Of Triumphal Faith Amidst Trials of Oppression and Persecution

     Every Once in a while one of our lay speakers at church lays out topic with such clarity that it just begs to be captured and shared. Today was such a day. Really, the whole meeting was superb but I'd like to share with her permission a story of emerging  and then triumphal faith amidst trials of oppression and persecution - right here at home.

Its about 10 minutes in length so Ill provide just a teaser below and link to the full talk in PDF.

All my best and much thanks to the young mother, Amanda Orleman who shared a glimpse into her life this day,

...Whenever I think of being in the world but not of the world, I inevitably think of High

S

chool.

I went to a fairly large High School, there were about 400 kids in my graduating

class.

There was a total of about 10 members in my school

and about 3

members in my

grade

.

Of those 3 members in my grade, I was the only one who was actively involved

in

the Church

.

My freshman and

sophomore

years I

did not follow all of the church

guidelines, I wasn’t doing terrible things

,

but my priorities were skewe

Whenever I think of being in the world but not of the world, I inevitably think of High School.I went to a fairly large High School, there were about 400 kids in my graduating class.There was a total of about 10 members in my school and about 3 members in my grade. Of those 3 members in my grade, I was the only one who was actively involved in the Church. My freshman and sophomore years I did not follow all of the church guidelines, I wasn’t doing terrible things, but my priorities were skewed...

 link to the PDF.