The Lion's Jaws After the Laying of Hands
On a November evening in 1840, David Livingstone knelt in a small London chapel as elder missionaries laid hands on him. He was ordained, commissioned,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 1:9-15.
On a November evening in 1840, David Livingstone knelt in a small London chapel as elder missionaries laid hands on him. He was ordained, commissioned, sent — beloved and blessed for the work ahead. Within months, he stood in the Kalahari Desert. The wilderness came fast. Malaria struck repeatedly. In 1844, a wounded lion seized him by the shoulder, crushing bone, shaking him "as a terrier does a rat," as he later wrote.…
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