by Peter James | Feb 3, 2025 | Washington Gladden
Washington Gladden (1836-1918) was given his first name in honor of his great-grandfather who served as George Washington’s bodyguard in the Revolutionary War. Washington Gladden came to faith at age eighteen. While he listened to many appeals by revivalist...
by Peter James | Feb 2, 2025 | Catherine Marshall
Catherine Marshall (1914-1983) wrote Beyond Ourselves about her three-year struggle with a serious lung affection at age twenty-eight. When she contracted tuberculosis in 1943, there was no known cure. She sought out a bevy of specialists who were unable to bring her...
by Peter James | Feb 1, 2025 | Marc Boegner
Jesus prayed that his disciples would “all be one” (John 17.21). The unity of Jesus’ followers stands out as a persistent New Testament theme. Jesus intended our Christian harmony to become a demonstrable witness to the world of the power of the gospel. Some members...
by Peter James | Jan 31, 2025 | Guigo II
It was a hot summer morning in 1150. Guigo II (d. ca. 1188) was working in his garden in a Carthusian monastery in France, harvesting herbs to produce a liqueur called Chartreuse, which Carthusian monks are known for. He was meditating on the story of Jacob’s...
by Peter James | Jan 30, 2025 | Reinhold Niebuhr
It may be the most popular prayer of our modern era. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), a theology professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, preached a sermon at the Heath Union Church in Massachusetts in 1943. He concluded the sermon by praying what has...
