Fanny Crosby, the poetic songbird was blinded, while only six weeks old, by a quack unlicensed doctor. He permanently scarred her corneas by applying hot mustard poultices to her mildly infected eyes. Her father died when she was just twelve months old, forcing her mother to become a maid to support the family. Despite these tragedies, Crosby never fell into … [Read more...] about Fanny Crosby: Poetic Songbird
Biography
Oswald & Biddy Chambers’ Utmost for His Highest
Why do so many millions read Oswald Chamber’s classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest? He memorably said: “Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing. It makes no difference.” Chambers was born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1874. The son of a Baptist preacher, his parents, Clarence and Hannah, were both … [Read more...] about Oswald & Biddy Chambers’ Utmost for His Highest
Marcel Greyeyes: A legacy of family, fun, fitness, and forgiveness
Indigenous people have played a vital part in the war efforts over the years. There are stories of men playing certain roles, such as the famous story of Cree code talkers in World War II. There have also been stories of Indigenous war veterans not receiving the same compensation as non-Indigenous veterans. This story is about family, fun, fitness, and … [Read more...] about Marcel Greyeyes: A legacy of family, fun, fitness, and forgiveness
Robert Dollar, global disciple in business
After coming to Canada penniless from Falkirk in Scotland, Robert Dollar became one of Scotland’s fifty wealthiest individuals, amassing a fortune of over forty million dollars ($800 million in today’s money). He was even on the cover of the March 19th, 1928 TIME magazine, and written up in the Saturday Evening Post in 1929. Leaving school at age 12 to work in … [Read more...] about Robert Dollar, global disciple in business
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a man on mission, a bright spot in the very dark time of World War II. Coming from a highly educated, aristocratic family, Bonhoeffer shocked his family by deciding to become a pastor. He was supposed to become a psychiatrist like his dad. His older brother begged him to not waste his life in such a “poor, feeble, boring, petty, bourgeois … [Read more...] about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission