Louisa Adams: Delicate Might

Louisa Adams: Delicate Might

by | Oct 9, 2023

Louisa Catherine Adams waited at the doors. She was easy to overlook – small and slight and nearly fifty, with shadows beneath her large, dark eyes. But that night, January 8, 1824, she stood where she would be seen, and all attention was on her. She was mighty,...
Squanto

Squanto

by | Oct 1, 2023

When the Pilgrims landed in the new world, God had prepared a person to be of significant help to them.[1]   Not in the same league as Daniel going into Babylon early or Joseph into Egypt, still, Squanto was an enormous help to the Pilgrims because they...
Social Anxiety

Social Anxiety

by | Sep 24, 2023

Until recently, I dismissed Social Anxiety as just being humble, or only being comfortable with what is known and familiar. But a recent conversation opened my eyes to see that some people really do experience concern, worry, fear, nervousness and discomfort at...
Luther’s Struggle

Luther’s Struggle

by | Sep 17, 2023

If ever one was spiritually born out of the crucible of personal struggle, it was Martin Luther.  That struggle prompted him to join an Augustinian monastery in his native Germany (Augustine was the bishop of Hippo, North Africa; 354-430...
Legalism in Latin America

Legalism in Latin America

by | Sep 10, 2023

Leticia, Colombia, c. 1996  Reluctantly, the missionary admitted to an American audience that his wife wore slacks on their mission field in Colombia. Knowing the conservative nature of this congregation, the missionary correctly feared that his honesty...