by Peter James | Aug 28, 2024 | Louise Degrafinried
Louise Degrafinried (1911-1998) and her husband Nathan lived in a small town outside Nashville. Nathan awoke one night to let the cat out, but the cat refused to leave the porch. Instead, he arched his back and hissed. “What do you see out there, Cat?”...
by Peter James | Aug 27, 2024 | Henry Francis Lyte
The Football Association Challenge Cup (commonly called the F.A. Cup) is the English soccer equivalent of our American Super Bowl. It’s played annually each May in Wembley Stadium before 90,000 frenzied soccer fans. It has been a century-old tradition to sing...
by Peter James | Aug 26, 2024 | Pectorius of Autun
Food can assume exaggerated importance in our lives. Fasting is one way to bring these appetites under control. People in the Bible fast from food for all sorts of reasons. David fasts for the health of his gravely ill son. Esther fasts before she makes a bold request...
by Peter James | Aug 25, 2024 | Peter Kreeft
Peter Kreeft (1937-) has been a professor of philosophy for 38 years at Boston College. Among his 40+ books, he wrote A Prayer for Beginners. It is, as advertised, a simple, direct treatment of prayer for novices. Peter admits, after years of actively engaging in...
by Peter James | Aug 24, 2024 | Clementine Liturgy
The Thirty Years War from 1618-1648 was one of the most destructive wars in European history. It started as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics over religious freedom and escalated into a major political power struggle. Not quite what Jesus had in...
