... took a heroic first step. It was a step that put her on a dangerous path for more than two years. It was a step that transformed her life forever. Miep Gies worked in the jam business run by Otto Frank, a Jew who lived and worked in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. When Otto Frank asked Miep and her husband Jan to help hide his family in a small annex above his company’s warehouse, the young women and her husband immediately agreed. “Of course,” she said. Years later Miep declared, “It seemed perfectly ...
... on a dark night to go out on the back porch and bring in a broom. He was afraid. There was no light out there. And he frankly told his parents that he was scared of the dark. His parents reassured him, “You don’t need to be scared. God is everywhere. He is with ... books, no music, no television, little friendly conversation. You went to bed with the chickens, as they used to say. Otto Bettman of the Bettman Archives wrote a book some years ago about life in Victorian times, and titled it: “The Good ...
... of God as a chummy buddy, a close private friend, grew, spiritually, a mega-mile at seminary when he first read Rudolf Otto's The Idea Of The Holy. His understanding of God expanded with a new profound respect and reverence for the Almighty when ... second excuse is just as lame. "I am ignorant. What if the Hebrew Elders should ask me, ‘What is your God's name?' and I do not frankly know the name of the God I am called to serve? I am ignorant; I don't have the information. I don't know enough." Are there ...
... the front row of seats — two younger cowmen with an old man between them. After waiting in vain for more people to arrive, the speaker said, “Frankly, gentlemen, I am somewhat at loss as to what I should do. I went to some effort to prepare a speech, and even more effort to ... Vienna to begin her life as an actress. While auditioning for a play, she met the brilliant young German director, Otto Preminger. They fell in love and soon married. They went to America soon thereafter, where he began his career ...
