by Peter James | Feb 16, 2025 | Aelred of Rievaulx
Social media advertises itself as increasing our connections with each other, yet studies tell a different story. People who spend more time online are actually lonelier. I get it. We need real-life friends, not only the virtual kind. Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-1167)...
by Peter James | Feb 15, 2025 | Albert Barnes
The struggle between old guard and new guard is nothing new. The old guard wants to preserve the past and maintain the status quo, while the new guard seeks alternative ways to usher in the future. Presbyterians in the early nineteenth century were locked in a...
by Peter James | Feb 14, 2025 | Martin Luther
Katharina (Katie) von Bora was placed in a convent at the tender age of six. She took vows as a nun at sixteen but by her early twenty’s, she wanted out. Reformation influences were already taking hold in her convent, and she was no longer convinced celibacy...
by Peter James | Feb 13, 2025 | G. K. Chesterton
The war drags on in the Ukraine. I struggle with how to pray for this prolonged conflict. Sure, I pray for peace, but the whole situation seems so immense and out of control. War is an indictment on us all. Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton (1874-1936) gives voice to...
by Peter James | Feb 12, 2025 | Clement of Rome
Imagine what it would have been like to be taught in the faith by two of the original apostles, Peter and Paul. Clement of Rome (35-99) was a first century Christian who had the wonderful privilege of being a student of these first-generation Christians. He may be...
