The Shelter That Held When Its Builders Could Not
In February 1944, Dutch police raided the Béjé, the ten Boom family's narrow house on Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands. Corrie ten Boom, her father Casper,...
This is a contemporary on forgiveness and faith, drawing on Psalm 91:1-2.
In February 1944, Dutch police raided the Béjé, the ten Boom family's narrow house on Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands. Corrie ten Boom, her father Casper, and her sister Betsie were arrested for harboring Jews. But behind a false wall in Corrie's bedroom sat a secret room — barely thirty inches deep — where six people crouched in silence. The Gestapo searched for hours.…
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