by Peter James | Sep 10, 2024 | Joan of Arc
Heresy was considered a capital offense in the Middle Ages. Try as I might, I still can’t wrap my head around such drastic censure. Granted, the rise of popular heretical movements had something to do with it, but it still doesn’t explain why the church...
by Peter James | Sep 9, 2024 | Alexander Crummell
When Alexander Crummell (1819-1898) was young, he was sent on an errand by an anti-slavery office in New York City. He overheard two prominent lawyers talking about a recent conversation with John Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina. In the senator’s words,...
by Peter James | Sep 8, 2024 | Padre Pio
Shia LaBeouf (age 38) is an American actor and filmmaker. He was raised with Jewish as well as Christian influences but acknowledged in 2007 that “religion never made any sense to me.” His struggle with alcohol addiction and a series of public scandals...
by Peter James | Sep 7, 2024 | Johann Starck
C.S. Lewis married for the first time in his late fifties to a fellow writer, Joy Davidman. She contracted cancer shortly after they married and died three years later. C.S. kept a diary to chronicle his grief after her death, which he never intended for publication....
by Peter James | Sep 6, 2024 | Irenaeus of Lyons
People in the church often tell me they prefer the New Testament to the Old Testament. They find themselves more in sync with the New Testament God of love than the Old Testament God of wrath. Did God have a change of heart over time, or are we talking about two...
