The Prayer Meeting--that Lasted 100 Years

The Prayer Meeting--that Lasted 100 Years

In my last blog, I wrote about Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf and the influence he had on denominations’ focus on having a personal relationship with Christ and a more emotional experience of salvation, and on mission work/ evangelization.

But Zinzendorf also was part of a movement that many Christians today don’t know about. Zinzendorf was part of a prayer meeting that—through hundreds of men and women who took turns praying—continued twenty-four hours every day for more than one hundred years.

Yes, a prayer meeting that lasted for more than 100 years.

A Lesson in Overcoming--and the Beauty of Simplicity, Family, and Light

A Lesson in Overcoming--and the Beauty of Simplicity, Family, and Light

Carl Larsson was born on May 28, 1853 in the Gamia Stan neighborhood of Stockholm, Sweden. His parents were extremely poor, and his childhood was not happy.

According to Renate Puvogel, in the biography she authored in 1994 Larsson, “His mother was thrown out of the house, together with Carl and his brother, Johna. After enduring a series of temporary dwellings, the family move to present-day Ostermalm. As a rule, each room was home to three families.”

Who Was Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf? (And why you should want to know…)

Who Was Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf?  (And why you should want to know…)

There are many amazing men and women of the Christian faith who leave us with tremendous legacies and examples. I wish I had time to study them all—to learn what they learned—the bad so as not to repeat it—the good so as to emulate and grow from it.

Too often, these lives are buried in the dust of history.

Today, let me share with you the life of one such powerful Christian—Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf.

Finding Contentment in Good Times and Times of Need

Finding Contentment in Good Times and Times of Need

The internet is an amazing place.

At the press of a button and just a few clicks, images from our family and friends, from our church and our community, from our nation and the entire world, flood in.

Happy images of babies and grandmas, of puppies and cows, of rich food and lovely sunsets.

Those have not been the images on display this week.

War.

Unprovoked war.

Fear.

Death.

A Missionary from Africa Gives Us Thirty-Six Tips for Reducing Stress

A Missionary from Africa Gives Us Thirty-Six Tips for Reducing Stress

Tha pandemic seems to have stressed out the entire world.

From avoiding it to surviving it, from trying to escape it to trying to live with it, we seem to have been given all sorts of advice, and nothing is quite clear, other than we are fed up with it and want it to be gone.

This type of ongoing upheaval and uncertainty naturally stresses us. And, not knowing when the end will be also causes anxiety. So how do we live with this?

Recently, I read some great tips shared years ago by Nona Freeman.

Who was Nona Freeman? She and her husband were…