... than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be." When Meg still did not understand, Mrs. Whatsit said, "Explanations are not easy when they are about things for which your civilization still has no ... So I would conclude with the words, the faith affirmation, of Puddleglum, the Marshwiggle in Lewis' The Silver Chair: When the White Witch had convinced the children that there was only darkness, and hope the faintest, Puddleglum replied: "Suppose we have only ...
... he refused to shake hands. President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so intimidated by the newfangled electricity installed in the White House they didn’t dare touch the switches. If there were no servants around to turn off the lights when the ... of failing, afraid of being hurt. Even the disciples of Jesus gave into fear. Robert Goddard wrote the book titled “Panic Room.” Meg Altmann is a recently divorced woman who is pleased to find a brownstone apartment in New York City for her and her daughter ...
... him is too good for him. It will only send him to heaven, and that is too good for royalty. I say turn him over to Meg, the Witch. She'll teach him to be a sinner, and when he dies his soul will go to hell. That's what royalty deserves." So ... Jesus is and what he has done, we all matter. Every one of us. Old and young, male and female, rich and poor, black and white, Anglo and Latino--we are all children of God. The Rev. Hal Chorpenning tells about a visit he made to a planetarium. What he discovered there ...
... s love flooded my soul. David sensed the change in me. He moved toward me and fell on my chest, burying his grimy head against my white shirt and tie. Holding him close, I talked to him about Jesus’ love. These weren’t just words; I felt them. I felt love for ... computer age: “I remember when… a program was a TV show, an application was for employment, ram was the cousin of a goat, Meg was the name of my girlfriend, gig was a job for the night, a keyboard was a piano, memory was something you lost ...
... his cows inspected for tuberculosis. He ran the inspector off with a shotgun. In justification of his drastic action he said, "I am free, white and 21, and no government official is going to tell me how to run my business." What he forgot is that his freedom ... life, for the king has sworn to take More's life if he does not break the oath. More responds: “When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then, he needn't hope to find himself ...
