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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
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Ruminations: General Jackson, Prayer for enemiesThursday, February 03, 2005General Jackson, Prayer for enemiesThe example of Stonewall JacksonI have recently been reading biographical material about Stonewall Jackson. The great Confederate general was certainly one of the most devout Christians that the Lord ever made. His whole adult life was devoted to constant prayer, worship and Bible reading, and he started a Christian education program for a group of slaves. One of the most touching details of his life was his friendship with the young daughter of a family with whom some of the Confederate officers were billeted during the war. When she died of one of the many illnesses that killed people in those days before modern medicine, the general was overwhelmed with grief. The point of this is that it is possible to be a sincerely devout Christian and a warmly loving human being and still be on the wrong side of a war or an issue. This does not seem to be well understood in the midst of the acrimony that colors our disputes today.
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