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Common Grace

Posted by on Mar 2, 2013

Common Grace

Not too long ago, I received a story about an aging American pilot, who, in 1967, made a spectacular low pass in his P-51 Mustang (upon invitation by the control tower) over a Canadian air field.  That event moved the Canadian writer, who was twelve at the time, to write a story (more than forty years later) in which he revealed a love of America, Americans and something he hoped to see again… Below is the excerpt from the story that moved me to write what follows. I’ve never wanted to be an American more than on that day. It was a time when many nations in the world looked to...

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