is a ... we have." That's what God's woman does. No wishful comparisons. No unfair expectations. Like the character in the play You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown! she sings, "I'm awfully glad I'm me!" And she busies herself making the most of who she is in her family, town, and day ...
... hearts of his suffering people as they began a New Year fraught with danger. He quoted the words of a heretofore little-known poet named Minnie Louise Haskins: I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ... it all. Then came an event which changed his life profoundly. He was playing the lead in one of the Father Brown mystery stories written by G.K. Chesterton, and they were filming on location in a little village in France. One night when ...
