Aly Raisman’s Induction to Hall of Fame Will Be Special

The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum has announced that Olympic Gymnastic gold medalist Aly Raisman will be inducted into the Hall in April.  For Aly, it should be as special as was her gold medal performance in the floor exercises.  After her dynamic performance to the strains of “Hava Nagila”, Aly told reporters that it was particularly “special” to win a gold medal with the Jewish music in the background on the

40^th anniversary of the killing of 11 Jewish athletes at the 1972 Munich Games. That should make her induction exceptionally special also, as one of those 11 Munich athletes, weightlifter David Berger, will be one of the other 7 inductees. It was only a year ago that the Hall of Fame, located in Commack, NY, awarded Aly the Pearl D. Mazor Outstanding Female Jewish High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Aly’s remarkable Olympic performance has thrust her into the limelight, where she will undoubtedly remain for quite some time.

The Hall of Fame was created in 1993 and has inducted 143 Jewish athletes to date. Ally and the other 7 inductees will have a “locker” in the Hall. The locker will be adorned with memorabilia, awards, and photos of her performances.  The other April inductees, in addition to Mark Berger, include Randy Grossman from the Pittsburgh Steelers; Steve Bilsky, Athletic Director at the University of Pennsylvania; swimmers Marilyn Ramenofsky and Garrett Weber-Gale; lacrosse player Bruce Cohen; and photographer Andrew Bernstein.

Corrie ten Boom: Imprisoned for Doing Good

“…. observe all that I commanded you, and lo I am with you always” This is, undoubtedly, a promise that Corrie ten Boom claimed often. She and many of her family members were imprisoned for obeying Ps. 122:6 - - pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Continuing a tradition started by her grandfather in 1844, they were eventually imprisoned for their love and prayers. Their love and dedication resulted in the death of many of the ten Booms.

Though she did not lose her life, Corrie faced much suffering. Her “prison life” began when she and the others were taken to the city jail in Haarlem, Holland. From there they went to Scheveningen prison. It was there that she and her sister Betsie were separated from their father.  For the majority of her sentence there Corrie was in solitary confinement. On the night of Hitler’s birthday the prison workers left to go to a party and she was able to find out what had happened to the rest of her family: Betsie was still in prison; her sister, Nollie, and brother, Willem: released.  The next bit of information, however, was devastating - - her father, Casper, was dead!  The stay in Scheveningen was short lived. Soon, she, Betsie and several other female prisoners were shipped to Vught, a concentration camp in Holland. The conditions were terrible, and the place was filled with hatred and violence. It was here, however, that Corrie and Betsie learned forgiveness.  Vught seemed bad, until they were transported to Ravensbruck in Germany. Each place she had been in was a little more degrading, and Ravensbruck prisoners went from being known by their names to just numbers.  To visit the doctor they had to strip naked, in front of men. If they were late for roll call, which was at 4:30, they were beaten.

It was at Ravensbruck that Corrie’s beloved sister, Betsie, died. It was also at Ravensbruck that, through an administrative error, she was released! The tide had turned, if you would, and she finally was able to begin a life of teaching forgiveness and love for the unlovable.

To learn more about Corrie ten Boom read her book, THE HIDING PLACE, and/or take a virtual tour of the museum in Haarlem, Holland dedicated to her at the Corrie ten Boom Mueum. More importantly, join her in her life long quest of fulfilling scripture - - by praying for the peace of Jerusalem as we are directed in Ps. 122:6!

Corrie ten Boom: 100 Years of Praying and Still Counting

The world has known that Israel is God’s chosen people since the penning of the Old Testament. And, down through the years they have been treated in various ways by nations and individuals alike.  What we are supposed to do, however, is obvious because of the directive found in Ps. 122:6 - - we are to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.  There are many verses in the Word of God that give directions, and many a man has had one speak to him and given his life direction. In the case of Ps. 122:6, one of those men was Willem ten Boom.

William ten Boom was a clock maker in Haarlem, Holland who, in 1844, began a prayer meeting to fulfill the directive to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. He carried the tradition on until his death, and then his son, Casper, and his family took over and kept the prayer line open. This went on until 1944, when the Nazis stopped the prayer and placed a number of the ten Booms in prison.

One of those family members imprisoned was Corrie ten Boom.  In her dramatic story, THE HIDING PLACE, she tells how she and her family made their home a refuge to Jews and members of the Dutch underground alike. Today, the ten Boom home where this all took place has been turned into a museum. To take a virtual tour of the museum, go here. To pick up and continue where the ten Booms left off, Dr. Michael Evans created the Jerusalem Prayer Team with the intent purpose of praying for the peace of Jerusalem. As the ten Booms became a friend to the Jews, so has Dr. Evans. And, he is recognized as such, as multiple Prime Ministers of Israel have sought his advice and friendship. Today, along with the Jerusalem Prayer Team, you can serve God as Corrie ten Boom and her family did - -  praying for the peace of Jerusalem.

Inspirational Quotes by Corrie ten Boom - August 20, 2012

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." 
- Corrie ten Boom

To experience the Corrie ten Boom Museum online, click here. 

SHARE this Corrie ten Boom quote to inspire others.

God answers unorthodox prayer, too!

When the Nazis arrested me and put me in prison I hid a very small Bible on my back,

under my clothing, and boy, how I was scared! I thought, O my, they will find my Bible.

Do you know what I said?  I said, Lord, in your Bible you tell that there are angels.

Now I think you must put angels around me,  Lord, that these people do not see me. 

But I thought, Angels are spirits, and you look through them.  So, I said, Lord, will you

please make your angels untransparent?  O, you can pray so very unorthodox when you 

are in need! Do you know that? And, do you know what happened? The people did not

see me. The Lord did what I asked Him to do! Twice I had to pass, and they did not see

me, so I came with my Bible into the prison.

CORRIE TEN BOOM SPEAKS TO PRISONERS

With Chaplain Ray

Your Strength will Equal your Days

Living for the moment, yes, that’s what you need. The Lord’s Prayer says, “Give us today
our daily bread.” Deuteronomy 33:25 says,”…your strength will equal your days.” That is
a promise made more than three thousand years ago. A person does not fall so much
because of the troubles of one day, but if tomorrow’s burden is added, this load can 
become very, very heavy. It is wonderfully easy to live just for the day.

REFLECTIONS OF GOD’S GLORY

Corrie tenBoom

One-woman show Highlights the Memories of Corrie ten Boom, attracts Christians & Jews to Learn about one of the "Righteous among the Nations".

One-woman show highlights the memories of Corrie ten Boom, attracts Christians & Jews to learn about one of the "Righteous among the Nations."

While largely unfamiliar to most Jews, Corrie ten Boom is a well-known hero among believing Christians, a model of how Christians should act in dark times. Her private story of faith and heroism was depicted in the play "Corrie Remembers", staged last Sunday to a wide audience of Christians and Jews from all over northern Israel.

The one-woman show highlights the memories of Corrie ten Boom, one of the "Righteous among the Nations." Corrie's story remains little-known to Jews. However, the City of Afula and the Galilee Center for Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations at Yezreel Valley College worked to change that by bringing this drama to Israel.

For more details on this story, go here.

 

Corrie Ten Boom Explains what Replaces Sin in our Heart

                                                                                     
"When the Lord makes your heart clean with His blood, then instead of sin coming forth from your heart, the spirit of love, peace, kindness, goodness and self control is there, and you are so happy! You could not do this yourself. He does it."

- Corrie Ten Boom  speaks to prisoners with Chaplain Ray

==================================================================

If, like many prisoners so often do, you feel that your heart is full of sin and nothing can rid you of it,read again the “words of wisdom” from Corrie ten Boom above, and then allow Jesus to replace your sin by His blood!

Not I, But Christ by Corrie Ten Boom

Once a man went to the village priest to confess his sins and receive absolution. He said, “I stole three sacks of potatoes.” The priest listened and pointed to repentance for forgiveness.  When they had finished talking, the priest said: “I heard about that theft, but thought only two sacks were taken. You spoke of three.”

“Yes,” the man answered, “but tomorrow I am going to steal the third one.”

In John 8:11 Jesus told the woman caught in Adultery, “Go, and sin no more.”

Jesus died on the cross to set sinners free. He or she whom Jesus sets free, is free indeed!

- NOT I, BUT CHRIST
  Corrie Ten Boom

================================================================
Corrie Ten Boom knows the importance of being set free. To learn more about her story, take time to read The Hiding Place.

Messages of God's Abundance by Corrie Ten Boom

There is nothing in which God demonstrates His love more clearly than in His promises and His commandments. The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

     - Messages of God's Abundance by Corrie Ten Boom

=================================================================
Often times we forget that every promise in the Bible comes with a condition. Corrie Ten Boom never forgot that! And, she understood that God’s supply of love never dwindles, but, rather, it is our willingness to seek it that often diminishes. Her whole life Corrie Ten Boom sought God’s love, and so can, and should you!

Real-time obedience

This is a real-time essay. The Lord is calling me to obey him in something today, and I would like to write to you about it as I process it. The matter concerns an angry email I received this morning and my working through how to reply. My first reaction was self-defense. I felt I had grounds. I felt I had been misunderstood. I felt I could justify what I was being accused of.

Still, I have decided to wait a while before replying. In the meantime I have read the Bible, taken a long walk, had breakfast, replied to other emails, and watched a 1974 interview of Corrie Ten Boom.

This was enough time for the Holy Spirit who lives inside me to suggest I trash my scripted reply to the angry letter. It is possible to be right in an argument (and yet I may not be as right as I think I am) but to be called to a higher response than rightness. If I respond to my friend with my justifications, he may agree with me or he may not. But will that produce the best result? Paul says, “The aim of our charge is love” (1 Timothy 1:5). What response could I give to the man that would be most aligned with that aim?

Over the past few hours I have come around to seeing that my words to my friend (the words that prompted his terse email) were not the best; they fell short of Christ’s call to “be perfect.” There are a dozen things I could have said that would have been better—that would have been peaceable, gentle, fruitful (James 3:17). And when we know what is the best thing to do and yet we settle for something less, we sin (James 4:17).

I have found throughout my life that when apologizing and asking forgiveness, it is best to do it cleanly. Tacking on a rider, even a mild and subtle one, ruins a worthy apology. When I speak to my friend next, I will simply tell him that I should not have spoken to him that way—and then may the Lord put a clamp on my mouth. Let me make this a public commitment before you all.

I know that afterward I will feel strengthened in my spirit if I do things God’s way and not in the way of fleshly desire. One always does. The choice of sin always carries its own punishment in the body (Romans 1:27), and the choice o f obedience its own reward (2 Corinthians 3:18).

Courtesy of Andree Seu of Worldmag

Ten Boom | Ten Boom Museum

43 blogs with login details

Ten Boom | Ten Boom Museum

The Hiding Place in Glenn Beck's Program, Nov 11th

We have a wonderful opportunity to share the story of Corrie ten Boom with the world. Dr. Michael D. Evans will be New York City next week for an on-air interview with Glenn Beck on Tuesday. He is planning to air "The Hiding Place" on his program on next Friday the 11th. Pray that the message of love and sacrifice to save Jewish people that is found in this movie will spread around the world and touch many hearts. We will be promoting the Ten Boom Museum and the virtual tour as well.

Dr. Michael Evans and Glenn Beck shares the same admiration for Corrie Ten Boom's heroism.

Don't forget to join the Corrie Ten Boom Museum in Facebook!

In My Father's House by Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom was fifty years old when she began harboring Jews during World War II. She was imprisoned in a concentration camp, and after her release she traveled the world, proclaiming the gospel. What happened in those earlier fifty years to prepare Corrie for all that lay ahead?

In My Father's House (over 250,000 copies sold) explains how God used life's small beginnings and everyday happenings to prepare Corrie for the suffering and victories to come. The eighth book of the Corrie ten Boom Library, it is the first in the series to focus on the years leading up to World War II and the events of The Hiding Place. More than merely a collection of memories from Corrie's colorful life, this book explores the human side of one of the most authentic Christian witnesses and the faith that kept her going strong.

Holland’s First Female Watchmaker

Ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892, in Haarlem, in the Netherlands. Before her first birthday, her grandfather died and left his home and watchmaking business, founded in 1837, to her father. The family, which included older sisters Betsie and Nollie, and a brother, Willem, moved into the the ten Boom hiding Place on Barteljorisstraat 19, and her father took over the storefront business below. The family lived in a quirky warren of rooms above the shop over three separate floors, and Corrie Ten Boom, she and her sister Betsie shared a room at the back of the house on a high third floor. During their youth, the household also included three aunts, who helped care for the four ten Boom children.

Like Betsie, ten Boom never married, and eventually joined her father’s watch sales and repair business. She also became the first licensed woman watchmaker in the Netherlands. The family members were devout Christians, active members of the Dutch Reformed church, and ten Boom followed in the footsteps of one of her aunts and participated in several charitable aid projects in Haarlem. The ten Boom home and business served as a hub of activity in their neighborhood, and they regularly provided a meal to beggars and took in foster children. All the local children were especially fond of ten Boom’s pious but genial father, Casper, nicknamed “Opa,” or grandfather.

Mike Evans Speaks At The Restoring Courage Event In Jerusalem

Mike Evans and Glenn Beck shares the same vision in Jerusalem. Both of them are ambassadors of peace and good will. The life of Corrie Ten Boom had inspired them to continue the Ten Boom's legacy and that is to help the Jewish people in every way they can. Mike Evans was invited by Glenn Beck to speak at the Restoring Courage Event in Jerusalem last Aug. 22, 2011. Watch the video below to witness the full event.

Corrie Ten Boom Museum Virtual Tour

Corrie Ten Boom Museum was created to preserve the "Hiding Place", a shelter for the Jews and other fugitives during the war. A visit to the museum will take you back in time when Nazis invaded their place. Located at Barteljorisstraat 19, Haarlem, Holland, the Corrie Ten Boom Museum used to be a watch shop owned by Willen Ten Boom. Their Christian faith had molded their hearts to become servants of the Lord with such valor that they allowed the Jews and other fugitives to hide at Ten Boom watch shop.

Learn more about Corrie Ten Boom Museum and be amazed with the stunning sights that you will see as you click the Virtual Tour link which will take you to the hiding place that God has blessed and lives were spared with the help of Corrie Ten Boom.

Take the Corrie Ten Boom Museum Virtual Tour anytime you like. A click on the pix will bring you to the the museum.

Corrie ten Boom - A War Hero In 1968

The heroic deed of Corrie ten Boom all started when the Nazis invaded Holland in the 1940's. Corrie ten Boom helped many Jews by converting her house into a hiding place for them. Her samaritan way of life had earned her respect and inspiration to those who are in despair. Her braveness was recognized by the Queen of Holland as a War Hero in 1968. Corrie was asked by the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem to plant a tree in the Garden of Righteousness, in honor of the many Jewish lives her family saved. Corrie went on to write a number of inspiring books and had been an advocate for peace. Let us be like Corrie ten Boom, a person who will offer her life just to save anyone. You can find a lot of good stories on the net about Corrie ten Boom. She truly deserves a recognition.

The Corrie ten Boom Fellowship and its sister organization, The Corrie ten Boom Foundation of Holland, is working hand in hand in carrying forth the vision of the ten Boom Family which is to care for and protect the Jewish people and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Holland's First Female Watchmaker

Ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892, in Haarlem, in the Netherlands. Before her first birthday, her grandfather died and left his home and watchmaking business, founded in 1837, to her father. The family, which included older sisters Betsie and Nollie, and a brother, Willem, moved into the house on Barteljorisstraat 19, and her father took over the storefront business below. The family lived in a quirky warren of rooms above the shop over three separate floors, and about Corrie Ten Boom, she and her sister Betsie shared a room at the back of the house on a high third floor. During their youth, the household also included three aunts, who helped care for the four ten Boom children.

Like Betsie, ten Boom never married, and eventually joined her father's watch sales and repair business. She also became the first licensed woman watchmaker in the Netherlands. The family members were devout Christians, active members of the Dutch Reformed church, and ten Boom followed in the footsteps of one of her aunts and participated in several charitable aid projects in Haarlem. The ten Boom home and business served as a hub of activity in their neighborhood, and they regularly provided a meal to beggars and took in foster children. All the local children were especially fond of ten Boom's pious but genial father, Casper, nicknamed "Opa," or grandfather.

Extend the 100-Year Prayer Meeting

"God does not have problems. Only plans," proclaimed Corrie ten Boom when a clerical error allowed her to be released from a Nazi concentration camp one week before all women prisoners her age were executed.

Though she was released from the horror of Ravensbruck concentration camp, Corrie continued to live with a remarkable reliance on God, just as her family had as they hid Jews from Nazi terror. Generations of ten Booms held Christian prayer meetings for Israel for 100 years prior to World War II. Click here to begin our inspirational virtual tour of the ten Boom home.

Traveling the world as an ambassador of the power of forgiveness in Christ, Corrie later established rehabilitation centers to help other Holocaust survivors. Her 1971 autobiography, The Hiding Place, became a movie in 1975, inspiring many to see God at work through the darkest of life's circumstances. You can preview a portion of this powerful movie within our virtual tour by using the compass to visit location #3.

You can become a part of Corrie ten Boom's incredible legacy.