by Peter James | Feb 26, 2024 | Wendel Hawley
He was raised in a church that practiced only extemporaneous prayer. Spontaneous prayers were considered more spiritual than written prayers. But when asked to lead the pastoral prayer each Sunday in worship, he changed his mind. Giving careful thought and attention...
by Peter James | Feb 25, 2024 | Yao Nien Yuan
She became ecstatic when a spider joined her in her prison cell. Most of us have little use for spiders, but when you spend six and a half years in solitary confinement, even a spider’s company can serve as company. She watched this tiny spider crawl through the...
by Peter James | Feb 24, 2024 | St. Ignatius of Antioch
They were different. Peculiar, some thought. An alien cult, perhaps. They did not join in worshiping Roman gods, nor did they participate in the gladiatorial games. Some accused them of being cannibalistic, given their secret rite of ingesting Jesus’ body and...
by Peter James | Feb 23, 2024 | Lewis Bayly
John Bunyan and his wife married in 1648 in a simple service befitting those who were poor. Mrs. Bunyan (history does not record her first name) had two books in her possession inherited from her father. One was titled The Practice of Piety, Directing a Christian how...
by Peter James | Feb 22, 2024 | Gelasian Sacramentary
I associated Ash Wednesday with Catholics in my childhood years. Receiving ashes on the forehead, giving up things for Lent, and refraining from meat on Wednesdays and Fridays were things only Catholics did. Silly me! Ashes have long been used as signs of humility and...
