by Peter James | Nov 20, 2023 | Henry Edward Manning
Working the docks at the port of London was a dangerous job with no benefits and lousy pay. But if you are poor and have no other options, you take what you can get. Every day at the docks, a surging crowd of desperate men showed up, scrambling to be chosen for a few...
by Peter James | Nov 19, 2023 | John Woolman
C. S. Lewis wrote, “Human beings, all over the earth, have the curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can’t really get rid of it.” It’s one of the best descriptions of the conscience I’ve ever read. John Woolman...
by Peter James | Nov 18, 2023 | King Alfred
Winston Churchill called him “the greatest Englishman ever.” He was one of only two English kings awarded the designation “The Great” for extraordinary leadership. He’s remembered as the monarch who saved England from Viking invasion,...
by Peter James | Nov 17, 2023 | Ignatius of Antioch
The following quote is worthy of serious reflection, “It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but to actually be one.” Ignatius of Antioch (ca. 35-110) wrote these words in a letter addressed to fellow believers on the way to his execution....
by Peter James | Nov 16, 2023 | Thomas Chisholm
Lamentations is not likely your favorite book in the Bible. Little wonder! It’s a series of five laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by Babylonian invaders in 586 BC. In the middle of these laments, likely composed by the prophet Jeremiah,...
