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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Beating the Historical Odds

I was about ten years old when I first learned about Joan of Arc, the 14-year-old peasant girl who, against all odds, led the army of France against the British in the Hundred Years War. I had checked out from our school library a little cloth-bound book (A Candle in the Sky) that told her story, and I must have read it a dozen times, she so fascinated me. Her audacity, her courage, her unwavering faith was both inspiring and horrifying to my young mind. I am now aged well beyond that point, and she still haunts me.
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6 comments:

  1. Henk VandenberghJune 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM

    'Witchcraft' as in 'you paid a prostitute to be quiet'?
    Still happening today.

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    1. Wayne KrulkaJune 12, 2024 at 2:34 PM

      Witches, hey?
      https://youtu.be/bqAPXSuEEms

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  2. Paul BJune 12, 2024 at 12:24 PM

    Yes. that was a very good story. The kingdom of heaven is for children and she is there for sure.

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  3. AnonymousJune 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM

    I have been to the Cathedral where she crowned the King, and I have been to the place where she was burned at the Stake.

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  4. Univ of Saigon 68June 12, 2024 at 3:54 PM

    "On May 30th of 2024 Donald Trump was convicted of 34 counts of unspecified misadventure."

    Not so. The 34th count was a clear case of Improperly Stapling Paperwork.

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  5. John the RiverJune 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM

    Thanks,
    Excellent writing.

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