What happens when two women get together to talk about the commercial plane crashes that claimed the lives of their fathers?
God happens.
Despite the evil around us. TO SPITE the evil around us.
We've said it before and we'll keep saying it. Your greatest source of pain can be your greatest platform. From that vantage point you can lend a hand up to another. From that vantage point, you can see the ways in which you've been given a hand up.
"Yeah, right," you might say. "Where was he when...?" Fill in the blank.
Perhaps you need to take another look.
That hand is always there. Look around. Look up. For heaven's sake, just look!
And listen in to our discussion today for the evidence Marian Poeppelmeyer found when searching for the father she never had an opportunity to know. He was killed in the airborne bombing of US AIR Flight 629 just after take off from Denver's Stapleton International Airport in 1955.
Did you know about this? It's surprising to learn most Americans have no idea this sabotage happened. Most don't know of this loss of life over our country. And most people have no idea around 500 courageous Americans took to the beet fields north of Denver in November of 1955 to search for survivors and to lend a hand.
It's what Americans do.
It's what God does.
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Marian Poeppelmeyer published FINDING MY FATHER: Beyond Tragedy, Through Trauma, and Into Freedom in 2019. Based on a true story, she recounts what happened 66 years ago on November 1, 1955, when her father was killed in the first commercial plane bombing over U.S. soil. It’s a message of forgiveness and hope that chronicles the survival of a family who endured the ripple effects of trauma but who overcame the pain with fresh perspective. A mother of two grown children, a grandchild, and a faithful husband, she resides in Columbus, Ohio, and enjoys a cup of coffee with friends.
Marian recently returned from a long road trip to the Denver area where she was able to inspire others at town hall meetings, including some first responders on the scene all those years ago. She's been interviewed by CBS4 Denver, ABC7 Denver, a radio station, and several newspapers, impacting millions with her story of redemption.
Connect with Marian at
www.FreedomLifeJoy.com
Facebook @marianpoeppelmeyer
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J.M. Huxley (Janet Huxley) is an award-winning author and broadcast news anchor. Currently, she is a morning news anchor for conservative radio; formerly, an airborne traffic and news reporter and the operations director for the San Diego and Kansas City offices of Westwood One’s Metro Networks.
Her memoir, MILK AND HONEY LAND: A Story of Grief, Grace, and Goats , in which she, too, writes about the commercial plane crash that claimed the life of her father in 1989, won the 2019 Author Academy Award for Best Memoir, and the 2021 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Christian - Non-Fiction genre. Her children’s book, RAINBOW LAND , encouraging children to see God
J.M. Huxley (Janet Huxley) is an award-winning author and broadcast news anchor. Currently, she is a morning news anchor for conservative radio; formerly, an airborne traffic and news reporter and the operations director for the San Diego and Kansas City offices of Westwood One’s Metro Networks. Her memoir, MILK AND HONEY LAND: A Story of Grief, Grace, and Goats , won the 2019 Author Academy Award for Best Memoir, and the 2021 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Christian - Non-Fiction genre. Her children’s book, RAINBOW LAND , encourages children to see God in the rainbow.
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