by Peter James | Jul 28, 2024 | Betty Stam
When I first came upon Betty Stam’s (1906-1934) prayer, it seemed too good to be true. I was put in my place when I learned the real story of Betty’s life and her willingness to put this prayer to the ultimate test. Betty grew up in China, where her...
by Peter James | Jul 27, 2024 | John Newton
Conversion stories fascinate me. Paul was knocked off his horse by a blinding vision on his way to persecute Christians. Lydia, the first convert in Asia, opened her heart to Christ after listening to Paul’s testimony. Augustine came to faith after hearing a...
by Peter James | Jul 26, 2024 | Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott (1954-) was a thirty-year-old moderately successful fiction writer who worked an assortment of odd jobs to pay the rent. She was also a down-and-out drunk with an eating disorder. She was walking one Sunday morning through a flea market when she heard...
by Peter James | Jul 25, 2024 | Michel Quoist
Michel Quoist (1921-1997) was born into a working-class Catholic family in France. He went to work at age fourteen after his father’s death and later returned to school to become a Catholic priest. His first assignment was working with youth in a section of a...
by Peter James | Jul 24, 2024 | T. T. Talmadge
Thomas De Witt (T. T.) Talmage (1832-1902) accepted a call to pastor a church in Brooklyn, New York, in 1869. His offer letter was signed by seventeen people, the total number of members of this dying urban church. He preached to a cavernous sanctuary of empty pews...
