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Topic Features About Brokenness

The Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin

Strong in the Broken Places

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Proper 9 - Year B

July 05, 2009

The Rev. Dr. Robert Franklin (other)

Today, as we observe the Independence Day season, I'd like to offer a brief perspective on the wealth of our great nation and a reminder of the heavy price paid for the freedoms we enjoy.



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wo of my favorite authors provide quotations that focus on this paradox of the strength that comes from great sacrifice, tragedy, and pain.  The first is from Maya Angelou:  "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived but, if faced with courage, need not be lived again."  The other comes from Ernest Hemingway:  "Life breaks all of us, but some of us are strong in the broken places."

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