by Peter James | Sep 17, 2024 | John Jea
John Jea was born in Africa in 1773. He, with his parents and siblings, were kidnapped by slave traders, transported to America, and sold to enslavers in New York City. John was not yet three years old. The family was purchased by a Dutch couple, members of the Dutch...
by Peter James | Sep 16, 2024 | Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) wrote in her diary on February 7, 1837, “God spoke to me and called me into his service.” She was not yet seventeen, living on a luxurious 1,300-acre estate in England. Years later, it became clear that her calling was to...
by Peter James | Sep 15, 2024 | Robert Lawson
Robert C. Lawson (1883-1961) was orphaned at a young age and raised by an aunt and left home as a teenager to become a nightclub singer. He abandoned his Christian roots and adopted a pleasure-seeking lifestyle. At age thirty, he contracted tuberculosis and was...
by Peter James | Sep 14, 2024 | Samson Occom
I have preached in challenging, supercharged moments but none can compare with the moment Samson Occom (1723-1792) took the pulpit at Moses Paul’s execution. A heated argument after drinking broke out at David Clark’s Tavern in Bethany, Connecticut, one...
by Peter James | Sep 13, 2024 | Tom Fettke
Tom Fettke (1941-) spent a lifetime in choral music as a music instructor and church choir director. As former director of a church choir in California, Tom asked choir member Linda Johnson if she would be willing to transpose Psalm 8 into lyrical form. Since Psalm 8...
