Heroes of the Faith: Lott Carey
"I have counted the cost and have sacrificed all my worldly possession to this undertaking. I am prepared to meet imprisonment or even death in carrying out the purposes of my heart." Lott Carey...
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Heroes or Neighbors?
by Aimee Fritz "So what does this have to do with refugees?" I asked my kids at breakfast. "I don't know. Maybe the naked part?" my son offered. "He's naked? That's what 'stripped him...
Heroes of the Faith: Lillian Trasher
(1887-1961) In 1942, as Nazi General Rommel pushed deep into Egypt's northern desert and soldiers of fortune pillaged the rest of the country, a middle-aged American gazed at the hundreds of hungry Egyptian children...
Heroes of the Faith: Matteo Ricci
(1552-1610) Conversion of the Chinese people to Christianity seemed a fruitless cause in the late 16th century. The early influence of Nestorian missionaries in the 7th century and Catholic monks in the 13th and...
Heroes of the Faith: Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
(1891-1942) Edith Stein was born on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in 1891 in Breslau, Germany. The date is auspicious: Her writings illustrate her constant concern for atonement, community, and reconciliation, and her...
Heroes of the Faith: Eliza Shirley
(1863-1932) In September 1878 a 15-year-old girl boldly stepped forward to speak at an outdoor meeting of 5,000 "Salvationists" who had come from all corners of England to celebrate the establishment of the 35th...
Americans Who Tell the Truth
Painter and narrative activist Robert Shetterly helps us find our heroes Interview by Kristyn Komarnicki They are whistleblowers and lawyers, journalists and healers, peacemakers and pastors, teachers and muckrakers, artists and activists. Some are...
Susanna Wesley 1669-1742
by Leslie Hammond Although she is firmly entrenched in Christian history as the "Mother of Methodism," having given birth to its founder, John Wesley, and its greatest hymn-writer, Charles Wesley, time has shown Susanna...
