A Palestinian Christian finds the path from hate to forgiveness.
Jennifer Trafton | posted 8/08/2008 07:40AM
"I believe God made me for a purpose—for China. But he also made me fast. And when I run, I feel his pleasure."
One of my all-time favorite lines in one of my all-time favorite scenes in one of my all-time favorite movies: Chariots of Fire. Eric Liddell, walking on the lush green hills outside Edinburgh, explains to his beloved sister Jenny why he is training for the Olympic Games rather than spending all his time preparing for missionary work in China. I admit it: whenever I hear Vangelis's famous theme and see those scores of feet thumping the beaches of St. Andrews, I get as teary-eyed as some get watching Rocky Balboa run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Eric Liddell's conscientious stand against running on Sunday and record-breaking victory in the 400-meter finals won him a measure of cinematic immortality, and Chariots of Fire won several Academy Awards. But the real race of Liddell's life is told only in the epilogue. After winning his gold medal, he fulfilled ...
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