by Peter James | Nov 14, 2023 | E. B. Pusey
Contentment doesn’t come naturally. It’s a learned behavior. Paul writes in Philippians. “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation” (Phil. 4.12). If Paul can learn the secret of contentment, so can we. Edward...
by Peter James | Nov 13, 2023 | Henry Greenleaf Whittier
No other hymn in the Christian repertoire originates from a poem about taking drugs. “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” was derived from a longer poem by Henry Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), a Quaker active in the abolitionist cause. Henry’s poem...
by Peter James | Nov 12, 2023 | Alcuin
One of the most famous swords in history is on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. It’s called the Sword of Joyeuse and is reported to have belonged to Charlemagne. The irony is not lost on me that joyeuse in French means joyful, not a word I would normally...
by Peter James | Nov 11, 2023 | Desmond Doss
Desmond Thomas Doss (1919-2006) worked in the Naval shipyards of Newport News, VA at the outset of World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the army as a noncombatant, consistent with his Seventh-Day Adventist Church beliefs. At basic training at...
by Peter James | Nov 10, 2023 | Peter Muhlenberg
There’s a monument on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC identifying John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807) as “The fighting parson of the American Revolution.” The British disparagingly called patriotic pastors like Muhlenberg “the Black...
