by Peter James | Jan 21, 2025 | Paul Tripp
The idea for this prayer initiative began in a small, unassuming way. My cousin Elizabeth was in ICU recovering from back surgery. Since the doctors suspected that she had contracted COVID, she was not permitted visitors and was treated by nurses in hazmat suits....
by Peter James | Jan 20, 2025 | Jr., Martin Luther King
It was in a seminary preaching class that I came to a deeper appreciation of Martin Luther King. Jr. (1929-1968). Our class was studying great sermons from American history and listened to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech on August 28, 1963, as the...
by Peter James | Jan 19, 2025 | Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was full of worldly ambition when he enrolled at the University of Paris. He shared a dorm room with Ignatius of Loyola, several years older and already well along in faith. Francis resisted Ignatius’ overtures to follow Christ, but...
by Peter James | Jan 18, 2025 | Dionysius
I don’t appreciate it when people label me. I feel constrained by the limits that labels force on me. There is truth to the quote attributed to Soren Kierkegaard, that “once you label me, you negate me.” Born in the small city of Tel Mahre in Syria,...
by Peter James | Jan 17, 2025 | Frederick Douglass
Early one Sunday morning, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) watched sailing vessels navigate the Chesapeake Bay as he stood on its banks. The sight of these majestic ships moving freely tormented him as a slave. He had grown accustomed to the sight, but this morning, his...
