Charles Ballard
This is a non-conventional page to present Charles Ballard, since I had the privilege of sitting down with Charles and working up some films to celebrate his life and ministry. I hope these are enjoyed and provide a lens into how Charles was used by God during his 82 years here. There are nine videos…
Read MoreThomas McKean
The Irish are known to be blunt and, at times, feisty folk. And the Scottish are known as a hearty people, able to persevere through hardship. For Thomas McKean, these traits certainly rang true. The son of Irish and Scottish ancestry was surprisingly a successful lawyer during the American Revolutionary period. The wonderment was present…
Read MoreWilliam Wordsworth
Born 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, to the steward of an estate, Wordsworth’s early life was relatively hard. His mother died when he was eight, and the next year he was sent to attend the principal grammar school of the district at Hawkshead where he was solidly educated. Only four years later, however, his father died,…
Read MoreDante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri is beyond doubt the greatest of Italian poets, and, many readers think, one of the greatest poets that Western civilization has produced. W B Yeats called him “the chief imagination of Christendom.” T S Eliot said: “Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third.” He was born in Florence, Italy,…
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