by Peter James | Mar 4, 2025 | Favorite, Thomas Aquinas
His parents had a cushy job picked out for him. Thomas would become abbot (leader) of a wealthy monastery that had grown lax in monastic rigor. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225-1274) did not share his parent’s enthusiasm for this prearranged scheme. He aspired to set...
by Peter James | Mar 3, 2025 | Howard Thurman
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a doctoral student in theology when Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was appointed the first African American Dean of the Boston University Chapel. Martin listened intently to his weekly sermons. Howard, who had attended Morehouse College with...
by Peter James | Mar 2, 2025 | Kent Keith (Mother Teresa)
He wrote something that ended up on the bedroom wall of Mother Teresa. You might expect it to be the work of a much-heralded saint from church history. Nope! It’s written by a relative unknown in religious circles. He’s been a faithful Sunday School teacher and choir...
by Peter James | Mar 1, 2025 | Francois Fenelon
Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) was way ahead of his time in educating children. After he was ordained a Catholic priest in 1675, he was assigned to teach girls in Paris the essentials of Christian faith. He carefully studied the learning habits of children to determine...
