Author: Sweet Tea and Front Porch Storyteller

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in Traveling Companions-Relationships with Others and self

Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky (May 6, 1831–October 15, 1906)Series: A Year with American SaintsSeptember 11, 2026 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” — Proverbs 3:5–6 Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky was born into…

Lest We Forget — And Still We Press On

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in The Past and the Present, The world through which we travel-Relationsip with Creation and the Universe

A September 11 ReflectionThe Curious Pilgrim — September 11, 2026 Tomorrow is September 11. In the United States, it is a day of remembrance. We remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001. We remember the airplanes. We remember the buildings. We remember the smoke. We remember the fear. And those of us who were…

Grounded in God’s Love

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in Traveling Companions-Relationships with Others and self

Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, “The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth Meeting” — Author Unknown While the Pilgrim was staying with the Greek monk from Mount Athos as he recovered from his illness, another visitor arrived. He was described as a devout man. But he was angry. He had recently traveled through some Jewish…

Steadied as I Walk Along

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in Daily Office Reflections, Wisdom Along the Way -Sacred Writings

Daily Office Reflections — September 11, 2026Psalm 40; Psalm 51; Psalm 54; Job 38:1–17; Acts 15:22–35; John 11:45–54 One of my favorite passages is found at the beginning of Psalm 40: “I waited patiently for the Lord…” I am not always sure how patiently I wait. David describes being lifted out of the mud and…

God Knows My Tomorrow

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in Daily Office Reflections, Wisdom Along the Way -Sacred Writings

Daily Office Readings — Thursday, September 10, 2026Psalms 50, 59, 60, 93, 96; Job 29:1; 31:1–23; Acts 15:1–11; John 11:17–29 There is a thread running through today’s Daily Office readings that I almost missed. God knows. Psalm 50 begins with God calling the people to judgment. God tells Israel, in essence, “I don’t need your…

The Greek Monk from Holy Mount Athos

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in Arts That Shape Our Souls, The world through which we travel-Relationsip with Creation and the Universe

Reflections on “The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth Meeting” from The Pilgrim Continues His Way When the Pilgrim left the Russian coaching inn, he had just experienced a difficult encounter with an Old Believer. The two men disagreed about religion. Each believed his understanding of the Church was correct. The Pilgrim decided that arguing would…

Year with American Saints — September 10, 2026Mary Elizabeth Lange (c. 1784–February 3, 1882)

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in Mentors Who Changed Me

David was a shepherd—a teenager tending his father’s sheep. Samuel was a child given to God by his mother, Hannah. Abraham was one hundred years old, and Sarah was ninety when the promise of God was fulfilled and Isaac was born. I was fourteen. And Mary Elizabeth Lange was about forty-four. There seems to be…

Charles Sheldon: A Seed Planted Along My Pilgrimage

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in Mentors Who Changed Me, Traveling Companions-Relationships with Others and self

September 9, 2026 — A Year with American SaintsCharles Sheldon, February 26, 1857–February 24, 1946 What Would Jesus Do? I first became acquainted with Charles Sheldon when I studied homiletics at Free Will Baptist Bible College. Looking back, there is a little irony in that. Sheldon was sometimes described as a Christian socialist and became…

Sacred Writings Teach Us How to Live

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