by Peter James | Aug 6, 2023 | Joseph Bayly
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop attended the funeral for his friend’s eighteen-year-old son, who died in a sledding accident. Everett, whose own college-aged son died in a rock-climbing accident, recalled the moment in the service when his friend Joe went...
by Peter James | Aug 5, 2023 | Henry Smith
Billy Joel sang, “Only the Good Die Young.” It plays off an age-old question as to why do the good die young? As I research old prayers, I wonder why so many devout Christians with so much potential die prematurely. I wrestle with this thought as I ponder...
by Peter James | Aug 4, 2023 | Philip Doddridge
The song, “O Happy Day” is positively joyful. Joy resounds from start to finish. The opening line of this repurposed 1755 hymn by Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) establishes an upbeat tone, “O Happy Day that fixed my choice on thee, My Savior and my...
by Peter James | Aug 3, 2023 | Philip Doddridge
They were called The California State Youth Chorus of the Church of God in Christ, a group of forty-six African American singers ages seventeen to twenty-five. It was hardly a catchy title for a singing group, so the director renamed them the Edwin Hawkins Singers....
by Peter James | Aug 2, 2023 | William Penn
King Charles II of England owed William Penn’s father, a military hero, a small fortune. The king didn’t have the money to pay the family at Admiral Sir William Penn’s death, so he offered them forty-five thousand acres of land in the New World....
