Saturday, August 16, 2003

The women’s ministry of my church hosted an night out with the gals last night.  We had a potluck dinner followed by the viewing of A Man Called Peter - the story of Dr. Peter Marshall, a Scottish man who emigrated to America after being called by God to the ministry, he completed seminary, served in churches in Georgia, married his wife, Catherine (who wrote the book of the same title), moved to Washington, DC - where he served as the pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (the church of the Presidents), and then served as the Chaplain of the Senate until his death. The website I linked is his son’s - Peter John, who is also a minister today.

My mother has been trying to get me to watch that movie for years. I’m glad I finally saw it - it was an excellent retelling of his life and just the little bits of the sermons they did made me want to find out more. I may have to add the book to my list of “must reads.”

It was a fun evening, it was a late evening. I need coffee…