Your Open Word e-Devotional for April 1st,
Published: Wed, 04/01/20
Hello, NPR ran a moving story about a father and son that aired on the hit radio show "This American Life." The episode titled "Know When to Fold 'Em"…
The Open Word e-Devotional
Published: Wed, 04/01/20
Hello, NPR ran a moving story about a father and son that aired on the hit radio show "This American Life." The episode titled "Know When to Fold 'Em"…
Published: Tue, 03/31/20
Hello, Fan death is a widely held belief in South Korea that an electric fan left running overnight in a closed room can cause the death of those…
Published: Mon, 03/30/20
stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross Where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain…
Published: Sun, 03/29/20
Hello, In 1967 Doug Nicols was doing missions work in India when he contracted tuberculosis and was committed to a sanitarium for several months. In…
Published: Sat, 03/28/20
Hello, In the early 1990s the World Bank tried a new approach in their attempts to alleviate world poverty: they started consulting with the real e…
Published: Fri, 03/27/20
Hello, In his book Psychic Blues: Confessions of a Conflicted Medium, psychic Mark Edward offers some fascinating thoughts on the hunger in our…
Published: Thu, 03/26/20
Hello, Hundreds of pop star Taylor Swift's fan letters somehow found their way into a Tennessee dumpster in 2013. A local woman taking out her…
Published: Wed, 03/25/20
Hello, "You cannot always control how people will treat you, but you CAN always control how you will respond." I'm not sure where I heard that or saw…
Published: Tue, 03/24/20
Hello, On May 1, 2009 at the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby a smaller horse named Mine-That-Bird entered the race at 50-1 odds. Mine-That-Bird…
Published: Mon, 03/23/20
Hello, I think that you'll agree with me, that we are living through some pretty tense moments in our earth's history. Here at The Open Word, I want…