1.0Keeping The Faithhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/keepingthefaithronniemcbrayerhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/keepingthefaith/author/ronniemcbrayer"Woodpeckers on the Wall" - Keeping The Faithrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6ygJcLj9cM"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/keepingthefaith/2012/12/woodpeckers-on-the-wall.html">“Woodpeckers on the Wall”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/keepingthefaith/2012/12/woodpeckers-on-the-wall.html/embed#?secret=6ygJcLj9cM" width="600" height="338" title="““Woodpeckers on the Wall”” — Keeping The Faith" data-secret="6ygJcLj9cM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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On the afternoon of August 12, 1961, leaders of the German Democratic Republic, better known as Communist Eastern Germany, signed an order to close the border between East and West Berlin, and erect a massive Wall dividing the city. Later that evening the order was put into effect. Roads that ran intoWest Berlinwere destroyed. Barbed…http://blog.beliefnet.com/keepingthefaith/files/2012/12/wall-150x150.jpg