Albert Schweitzer spent the first thirty years of his life doing what he wanted to do. The difference between himself and others, however, is that he stated at a young age that this was his plan: thirty years...
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That pain was sickening. The anticipation of his reaction fanned the flames of panic within her as she prepared to tell her soon-to-be-husband something that he, surely, would not believe. Something he would...
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In 1468, Basil was born near Moscow to a poor family of serfs. Their poverty had a lasting impact upon Basil in a variety of ways: 1) Basil learned what it meant to be impoverished, 2) Basil was not tempted...
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At the sound of the church bell Germaine knew that she should hurry. It was a long way from the field where she was tending sheep to the church where she would receive the Eucharist and worship the God who...
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The political and social climate of Lyon in the second century was bleak for Christians and thosewhose faith did not align with the values of Rome and the emperor Marcus Aurelius. The good that Christians had...
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Rita’s received the kind of spiritual education that can only be received in the home and by the careful guidance of a loving mother (Amata) and father (Antonio). Antonio and Amata were eager to pass on...
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Pachomius was raised in a non-Christian family and like many of his contemporaries and peers he was taught to view the Christians as subversive radicals in need of suppression and, at times, extermination. He...
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The boy was talking very fast and trying his hardest to impress his six-year-old sister Catherine. He knew it was his job and duty to not only take care of her but to entertain her as they walked back from...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer must have known that he was living on borrowed time as he sat in his cell and wrote letters to his family. Yes, he seemed to be lucky in that he was being held in a military prison to...
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Harriet Tubman’s grandmother had been brought over from Ghana to the United States of America as a slave. She had her freedom stripped from her and her children and children’s children were...
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Reverend James Bevel had preached several sermons just like the one he had just preached. In it he proclaimed the liberation and healing that Jesus promised to those who would take up the yoke of...
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In the middle of the third century, Christianity was not an acceptable thing to place one’s trust or faith in if you were a citizen or subject of the Roman Empire. Within the bounds of the pax romana...
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