by Peter James | Jul 11, 2023 | Synesius of Cyrene
Synesius of Cyrene (373-414) lived “the good life.” He was born into a wealthy family who traced its lineage to the founding of Cyrene (a city in modern Libya). His one hundred fifty-six letters that survive written between 399-413AD provide historians...
by Peter James | Jul 10, 2023 | Old Gallican Sacramentary
The only people I heard pray in my growing up years were pastors. They used formal, religious-sounding words that I never heard outside of church. Everyone in the sanctuary became very still, folding their hands and closing their eyes. The whole exercise eluded me. I...
by Peter James | Jul 9, 2023 | Dwight L. Moody
Henry Moorhouse was a derelict–a gambler, gang leader and thief. During the revival of 1859, he gave his life to Jesus and began preaching. His favorite text was John 3.16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever...
by Peter James | Jul 8, 2023 | St. Jerome
Jerome (347-420) had a really bad temper. I don’t normally focus on people’s flaws in this prayer exercise but I’m making an exception here. Each of us has a particular sin pattern based on temperament, family background, and cultural influences. One...
by Peter James | Jul 7, 2023 | Eugene Peterson
After class one day, one of Eugene Peterson’s seminary students showed his professor an interview in Rolling Stone magazine with Bono, lead singer of the Irish band U2. Bono had given Peterson’s translation of the Bible, The Message, a shout-out in the...
