Tag: Prayer
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Come Holy Spirit medallion
A dove and prayer for Pentecost Pentecost Most of us know Pentecost for the Holy Spirit descending on the Apostles after the Ascension of Jesus. It is that, but it also actually has much older roots, back to the book of Exodus. The word Pentecost means “fifty” in Greek, and it was celebrated 50 days…
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Ward Beam’s Daredevils / Lord’s Prayer
Two seemingly contrasting themes from a different time Obverse Here is an interesting token with two quite different sides. Bert Ward Beam was an event promoter from Celina, Ohio. In the 1920s, he started promoting “wreck-it” races in which $50 jalopies would race to the finish, but crash along the way. B.Ward Beam is credited…