by Peter James | Jul 14, 2025 | Way of a Pilgrim
A man identified only as a Pilgrim heard a sermon about praying continuously. The text of the sermon was Paul’s admonition to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5.18). How is it possible to pray all the time? Pilgrim set off on a journey to find out,...
by Peter James | Jul 13, 2025 | David Livingston
Chief Sechele was seeking after God. It helped that he had a missionary doctor living in his village. Chief Sechele was intrigued with the gospel messages David Livingstone (1813-1873) shared with villagers. Two barriers, however, stood in the way of him becoming a...
by Peter James | Jul 12, 2025 | Terri Roberts (Nickel Mines
Terri and Chuck Roberts have four sons and eleven grandchildren. So far, so good. One of their sons, Charlie, was the gunman who entered an Amish one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, PA and shot ten girls in 2006, killing five of them before turning the gun on...
by Peter James | Jul 11, 2025 | Synesius of Cyrene
Synesius of Cyrene (373-414) lived “the good life.” He was born into a wealthy family who traced its lineage to the founding of Cyrene (a city in modern Libya). His one hundred fifty-six letters that survive written between AD 399-413 provide historians...
by Peter James | Jul 10, 2025 | Old Gallican Sacramentary
The only people I heard pray in my growing up years were pastors. They used formal, religious-sounding words I never heard outside of church. Everyone in the sanctuary became very still, folding their hands and closing their eyes. The whole exercise eluded me. I...
