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When Sorrows Like Sea Billows Roll

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here  In 1870, life for Horatio Spafford and his family seemed to be splendid. Spafford was a senior partner in a large and thriving Chicago law firm. He poured his assets into Chicago real estate. He enjoyed a friendship with the evangelist Dwight L. Moody.  Within a few months, however, he and his… Read more »

God’s Strange Gift

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Frances Jane Crosby, who was born in New York in 1820, developed a minor eye inflammation when she was six weeks old.  Although there have been differing accounts of a local doctor’s efforts to address her condition, they all agree on one thing: He did not make things better.  The little… Read more »