by Peter James | Oct 2, 2024 | Frances Willard
A large contingent of women walked down Market Street in Pittsburgh arm-in-arm in 1873. They stopped at Sheffner’s Saloon, but the saloonkeeper refused them entrance. The women circled at the curb, sang a hymn, and were led in prayer by a woman whose son had...
by Peter James | Oct 1, 2024 | Ignatius of Loyola
Near the end of Ignatius of Loyola’s (1491-1556) Spiritual Exercises is a section titled “Some Thoughts Concerning Scruples.” Scruple was a term Ignatius used to describe an excessive obsession or compulsion. He likened scrupulosity to becoming...
by Peter James | Sep 30, 2024 | Lillian Thrasher
Lillian Thrasher (1887-1961) came to Egypt in 1910, convinced that God was directing her to serve in some mission capacity. An Egyptian man asked her to visit a dying woman. This poor dying woman received her visit and begged Lillian to care for her infant daughter....
by Peter James | Sep 29, 2024 | Nicholas Ferrar
T. S. Eliot concluded his poem Four Quartets with the memorable words: “And all shall be well...
by Peter James | Sep 28, 2024 | Thomas Becket
Edward Grim visited Canterbury Cathedral in England on December 29, 1170. During evening vespers, four knights interrupted the service, looking for Thomas Becket (1120-1170) (later to be called “a Becket”). “Where is this Thomas Becket, traitor to...
