A day of national mourning was held on October 4th after as many as 300 people drowned in the Mediterranean's worst recent shipwreck, just off Lampe-dusa. Candles were lit and flags flew at half-mast. But this was not in Eritrea, where most of the dead came from, but in Italy, the...
Waterloo, N.Y., was decorated with flags at half-staff, “draped with evergreens and mourning black,” according to the village. In Columbus, Miss., that same year, women were said to have placed flowers on the graves...
But ive sold items of equal and greater value in the past and my money was held for DAYS, not weeks. Again. 90 days. You can sell steadily for months , then get a Hold on a specific sale, usually in a high value/high fraud category, for a few days. But, if you stop listing ...
Looking back at world history since World War II, countries have adopted different ways of mourning their nation's loss of life in the war. Such commemorative activities continue to this day, as people are moved to mourn war victims and engage in deep reflection. Just after the end of World...
Doing, loving, and pursuing from a worldly perspective rather than out of a Godly perspective? Were my desires to be the person who was kind, forgiving, joyful, thankful and loving, simply put, an obligation of others for acceptance? Hmmm…. ...
Weeks later, with someone who knew her as well as I did, and with no idea of what I could possibly begin to say, a provisional apophatic eulogy was drafted, going something like this: Anna Reinelt was someone who wanted to leave the world a better place than she found it, and she ...
Throughout the morning I was paying attention to the Caspian Tern(s). This was the beginning of spring warbler migration. Basically, all we were seeing on that cool, cloudy day were hearty Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers. However much we take them for granted, they are still beautiful littl...
I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless. Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I ...
We need the law first to show us how hopeless our condition is; then, the gospel of Jesus’ grace brings us relief and salvation.In the same way, Good Friday is “good” because as terrible as that day was, it had to happen for us to receive the joy of Easter. The wrath of God...
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Obadiah 1:10 Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered...