History, Real Life, and Faith
What would an interview with Biddy Chambers look like? Don’t think I haven’t wondered. Last All Saint’s Day, our pastor began the children’s sermon with a question, “Who do you look forward to seeing in heaven?” He suggested the disciples, Moses, perhaps even Elijah for some excitement. My mind wondered, “Why stop there? Why not Martin Luther himself, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,…
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I got a birdhouse for my birthday. Actually, I got 11 birdhouses for my birthday. It was my idea and I went for it. A lonely backyard The view out my kitchen window is of a backyard we’ve worked hard to make it friendly. The weathered fence around the yard and overhanging trees from my neighbor, give us a closed-in…
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How Biddy Chambers’ biography cross referenced and checked her daughter Kathleen’s memory.
“There’s joy in serving the King. Haven’t you heard that?” Kristin’s eyes met mine in the high school bathroom mirror. I was a new believer. I hadn’t heard that before. Her mother, however, taught my high school girl’s Bible study. Kristin would know. She spoke those words 44 years ago, and they have stayed with me and echoed throughout my life….
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Have you ever had the opportunity to take a child to a war zone? Biddy Chambers did. So did I. We, however, reached different conclusions about the wisdom of visiting a war zone with a child. My story–the Caribbean My Navy guy served on a fast attack submarine that spent the 1983 fall on a Unitas Run. His submarine “showed…
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Did a woman write the New Testament book of Hebrews?