Series: Arkansas CFO 1959

Hurt Feelings Are a Call From Heaven

Quoting Glenn Clark’s counsel that hurt feelings are only a telephone call from heaven, Roland Brown closes the Arkansas CFO in 1959. The call is a nudge that a sliver of the old self still needs surrendering, and he urges campers toward daily rather than one-time self-denial.

The Boiler Burst At the Hotel

A burst boiler left Roland Brown’s hotel room freezing for three days. He turned from complaint to thanks, testing what he calls the law of gratitude as the antidote for anxiety. Speaking to the Arkansas CFO in 1959, he says the same principle is meant to be practiced daily behind a shut door.