... famous orphans,” you will read the names of many outstanding people from many different fields who were able to accomplish much in life in spite of this misfortune. You will read about such people as Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt’s mother, Anna Rebecca Hall, died from diphtheria in 1892. The next year, when Roosevelt was 9 years old, her father Elliott died from the same disease. Eleanor was raised by her maternal grandmother. Maybe this is what gave Roosevelt her great compassion for suffering people ...
... of putting pictures of their previous pastors in halls of the church. One pastor was showing his family around his new church appointment. When they arrived in the hallway his sister said, it’s a good thing you got here when you did. It looks like they are about to run out of wall.] Well, the author of Hebrews takes this congregation down what we might call the Old Testament memory lane. There they all are, he says. Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachael. They are all sitting up there ...
... of putting pictures of their previous pastors in halls of the church. One pastor was showing his family around his new church appointment. When they arrived in the hallway his sister said, it’s a good thing you got here when you did. It looks like they are about to run out of wall.] Well, the author of Hebrews takes this congregation down what we might call the Old Testament memory lane. There they all are, he says. Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachael. They are all sitting up there ...
... appearance is totally unexpected, and the result is you do not trust your own eyes. Perhaps it was no different for Cleopas and Rebecca. Even if the rumors of resurrection are true, they reason, Jesus will surely come in with a company of angels, prince regent of ... finding him here. But like Cleopas and friends of many names, there is the danger that, once they leave these hallowed halls, they are too preoccupied, too busy, too stressed out, to actually recognize him out there as well. That is sad, because ...
... obey this command, Love your enemies and pray for them. Here’s a great example for you baseball fans: “Former Boston Red Sox Hall-of-Fame third baseman Wade Boggs hated Yankee Stadium. Not because of the Yankees; they never gave him that much trouble but because ... paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8. Good as that is, it’s still tit-for-tat. "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it ...
