by Peter James | Jan 31, 2023 | Guigo II
It was a hot summer morning in 1150 AD. Guigo II was working in his garden in a Carthusian monastery in France. Carthusian monks are known for producing a liquor called Chartreuse. He was meditating on the story of Jacob’s ladder in Genesis 28 when it dawned...
by Peter James | Jan 30, 2023 | Reinhold Niebuhr
It may be the most popular prayer of our modern era. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), a theology professor at Union Theological Seminary in NYC, preached a sermon at the Heath Union Church in New York in 1943. He concluded the sermon by praying what has become known as...
by Peter James | Jan 29, 2023 | Anne Bronte
The Bronte sisters sounds like a singing group. They were first-rate novelists in 19th century England. During the Victorian era, it was considered unladylike and undignified to be female writers. That’s why these three sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, acquired...
by Peter James | Jan 28, 2023 | Eric Liddell
Langdon Gilkey wrote about his experiences at a prisoner of war camp in China during WWII. His book Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure is hardly a flattering portrait of humanity. Not only were the guards cruel, but prisoner pettiness and...
by Peter James | Jan 27, 2023 | St. Ambrose
I can attest from personal experience that church fights aren’t pretty. A major dispute broke out in 340AD following the death of the bishop of Milan. There were two factions: those who affirmed Christ’s divinity (orthodox Christians) and those who opposed it...
