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The New England Primer
June 14, 2021
Once upon a time, children learned by rhyme. And the most influential schoolbook of its time not only taught reading and arithmetic, but it also taught the Bible. ...
Heart Shield Bibles
June 7, 2021
John Phillips received a government-issue pocket Bible before he shipped off to Europe during World War II. On patrol, trudging through knee-deep snow in the Battle of the Bulge, Phillips found himsel ...
Memorial Day: The Medal of Honor
May 31, 2021
Memorial Day. A day to honor men and women who died while serving in the US military. Decorated for his military service, Army Chaplain Captain Emil Kapaun died in a Korean Prison Camp—time after ...
Charles Thomson
May 24, 2021
It was about 1740 when a woman found a young boy alone on the street to Wilmington, Delaware. The boy’s mother and father had died and he had been placed in a blacksmith’s home. When he learned he ...
The Great Awakening
May 17, 2021
One of the most memorable stories from the book of Acts is Pentecost, when tongues of fire rest on the apostles’ heads amid a sound of rushing wind. Hearing the commotion, a large crowd assembles. B ...
The Parchment War
May 10, 2021
Once upon a long-ago time, two kings were at war. Not over land. Not over riches. Instead, they were at war over ... a library! You see, the king of Pergamum (that’s in modern-day Turkey) wanted to ...
Psalm 91: The Soldier's Psalm
May 3, 2021
In 1911, Winston Churchill faced a turning point in his career. He didn’t know whether he’d be promoted or fired. His wife, Clementine, told him he needn’t worry. That morning, she had come acro ...
The Sisters Who Went to Sinai
April 26, 2021
They were not nobility. They did not hold advanced degrees. They were women in an age when being women severely limited their career prospects. And yet, twin sisters born to a Scottish lawyer in 1843 ...
The Trash of Oxyrhynchus
April 19, 2021
Have you ever had to dig through the trash to search for something you lost? Wouldn’t it be exciting if the next time you were looking for your retainer in the lunchroom trashcan you found an ancien ...
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