by Peter James | Jul 3, 2024 | Old Gallican Sacramentary
The Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome was used as an underground burial chamber for Christians during the third century AD. It was also a place where they congregated for worship to avoid detection since Roman soldiers considered it haunted and stayed away. The catacomb...
by Peter James | Jul 2, 2024 | Soren Kierkegaard
The geese went to church each Sunday. They listened attentively to the sermon preached from a huge pulpit, where the old Gander exhorted his flock that the Creator intended a greater purpose for them. They were given wings to enable them to fly. They were most pleased...
by Peter James | Jul 1, 2024 | Mary Herbert
Most of the singing in churches during the late Middle Ages was done by clergy and trained choirs, while the congregation sang only on rare occasions. One contribution of the Reformation was the recovery of congregational singing. The reformers regarded that singing...
by Peter James | Jun 30, 2024 | Absalom Jones
Among the artifacts at the Smithsonian African American Museum is Absalom Jones’ (1747-1818) sermon from January 1, 1808. Congress had just passed the Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, making it illegal to transport people of color to the states to sell...
by Peter James | Jun 29, 2024 | Sam Shoemaker
Bill sat at his kitchen table drinking gin on a dreary November evening in 1934. The telephone rang. It was his good friend and drinking buddy Ebby who wanted to visit him. Ebby ended the call by telling Bill he was now sober. Bill knew how bad it had been for Ebby,...
