The lone sentinel: The American Bald Eagle
This eagle is depicted on American coins, flagstaffs, crests, seals, bookends, etc. He is quite a powerful and spectacular bird indeed.
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When all else fails, read the instructions
What happens when we meet failure in life and follow our own set of instructions in trying to put life back together again?
Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1182-1226)
Francis had rededicated his life to God, had renounced his worldly possessions and any dreams of worldly success, and had committed his life to serving others.
When all else fails, read the instructions
What happens when we meet failure in life and follow our own set of instructions in trying to put life back together again?
‘Be still and know … I am God’
The lifestyle of the Gethsemane monks was outwardly simplistic, in what they wore, what they ate, how they lived and how they worshipped God.
Chaplain Charles Joseph Watters (1927-1967)
Military chaplains are deployed to serve our men and women in uniform during peacetime and during wartime. They are subjected to the same dangers as all other in the units.
The Black-Robed regiment
The clergy of America during the American Revolutionary War (1776-1781) were patriotic, courageous and boldly proclaimed the Word of God.
Harriet Tubman: Faith and courage
Harriet Tubman (1821-1931) was a former slave in Maryland who risked her life to free over 300 Southern slaves during America's darkest years, the slavery years.
Anne Frank (1929-1945): A life that inspired millions
Born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, into a respected Jewish family, Anne Frank and her family would later experience the deprivation and suffering of the Holocaust, Adolph Hitler's inhuman treatment of millions of European Jews.