by Peter James | Aug 26, 2023 | Harriet Beecher Stowe
Upon meeting the diminutive writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) in 1862, President Lincoln reportedly said, “So, you are the little woman who made the big war.” Her landmark social novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, might not have caused the Civil War,...
by Peter James | Aug 25, 2023 | Richard Hooker
Conflict in a church can be so debilitating. Can I get an amen? One church consultant said, “Conflict is the reason why clergy enter the pastorate and conflict is the reason they leave.” Richard Hooker (1554-1600) lived in a day when the church was being...
by Peter James | Aug 24, 2023 | A. W. Pink
It’s unclear what drew Arthur Walkington (A.W.) Pink (1886-1952) into the occult. Was it a fascination with the magical arts or a rejection of his upbringing? A.W. moved through the leadership ranks of a Theosophy group and was invited to give a major address....
by Peter James | Aug 23, 2023 | Jeremy Taylor
Death is inevitable yet you wouldn’t know it by all our desperate attempts to avoid the subject. Americans don’t die; we only pass away. Does anyone doubt that we live in a death-denying culture? Our Puritans forebears have much to teach us about dealing...
by Peter James | Aug 22, 2023 | George Herbert
Tragedy leads people toward God or away from God. For Phoebe Palmer (1807-1874), personal crisis became her impetus for closer union with God. Phoebe was raised in Methodist revivalism when conversion was regarded as a highly emotional experience. It never happened to...
