Category: Traveling Companions-Relationships with Others and self
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Freedom Sent Her on a Mission
Remembering Sojourner Truth September 21, 2026 Some saints inherit wealth, education, and influence. Sojourner Truth began life with none of these. Born Isabella Baumfree around 1797, she entered the world enslaved in New York. Dutch was her first language. When she was about nine years old, she was sold at auction with a flock of…
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Daniel Coker: Faithful to the Call
A Year with American Saints — Thursday, September 17, 2026Daniel Coker, African Methodist, 1780–1846Source: A Year with American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006 Daniel Coker did not look like an obvious candidate for ministry. Born around 1780 in Maryland, he was the son of Susan Coker, a white woman,…
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Union with God
When the Professor Faces Despair The Pilgrim Continues His Way — The Sixth Meeting: The Skhimnik InstructsScriptures: Genesis 2:24; John 15:1–11; 1 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 5:31–32Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 We left the Professor standing between despair and hope. He knows the New Testament. He finds comfort in…
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Before the Teacher Speaks: Prevenient Grace
The Pilgrim Continues His WayThe Sixth Meeting — The Skhimnik InstructsScriptures: Matthew 13:1–23; Matthew 7:21; John 16:7–15; Romans 10:14–15; Ecclesiastes 3:1–8Source: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 Sometimes a teacher begins teaching before saying a word. That is what I see happening as we enter this part of the Sixth…
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A Teacher Opens a Door
The Curious Pilgrim — American SaintsSeptember 14, 2026 Lucy Craft LaneyApril 14, 1854 – December 23, 1933 Source: A Year with American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006 I will never forget something that happened when I was about five years old. Minnie Wally patted me on the head and…
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Two Pilgrims, Two Roads, One Mysterious Grace
The Pilgrim Continues His WayThe Sixth MeetingThe Pilgrim and the ProfessorSource: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 At the end of the Fifth Meeting, the Pilgrim is traveling with a man he calls the Barin, a gentleman. They are headed toward the Anzersky Skete associated with the Solovetsky Monastery on…
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The Harvest Becomes Seed Again
The Pilgrim Continues His WaySeptember 13, 2026The Pilgrim’s Account of the Fifth MeetingFellow Traveler: The BarinSource: The Pilgrim Continues His Way, translated by Olga Savin, Shambhala, 2001 I have learned so much from The Pilgrim Continues His Way, but this may be the clearest and most direct lesson I have received from the book. I…
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William Leroy Stidger: Attraction, Connection, and Transformation
A Year with American Saints — September 12, 2026 William Leroy Stidger | March 15, 1885–August 7, 1949 | Methodist Source: A Year with American Saints, G. Scott Cady and Christopher L. Webber, Church Publishing, 2006. William Leroy Stidger has been called evangelism’s first modern media star. Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, Stidger was ordained…
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One Step at a Time
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…
