Dear Friends,
We are pleased to announce the 2006 Elsie Dinsmore
Essay Contest winners. Vision Forum was delighted to receive nearly four hundred
entries, and selecting a winner was no easy task. Our final winners were selected
not only for prose style, but more importantly for answering the question presented
with precision and insight. We hope you enjoy the essays. Congratulations to our
winners and the runners-up!
Blessings,
Doug and Beall Phillips
Congratulations to Our Essay Winners!
Mikaela Cash
FIRST PLACE
Prize: $500 Vision Forum Passport Gift Certificate
Engrafted into the heart of each and every girl throughout the entire world is an
unconscious yearning — a craving, if you will. Anyone who is identified as
female, and who has not yet undergone the rigorous brainwashing of a humanistic
and secular culture finds herself admiring those girls and ladies who love the Lord
with their very existence. Read the Full Essay
Holly Williams
SECOND PLACE
Prize: $200 Vision Forum Passport Gift Certificate
Are Christian virtues such as faith, forgiveness, humility, diligence, patience,
obedience, respect of elders, and reverence for the Lord and His Word too outdated
to be modeled by girls in today’s “sophisticated” society? God forbid
that such a thought should ever enter into the mind of any Christian parent or their
daughter! The commands of Scripture are timeless! They are just as relevant to today’s
girls as they were for the Bedouin daughters of the Old Testament patriarchs, and
they will continue to stand til the end of time. Read the Full Essay
Mary Nicklas
THIRD PLACE
Prize: $100 Vision Forum Passport Gift Certificate
In 1913 a book was given as a gift to my great grandmother, Marian Ruth Pack Carl,
from her Sunday School teachers. She gave it to my grandmother to give to my mother.
Eventually, this book was passed on to me. It is an 1896 edition of the timeless
Elsie novel! The ladies in my family have been enjoying this book for nearly 100
years. Read the Full Essay
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