History, Real Life and Faith
In 2014, I spent a good part of a day at London’s National Gallery of Art. In my mind, and in cyberspace, looking at photos and paintings, hunting information and trying to peel back what happened there in World War I. A rewrite of one of my chapters prompted a visit and while I, personally, have been to the art…
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He actually wasn’t looking for a wife at the time, but Oswald Chambers met a charming young woman one day and didn’t pay a lot of attention. (The story is best told in detail in David McCasland’s Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God, but here’s a version based on McCasland’s book). Dedicated to his Lord, Oswald led a mission at his…
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On this fourth of July, I’m thinking about what it means to be a revolutionary’s daughter. My own father was a brilliant mercurial man, who served as a naval officer but was not revolutionary. Our forefathers, however, were a different story. In writing my family history (five years of research. You can find Pioneer Stock in the Library of…
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On this fourth of July, I’m thinking about what it means to be a revolutionary’s daughter. My own father was a brilliant mercurial man, who served as a naval officer but was not revolutionary. Our forefathers, however, were a different story. In writing my family history (five years of research. You can find Pioneer Stock in the Library of…
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In May 2008, my businessman brother had an extra seat on a trip to China. He invited me to join him and on an incredibly clear day, we visited the Great Wall of China. We’d flown up that morning from Shanghai, and he had an expatriate friend celebrating his children’s birthday at a rustic restaurant far out in the countryside….
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In May 2008, my businessman brother had an extra seat on a trip to China. He invited me to join him and on an incredibly clear day, we visited the Great Wall of China. We’d flown up that morning from Shanghai, and he had an expatriate friend celebrating his children’s birthday at a rustic restaurant far out in the countryside….
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