by Peter James | Jan 31, 2024 | 5th Century Collect
Every Friday afternoon at 3 PM (about the time most of us are shutting down the work week), the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon met with pastors-in-training on some aspect of the craft. His presentations were not dry academic lectures but warm, candid, and sometimes...
by Peter James | Jan 30, 2024 | Didache
Bishop Philotheos (his name means “friend of God”) was rummaging through old documents in a monastery in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1873. He discovered a cache of old Greek manuscripts in the library bound as a single volume and signed “Leon, notary and...
by Peter James | Jan 29, 2024 | W. H. Auden
Jay Panini has been for many years Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College in Vermont. He describes a melancholy time in his early life as a graduate student at Oxford University in England. After a day of tedious research at a library in...
by Peter James | Jan 28, 2024 | Dionysius
Areopagus was the name given to the most iconic hill in Athens, Greece. This elevation of limestone, also called Mars Hill, was where the Supreme Council convened to hear important judicial cases. It was also a popular gathering place for people to debate and discuss...
by Peter James | Jan 27, 2024 | Eddie Espanoza
God can change people. I have experienced it. I have witnessed it, and surely the people in these daily prayer posts could attest to it. We also resist change. Change brings fear and discomfort. A.W. Auden said it well, “We would rather be ruined than...
