Corrie ten Boom and the Sister Who Wandered
In the years before World War II, Corrie ten Boom's father Casper kept a watchmaker's shop in Haarlem, Netherlands. What few people remember is how...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9.
In the years before World War II, Corrie ten Boom's father Casper kept a watchmaker's shop in Haarlem, Netherlands. What few people remember is how he raised his children — not with rigid discipline, but with what Corrie called "hands that guided without gripping." When young Corrie struggled to learn the craft, Casper would place his weathered hands over hers, steadying the tiny screwdriver, teaching her fingers to feel the delicate mechanisms.…
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