Lillian Hunt Trasher
Lillian Hunt Trasher served as a Christian missionary in Assiout, Egypt, where she founded the country’s first orphanage; over a period of 50 years, she cared for approximately 10,000 needy children. Because of her contributions, she earned the nickname of “Mother” Thrasher. Lillian was born on September 27, 1887 in Jacksonville, Florida. She grew up…
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The Victorian poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) is most celebrated for her popular Christmas carols, but her most prolific liturgical season was Lent. A fervent Anglican, Rossetti expressed in her poems a deeper understanding of suffering than pieces like “Love Came Down At Christmas” might lead you to suspect. In her Lenten poetry, she focuses not only on…
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“I dare not call myself a Christian.” One would not typically believe these words to be uttered by a Christian of great standing or by a man considered one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. They would be expected from a person who had committed many indiscretions and not from a person who had written…
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