Category: Someone You Should Know…

There is – and will continue to be – a lot written and said about Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, and her life, but one thing stands out to me: She did her job. “When I was 21, I pledged my life to the service of our people and I asked for God’s help to make good…

I don’t usually do this. (Okay, I never do this.) But Buechner’s words will not leave me alone unless I share them. Here are more quotes. ************ “If there is anything in this world I believe, it is that God is indeed doing all kinds of things in the lives of all of us.” God…

Carl Frederick Buechner (BEEK-nər; July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American writer, novelist, poet, autobiographer, essayist, preacher, and theologian. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of thirty-nine published books. (Wikipedia) When I read of his death last week, I was surprised to find that not only was he a contemporary, but he lived in New…

Anne Lamott is an American novelist who is notable for her huge contribution to the field of literature. She is a prominent Christian author known and remembered for her autobiographical non-fiction books. I find her delightfully insightful and refreshingly down to earth. ********** “Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to…

Oswald Chambers (24 July 1874 – 15 November 1917) was an early-twentieth-century Scottish Baptist evangelist and teacher. The most successful of his thirty books was My Utmost for His Highest (1924), a daily devotional composed of 365 selections of Chamber’s talks, each of about 500 words. The work has never been out of print and has been translated into 39…

Maya Angelou. I’m ashamed to say I knew very little about this amazing, wise woman. On God If I was asked, “Say your definition of God in one word,” it would be ‘all.’ On Being Present I want to thank You, Lord, for life and all that’s in it. Thank you for this day and…

Julian of Norwich (1343 – after 1416) was an English anchoress (religious recluse), devoted to prayer. During her life the Black Death reached Norwich and probably killed over half the population. There were more outbreaks up to 1387. Julian lived during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Those were deadly times, much like our own. “When I was thirty years old and a half, God sent…

James Innell Packer (22 July 1926 – 17 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North America. He was a contributor to Christianity Today, where I briefly worked as a receptionist. “Call me Jim,” he said with a smile as he shook…

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and hearing after a bout of illness at the age of nineteen months. Despite her handicaps, she attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Keller was a prolific…

Let there be no more resentment, no more anger or temper, no more violent self-assertiveness, no more slander and no more malicious remarks, Be kind to each other, be understanding. Be as ready to forgive others as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31-32 J.B. Phillips New Testament Mary Stewart (1876-1943) was the…