The Courage of Surrender

Parents targeted by Nazis during WWII were forced to make heart-wrenching decisions in order to protect their children.  Should I keep my child with me?  Should I send them to someone else—someone I know, or more frightening still, someone I don’t know in the hope that they will be saved?  So often I’ve asked, what would I do?  How will …

Forgiveness

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”—Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker, along with other members of her family, saved many Jewish people from the Nazis by hiding them in their home.  Corrie told her story, with John and Elizabeth Sherrill, in The Hiding Place. Corrie’s life, so …