Category: The Past and the Present
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Saints — September 18, 2026
Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) Lord Jesus Christ, Teach Me to See Come sit with me on the front porch for a while. This may not be the most comfortable conversation we have had. Robert Lewis Dabney was a remarkable man in many ways. Born in Virginia in 1820, he became a Presbyterian minister, theologian, professor,…
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Willing Myself to Love
Godfrey Dickmann — April 7, 1908–February 22, 2002Saint for September 15, 2026Source: A Year With the American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006 Godfrey Dickmann was born into a family of eight children, the son of German emigrés from Westphalia. He was baptized Leo. At eighteen, he entered the Benedictine…
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A Year with American Saints — September 13, 2026
Albert Benjamin Simpson December 15, 1843 – October 29, 1919 Albert Benjamin Simpson was a man of tremendous zeal. Born on a barren farm in western Ontario, Canada, Simpson worked as a teacher to earn money for his education and graduated from college with honors. Feeling called to ministry, at only twenty-two he became pastor…
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Lest We Forget — And Still We Press On
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…
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A Religion to Defend or a Jesus to Follow?
Today I read about Francis Makemie in A Year with American Saints. Makemie was a Presbyterian minister who came to America from Northern Ireland in the seventeenth century. He became an important leader among early American Presbyterians and is often called the Father of American Presbyterianism. But something about his story caught my attention. Makemie…
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What Am I Learning Now?
Series: The PresentSaturday, August 15, 2026 Grace is more than a woman’s name, and it is definitely more than a prayer we say over a meal. We say that God is loving, kind, gentle, good, and full of grace and mercy. But what does that mean to me? Is it simply something I have learned…
