by Peter James | Jan 26, 2023 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1909-1945) is one of my heroes. For real! The heroic witness of this twentieth century Christian martyr inspires and humbles me. Dietrich left Germany at age twenty-three for a year of post-graduate theological studies at Union Theological...
by Peter James | Jan 25, 2023 | Peter Marshall
He had already been dead for thirty years, yet I heard plenty of stories about Peter Marshall (1902-1949) when I came to serve a church in the Washington, DC area. He was the gold standard for Presbyterian ministers back in the day. I used to frequent his church and...
by Peter James | Jan 24, 2023 | Roger Hurdy
It is estimated that twenty percent of the world’s population live with chronic pain. You may include yourself in this number of persistent pain sufferers. Roger Hurding (1934-2019) lived most of his life with chronic pain. He became diabetic in his youth,...
by Peter James | Jan 23, 2023 | Michael Counsell
I was sorting through my library after retiring from full time pastoral ministry. During my time in church ministry, building a library was one of the pastoral tools of the trade. Now, we go online for everything, including Greek exegesis! It was painful to part with...
by Peter James | Jan 22, 2023 | William Ames
William Ames (1576-1633) was no stranger to controversy. A promising career as a college professor lay ahead of him but he was a card-carrying Puritan, who sought to purify the Church of England of its excesses. As a newly appointed professor at Cambridge University...
