by Peter James | Apr 30, 2024 | Anne Steele
My grandfather named his farm “Blaenant,” which my dad said was a Welsh word meaning “house at the head of the stream.” My son and family live in an 1814 New England house called “Journey’s End.” Before houses had street numbers, they were customarily identified by...
by Peter James | Apr 29, 2024 | Edith Schaeffer
The year was 1932, and Edith had just graduated from high school. She attended a meeting at her Presbyterian Church where a Unitarian minister spoke on the topic, “How I know Jesus is not the Son of God and how I know the Bible is not the Word of God.”...
by Peter James | Apr 28, 2024 | Ruth Graham
As Billy Graham traveled the world preaching the gospel, his wife, Ruth Graham (1920-2007), stayed behind to raise their five children. They were married in 1943 and moved to Montreat, NC, so Ruth could be near parents when Billy was absent from the home, sometimes...
by Peter James | Apr 27, 2024 | Jeremiah Lanphier
Old North Dutch Reformed Church on Fulton Street in Manhattan had fallen on hard times. Long-time members relocated to other parts of the city as new immigrants arrived looking for jobs. The church hired a 49-year-old cloth merchant, Jeremiah Lanphier (1809-1898), to...
by Peter James | Apr 26, 2024 | George MacDonald
Adela Cathcart was in her late teens and quite ill, what one doctor termed “an affliction of the soul.” We call it depression. Adele’s family and friends gathered to share stories with her as story-telling therapy. She attended Christmas worship, and...
