An exchange between Pliny the Younger, who was governor of Pontus/Bithynia from 111-113 AD and the Emperor Trajan who reigned from 98 to 117 AD. A fascinating look into the persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire during this period…
On an evening in September of 1908, less than two weeks after the death of his mother Flora, C.S. Lewis, known to his family as Jack, was off to school. In his memoirs, he recalls the clop-clop-clop of the horsedrawn…
C.S. Lewis writes in the preface of his spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy: “I never read an autobiography in which the parts devoted to the earlier years were not far the most interesting.” In the following biography, I hope to…
What are you willing to go through for greatness? How hard are you willing to push yourself? Would you dedicate your entire life to the pursuit of your art? Masutatsu Ōyama did just that. Mas Oyama was the legendary founder…
Theodore Roosevelt wrote about reading. “I am old- fashioned, or sentimental, or something about books! Whenever I read one, I want, in the first place, to enjoy myself, and in the next place, to feel that I am a little…
