Read all about him in another Sean Patrick classic. Turns out the stuff isn't as bad as we thought. Miep Gies braved that and more as she hid the Frank family and others above a warehouse during the Nazi occupation of Holland. You have given me one of the finest gifts I've ever received. In addition to excerpts from Gies' new book Anne Frank Remembered, this article contains even more about Anne and her gracious protector.
Kids can be cruel to each other.
Some of us have been on the receiving end, and we've all seen it. Hannon challenges us to listen for that one small voice in our own lives, calling us out of the darkness. For 100 years or more, this abandoned clump of flowers bloomed near a little farmhouse on Bullmoose Hill. When the author and his wife found them, they salvaged the thin stems and brought them home, where they radiated color, hope, and beauty. Given its spartan fare, its cramped quarters, and its vulnerability to the elements, Taize seems like an ordinary, even uninviting place.