WONDERFUL EVENT & BOOK SIGNING: LUNCHING WITH THE ARTS

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Participating in the Chum's Ninth Annual Spring "Lunching With The Arts" at the Rio Pinar Country Club in Orlando, Florida was an April afternoon filled with awe and appreciation for the gifts of the arts and scholastic excellence. This super day was also a wonderful literary event which allowed me an opportunity to showcase my devotional and chronicle the inception of: The Blessedness of Believing, A Devotional Journey of Life's Lessons and God's Promises!

Oh, friends I count my blessings; meeting and being able to witness the diligence and dedication of The Orlando Chapter of Chums, Inc. and also being featured with esteemed authors: Dr. Brenda Y. Person and Dr. Elisha Delbert Gray. Truly I was in great company! It was an honor meeting the anointed painter,artist Mr. Everett Spruill (who's deeply inspired and influenced by Romare Bearden) www.everettsart.ning.com. Listening to the upbeat and contemporary Jazz accompaniment of stellar musicians:Tony Wynn & Company was a great treat. They superbly serenaded the lovely guests-many adorned in festive spring hats. It was priceless to see the young readers and scholarship recipients being acknowledged for their worthy efforts. I count it a joy and honor for this delighful luncheon invitation. Thank you Lord!

Peace and Blessings, Linda Mose Meadows:

http://blessednessofbelieving.blogspot.com/

http://blessedauthorlm.wordpress.com/

http://eyesoffaithmagazine.blogspot.com/ and the author of: The Blessedness of Believing: A Devotional Journey of Life’s Lessons and God’s Promises

OUR BELOVED AMERICAN PIONEER: JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN

John Hope Franklin was passionate about growing his orchids.

Our National Treasure:, John Hope Franklin

"We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths...

and tell the world the glories of our journey." John Hope Franklin

Mr. John Hope Franklin’s legacy lives on!

We celebrate your stellar accomplishments and tremendous contributions to American History! We love you and thank you for your dignity, abilities, humanity and character!

The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary

and International Studies (JHFC) is located at Duke University.

Born
January 2, 1915

Rentiesville, Oklahoma

Died
March 25, 2009

(aged 94)

Durham, North Carolina

Alma mater
Fisk University (B.A., 1935);

Harvard University

(M.A., 1936; Ph.D., History, 1941)

Occupation

Scholar, Historian, Author, Professor

Spouse
Aurelia Whittington Franklin (m. 1940; d. 1999)

“Because of the life John Hope Franklin lived, the public service he rendered, and the scholarship that was the mark of his distinguished career, we all have a richer understanding of who we are as Americans and our journey as a people."
"Dr. Franklin will be deeply missed, but his legacy is one that will surely endure."
President Barack Obama 3/25/2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8422979

Duke luminary, 93-year old Dr. John Hope Franklin,

a pioneer in the field of African American history and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, provides his insight following Tuesday’s election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States and the nation’s first African American president.

Sharing With A Heart of Adoration

Linda Mose Meadows, Author
The Blessedness of Believing
A Devotional Journey of Life's Lessons and God's Promises (Tate, Nov. 2007)http://blessednessofbelieving.blogspot.com/