History, Real Life, and Faith
“Why you had your own wrinkle in time,” my friend exclaimed. I’d recounted a story in which he had given me a surprising gift We’re both fans of Madeleine L’Engle‘s Newberry award-winning novel A Wrinkle in Time, but his words caught me by surprise. I hadn’t thought of it that way before, but he was correct (you can read the story…
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Oswald Chambers first published articles in The Revivalist and Bible Advocate magazine in 1907. The magazine, which is still in print, ran a special edition about Oswald Chambers in January-February 2017. It’s packed with beautiful photos and information. You can read it here. Why an American magazine? Oswald first met editors of The Revivalist magazine during his first visit to America in winter 1906-1907….
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“Tell everyone you meet, ‘thank you.’” Not a bad idea, but it wasn’t mine. As I sat in my pink chair praying about an upcoming trip, that sentence popped into my mind. Since no one else was home, obviously, it came from God. Easy. I could do that. But I thought the message silly. I always expressed my thanks to…
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luther were the subjects of two important books in 2017. The first, Luther and Katharina: a Novel of Love and Rebellion by Jody Hedlund, won the 2016 Christy Award for the best historical fiction of the year. It’s a novel, therefore it’s fiction. The second came out in January 2017: Michelle DeRusha’s Katharina and Martin Luther: The Radical Marriage…
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Martin Luther’s life in truth and fiction–for curious moderns.
The importance of shorthand and My Utmost for His Highest