by Henry Brinton | May 31, 2023 | Author Insights, Windows of the Heavens
As a teenager, Pastor Phanta Lansden battled obesity, anxiety, and self-doubt, as many young people do. She was bullied because of her weight. By the time she reached her mid-20s, she weighed almost 300 pounds. Later, as senior pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church...
by Henry Brinton | Nov 9, 2022 | Author Insights, Windows of the Heavens
The 47th Marine Corps Marathon was run on Sunday, October 30, and the 51st running of the New York City Marathon was held on Sunday, November 6. Two amazing events, with routes around the monuments of Washington, DC, and through the five boroughs of New York City....
by Henry Brinton | Jul 23, 2022 | Author Insights, Windows of the Heavens
As a teenager, Phanta Lansden battled obesity, anxiety, and self-doubt. She was bullied because of her weight. By the time she reached her mid-20s, she weighed almost 300 pounds. Later, as senior pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina,...
by Henry Brinton | Jan 15, 2022 | Author Insights, Windows of the Heavens
A professor of anthropology named Brian Howell was in an airport gift shop in Central America, looking for something for his 14-year-old son. Among the soccer jerseys and dried toads, he found a bright orange T-shirt that said, “I Survived a Short Term Mission...
by Henry Brinton | Jan 3, 2021 | Author Insights, City of Peace
Riverside Methodist Church in Occoquan had a black Jesus. Pastor Harley Camden noticed it the first time he walked into the small sanctuary and looked up at the stained-glass window at the front of the church. At first, he thought that the glass was simply dirty, but...
