(continued…) How did the young couple with the child born blind respond to Pastor John’s letter? They quit coming to church. This reaction was not to the letter in particular, but to the God of whom the letter spoke. The father said later that he still believed in God, and believed that God […]
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I will never forget February 13, 2005, the day our first grandchild was born. Our daughter and son-in-law invited us to the hospital to await the birth of their daughter. It seemed like a long wait, though it was probably no longer than usual. Finally the door we were watching opened and
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From the novel Jubilee (1966), by Margaret W. Alexander (1915-98); (Quoted in Conversations With God: Two Centuries of African-American Prayers, ed. by James M. Washington, pp. 211-212, HarperCollins). Brother Ezekiel held the (two year old) child down close to her mother’s face and said soothingly, “It’s your mama, Vyry, say hello to you maw.”
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