Ernest Hemingway was a novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, who is now regarded as one of the most important writers in the history of literature.
Johnny (over at http://johnnyjeffords.blogspot.com/ ) is blogging from Grand Rapids, Michigan, one site of the School of Congregational Development, (SCD) put on annually by the UM General Board of Discipleship. At the same time, I am enjoying a slightly overcast week in Orlando, Florida, at the second SCD location. I understand Grand Rapids is home to the Gerald Ford Museum. My hotel faces the entrance to Universal Studios... and the City Walk... which has an official (you guessed it) Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" restaurant! Location! Location! Location! Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share my observations from Orlando as he does from Grand Rapids. Johnny, maybe when we get back to Memphis we can compare notes over a tall cold one! I was of the fortunate crowd that got to hear and see Bishop Minerva Carcano live and in person. I have always enjoyed her, having heard her speak several years ago at Lake Junaluska... before she was a bishop. Unfortunately, her plenary speech was what I would term "a softball". You know how it is with softball -- this big, round ball comes floating toward home plate at such a rate that even a first grader can hit a home run! About all I got out of what she said is that she received her spiritual qualities from her grandmother, a woman who led a very dedicated and directed life of prayer and Bible reading and church attendance. Bishop Carcano said that in order for our churches to be spiritual, the church's leaders must be spiritual. Like I said... But that seemed to be the theme for the day, at least in Orlando. My ministry track leaders said pretty much the same thing regarding turning around existing (failing) churches: if it's going to happen, the church leadership must be spiritual. Of course, they had some fancy acronyms and illustrations to help get their point across. The evening plenary -- which we had the pleasure of watching via satellite from Grand Rapids -- was Ed Jones, who, again told us we need to be spiritual. I didn't mind the satellite feed, but thought it funny when he would ask a question and folks here in Orlando would raise their hands, as if they thought he could see them! Ed had some even better acronyms and graphics. ... I am beginning to wonder if that's the real secret to church growth -- clever acronyms and neat graphics! This is my 4th SCD (you'd think I'd learn by now!), and overall I'd say it was a fairly typical first day. Of course, Craig Miller and crew are probably thinking they don't want to give us all the "good stuff" on the first day or we'd all go home, right? Right? By the way, there are eight Memphis Conference pastors here in Orlando, including three superintendents; a fourth D.S. is registered but has not appeared yet. And, here's the bonus: Since we are in Florida, our resident Bishop stopped in to say "hi". In fact, he's invited us all to lunch on Sunday! Bet you didn't get that in Grand Rapids, eh?
On the eve of the Normandy landings in June 1944, there were over a thousand war correspondents all over Europe reporting back to the mill...
“The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand.” – Ernest Hemingway – Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the most well-known and celebrated authors
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Ernest Hemingway spied out of love for freedom and democracy In 2009, notes from a former KGB spy said Ernest Hemingway was recruited by the KGB in 1941 and given the cover name “Argo”- he met with Soviet spies in Havana and London, but never gave away political info or practical intelligence, so they ceased contacting him. It’s reported in the publication of “Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America” (Yale University Press). It reveals that the Nobel prize-winning novelist was for a while on the KGB's list of its agents in America. Former KGB spy Alexander Vassiliev had copious amounts of notes which the book is based on. Apparently, Hemingway became a spy because of his core beliefs and moral fiber, and not out of greed. He never took a bribe from his KGB handlers. BTW, Hemingway also was a spy for the CIA, and he never accepted money from them either. He operated out of patriotism and a love for freedom and democracy. Let me explain. The CIA uses the term “MICE”, an acronym used to understand what motivates a person to become a spy. “MICE”: Money, Ideology, Coercion, and Ego are the persuaders used by the CIA to recruit spies. It was the “I”, ideology, that motivated Hemingway to become a spy for both the KNVD (the precursor to the KGB) and the CIA: he hated Nazis. Before the Spanish Civil War, he was largely apolitical, but became an extreme antifascist during and after the war. He approached Soviet espionage agents in Spain simply because they hated the Nazis; the only serious support for the anti-fascist side came from the Soviet Union. On the fascist side with Spain were the nationalists, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Italy- they all supported Spain’s dreadful Francisco Franco. Interestingly, the book "Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy" tells the little-known story of Papa Hemingway's colorful engagement with espionage – for both the Americans and the Soviets. In the MISSION OF VENGEANCE spy thriller, a former KGB spy defected for ideological reasons: he despised how Putin’s new Russia robbed the Russian people of their basic freedoms. Here’s two Snippets: Snippet 1: The KGB defector said, “That’s exactly why I’m defecting. In twenty-eight years, Putin has taken the KGB full circle. I began feeling alienated when the KGB led the coup against Gorbachev. Boris Yeltsin took over in 1991 and tried to form a new KGB that wouldn’t meddle in politics or citizen’s rights. He made the mistake of hiring Putin as his overseer and it slowly reconstituted itself. Putin’s foreign policy strategy today stems from the cold war espionage techniques he learned as a young recruit in Leningrad’s KGB spy school, which Markov and I attended with him.” Snippet 2: The aging spy got their attention. Corey put his coffee mug down, Morrison chewed nervously on his Montecristo and Deputy Chief of Mission Harlow stared in silence. A few moments passed, then Corey spoke. “Would you like to share it with us?” Bocharov’s eyes cleared up as a subdued anger overtook him. “Yes. And you Americans should take note, for it will affect your interests in the Caribbean. I spit on Putin… he solidified his power by having the KGB bomb the apartment buildings in Moscow and three other cities that killed hundreds of innocent Russians, including my two nephews. He exploited the panic that ensued by having his new KGB, the FSB, spread disinformation to blame it on the Chechens. He started the Second Chechen War that killed 25,000 civilians while presenting himself as an indispensable leader and protector. Ironically, your late Senator John McCain accused Putin and the FSB of doing the bombings… he was correct.” End of Snippets Robert Morton is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO) and enjoys writing about the U.S. Intelligence Community. He authors the Corey Pearson- CIA Spymaster series. Check out his latest spy thrillers: MISSION OF VENGEANCE.
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Ernest Hemingway , American novelist, journalist, and short story writer, mid 20th century.
Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway, one of the great American 20th century novelists, known for works like 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'The Old Man and the Sea.'
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Known for titles such as The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms, American novelist and avid outdoorsman, Ernest Hemingway, visited Sun Valley frequently. Returning time and time again to hunt, fish, write, Hemingway established a permanent residence in the Valley before his death in 1961. Enjoy the beauty of the Wood River Valley as Hemingway once did - grab cocktail at one of his favorite local watering holes, fish the same grounds he once explored, or visit his final resting place at the Ketchum Cemetery.
More than two thousand papers and other materials from Ernest Hemingway’s Havana estate, Finca Vigia, are being transferred to the John F. Kennedy Library. Everything you did not know about the Desmond Elliott Prize, which is a prize. William S. Burroughs’s daily routine: methadone, lemonade, knife-throwing. One hundred academics write an open letter to the […]
Paul Hendrickson traces Ernest Hemingway's life through the thing he loved most purely – his cabin cruiser Pilar. The result is both original and beautiful, says Olivia Laing
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Ernest Hemingway's mother forced her son to dress in gingham frocks and crocheted bonnets and wear his hair in a shoulder-length bob to match his older sister Marcelline.
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In the summer of 2012, American Publishing giants Scribner released a revised version of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel, A Farewell to Arms.
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Honestly, I just can't keep up with you old Hem! In a new book, written by the great nephew of a close friend to the writer in his later years, Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse, explores the little-known love affair between a 50 year-old Hemingway and an 18 year-old Italian coun
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A new PBS documentary by Lynn Novick and Ken Burns will explore Hemingway’s Michigan roots while shattering popular myths surrounding his life.
