Mothers' Day. I like Mothers' Day, as I know we all do. There is something very special in taking time out of the hustle and bustle to celebrate those special ladies who have given us life. The "Mother" of Mother's Day is Anna Jarvis who spent forty years developing the concept. Her drive to create the holiday reached fulfillment in 1914 with a presidential proclamation by Woodrow Wilson. Anna had two fears, both of them well-founded. She was afraid that her effort to honor mothers would be exploited by what was then known as "the floriculture industry." She was also afraid that Mother's Day would become the financial backbone of the greeting card industry.(1) And, if she had only lived in a more technological era, she would have found that the chief mother honored on the second Sunday in …
A Wonderful Mother (In-Law)
Ruth 1:1-22
Ruth 1:1-22
Sermon
by David E. Leininger
by David E. Leininger
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