by Peter James | Nov 23, 2024 | Baron Bunsen
He was a career ambassador for Prussia (nineteenth century German Empire). He was good at what he did since diplomacy was his strong suit. Baron Christian Charles Josia von Bunsen (1791-1863) was appointed ambassador to Rome, having earned a reputation as a Protestant...
by Peter James | Nov 22, 2024 | Peter Datheen
Lady Elizabeth de Grave left church one Sunday despondent over the state of her soul. After listening to the preacher pronounce God’s judgment for those who transgress the law, doubts about her salvation kicked into high gear. Maybe she was kidding herself and...
by Peter James | Nov 21, 2024 | Benjamin Brawley
Teaching was his “sacred calling.” He tried his hand at preaching but soon realized his skills were best served by providing young African Americans with the best education possible. Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1882-1939) showed early academic prowess,...
by Peter James | Nov 20, 2024 | John Durname
John Harvard and his wife Anne sailed to America in 1637. John was assigned to lead a Boston church but died within the year of tuberculosis at the tender age of 31. He donated his library of four hundred books and half of his considerable estate to New College of...
by Peter James | Nov 19, 2024 | Anna Warner
Two teenage girls, Susan and Anna, were plucked from their swanky Manhattan townhome to relocate to a dilapidated farmhouse on a deserted island that years earlier had protected the Hudson River Valley from invading British forces during the Revolutionary War. Their...
