Fanny Crosby, the poetic songbird was blinded, while only six weeks old, by a quack unlicensed doctor. He permanently scarred her corneas by applying hot mustard poultices to her mildly infected eyes. Her father died when she was just twelve months old, forcing her mother to become a maid to support the family. Despite these tragedies, Crosby never fell into … [Read more...] about Fanny Crosby: Poetic Songbird
Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird
Books by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird include God's Firestarters; Blue Sky, a novel; and For Better, For Worse: Discovering the keys to a Lasting Relationship. Dr Ed’s newest award-winning book The Elisha Code is co-authored with Rev. David Kitz. Earlier books by Dr. Ed include the award-winning Battle for the Soul of Canada, and Restoring Health: Body, Mind, & Spirit.
Oswald & Biddy Chambers’ Utmost for His Highest
Why do so many millions read Oswald Chamber’s classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest? He memorably said: “Readiness for God means that we are ready to do the tiniest little thing or the great big thing. It makes no difference.” Chambers was born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1874. The son of a Baptist preacher, his parents, Clarence and Hannah, were both … [Read more...] about Oswald & Biddy Chambers’ Utmost for His Highest
Robert Dollar, global disciple in business
After coming to Canada penniless from Falkirk in Scotland, Robert Dollar became one of Scotland’s fifty wealthiest individuals, amassing a fortune of over forty million dollars ($800 million in today’s money). He was even on the cover of the March 19th, 1928 TIME magazine, and written up in the Saturday Evening Post in 1929. Leaving school at age 12 to work in … [Read more...] about Robert Dollar, global disciple in business
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a man on mission, a bright spot in the very dark time of World War II. Coming from a highly educated, aristocratic family, Bonhoeffer shocked his family by deciding to become a pastor. He was supposed to become a psychiatrist like his dad. His older brother begged him to not waste his life in such a “poor, feeble, boring, petty, bourgeois … [Read more...] about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man on a mission
Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce
As the founder of TIME, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines, Henry Luce has been described as ‘arguably the most important publisher of the last hundred years,’ and ‘the most influential private citizen in the America of his day.’ Luce’s parents sacrificially devoted their lives as missionaries in China. It took them eighteen years to win their first … [Read more...] about Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce