Sam Allen was a well-known south Philadelphia athlete when America went to war. He went into the Marines in 1918. After basic training he went to France where he got sick with the flu. He did not tell anyone how sick he felt. He marched into battle with a very high fever; he couldn't see well because of the fever. He tripped and fell facedown into the muddy battlefield. Just before he passed out he made a promise to GOD, "GOD! If you help me get well and I get back home I will become a minister of your word." Sam kept his promise. After getting home to Philadelphia, it took him 10 years of long work and study before he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.
“April will be here before any of us know it,” Mom Kavanagh retorted. “I'm just trying to give them some good advice.” “You two, lay off,” Tony said with a grin. “We'll figure this out. Won't we, Allie?” She smiled at him, joy spilling ...
The author recounts his decision to resign from his job as president of Columbia International University in order to care full-time for his wife, Muriel, who has a debilitating illness. Two-color interior.
This book is dedicated to all the patients, families, loved ones, friends, nurses, doctors, lab technicians, x-ray technicians, aids, and everyone who finds themselves either working in or needing help from an imperfect system.
God was going to save her marriage, Allison was sure of it. What had become of His promise?
Discusses the vital role a Christian wife plays in understanding and supporting her husband as he strives to keep his promises to God, family, church, and community. Original.
“Even if you look at a student and think, well, they're already heading toward dropping out, we know that suspending them actually increases their chances of dropping out,” says Dr. Gregory. “Whatever academic trajectory a kid is on, ...
A Promise Made, a Promise Kept: One Son's Quest for the Cause and Cure of Dis-betes
Is aPromise Kept Օ A Practical Guide for Strengthening Relationships and Having a Happy and Loving Marriage BY Matthew D.Jones Jr., LMSW, ACSW iUniverse, Inc. Bloomington A Promise Made Is a Promise Kept A Practical Guide.
“ At least two if it's anything like prior summers . Art shook his head . This girl was unlike others he knew . To be that committed to a man's game . Why hadn't Mr. Miller talked to her about the need to act like a lady ?
Long before the first Little League game was ever played in 1939, a little boy stood on a sand lot impatiently waiting for his turn at bat. Would the pitcher...