Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 20th,
Published: Tue, 08/20/19
Hello, Thomas Edison's manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December, 1914. Edison lost almost $1…
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Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 19th
Published: Mon, 08/19/19
Hello, During the 17th century, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, sentenced a soldier to be shot for his crimes. The e ecution was to take…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 18th
Published: Sun, 08/18/19
Hello, About halfway through (a PBS program on the Library of Congress), Dr. Daniel Boorstin, the Librarian of Congress, brought out a little blue bo…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 17th
Published: Sat, 08/17/19
Hello, A "Ziggy" cartoon pictured the small, pudgy man, sitting alone in a boat, drifting toward a tunnel with the sign above, "Tunnel of Meaningful…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 16th
Published: Fri, 08/16/19
Hello, Armand M. Nicholi, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, e plains that Sigmund Freud died at the age of 83, a bitter and…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 21st
Published: Thu, 08/15/19
Hello, After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the damage. One ranger found a bird…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 15th
Published: Thu, 08/15/19
Hello, During his first year of graduate study at the University of California at Berkeley, George B. Dantzig (later known as the father of linear…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 14th
Published: Wed, 08/14/19
Hello, The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 13th
Published: Tue, 08/13/19
Hello, A Chinese boy who wanted to learn about jade went to study with a talented old teacher. This gentleman put a piece of the stone into the…
Your Open Word e-Devotional for August 12th
Published: Mon, 08/12/19
Hello, In The Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient, Norman Cousins tells of being hospitalized with a rare, crippling disease. When he…