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Aug 11,2009, 9:58AM
Faith of a Child
Norman English was seven years old in August 1940 and lived adjacent to a Royal Air Force base in England. Bombs fell from German aircraft on and around the base often as the anti-aircraft guns returned fire. To a child it was very exciting:
"We used to sit on the fence for a grandstand view of the action! Until the adults came on the scene and sent us down to the shelter. I remember vividly, the...
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Imminent Danger - Part One
Colorado Springs, circa 1970
Lightning flashes across the night sky of our Rocky Mountain hideaway. It is quickly followed by a boom of thunder that rattles the wafer thin windows of the old barn in Glen Eyrie where I am staying at a girl's summer camp. Rain pounds overhead on the tin roof and we can barely hear each other talk above the roar. A branch cracks outside followed by a thump as it hit...
Aug 10,2009, 11:08PM
Imminent Danger - Part Two
Despite the fact that everything around us is still calm and serene, this is Bryan's domain; so I figure I better listen to him. Within minutes of Bryan's command to run, lightning flashes across the sky followed by a low growl of thunder. A storm is rolling in.
The wind picked up on the sea, and the disciples contended with all their might against the fierce winds that assailed them and the water that filled up their boat. The fact that they feared for their lives indicates that the raging storm was no ordinary one. Despite their years of experience, they were losing their battle against the waves and the ship was in real danger of sinking.
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