Author: jempie

I’d been out of town on business, staying in a hotel for the week. Rushing to escape the snow one day, I wasn’t paying attention to anything around me. I didn’t realize I had been followed from the parking lot. I got into my room and turned to close the door, to see a man in the doorway.

They didn’t seem to see him at all. Our two cars would surely crash down onto them when he hit me.

In 1949 the Los Angeles Crusade with Billy Graham was not getting any publicity with the press, so Henrietta Mears, a bible teacher, decided to invite Billy to her home to meet several Hollywood personalities. Stuart Hamblen, who hosted a popular radio show and still heavily involved in drinking and carousing, was there.

Today’s Poet

Well, at least, she said, same-sex persons are much less likely to commit sexual abuse than other people. Somewhat taken aback by her assertion, the preacher explained that all his experience, research and doctoral studies made it clear that all types of individuals, no matter how they are identified, can be involved in sexual abuse.