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Around the Oval Table by Corrie ten Boom

By Corrie Ten Boom Around the Oval Table by Corrie ten Boom Can a piece of furniture be important? The oval table in our dining room was the gathering place for hopes and dreams, the listening place for prayers and…

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Around the Oval Table by Corrie ten Boom

By Corrie Ten Boom (From her book, In My Father’s House) (Corrie ten Boom and her family hid Jews in Holland during the Nazi occupation. Eventually, they were captured and put into concentration camps where most of her family perished….

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He Took My Hand by Corrie ten Boom

By Corrie ten Boom War. It was early in the morning when we heard the bombs. We knew the sound of the explosions were coming from Schiphol, the airport near Haarlem. I ran to Betsie’s room and found her sitting…

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