History, Real Life, and Faith
I wrote an “Utmost Response” every day from August 2017 to December 31, 2021. What is an Utmost Response? Exactly what it sounds like–a response to that day’s reading in My Utmost for His Highest. The idea came one morning while praying. Many people told me that while they liked the idea of reading My Utmost for His Highest, it…
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A social justice warrior before her time: Oswald Chambers’ student Miss Ashe.
Lent can be a mystery for many non-liturgical Christians. In a recent interview, author Amy Boucher Pye discussed what it means and how to observe it. I’m currently reading her new book: The Living Cross: Exploring God’s Gift of Forgiveness and New Life. An American married to n clergyman, Amy lives with her family in north London. Here are my…
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What’s in your junk drawer for comfort?
“Quit reading that book.” Can there be such a freeing admonition? I’d been complaining to a friend about how much I detested a very popular narrative nonfiction book everyone seem to love. This unnamed book violated every lesson I’d ever heard on the topic and I knew people would die as a result of her foolishness. Pretty harsh. But who…
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Jimmy Hanson was one of the people I recognized as a Bible Training College regular during my writing of Mrs. Oswald Chambers. On the last Tuesday of the month for the next five months, I’ll be telling stories of those “BTC regulars.” Why? Because I spent so much time following their fascinating rabbit trails to missionary works around the globe….
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