Ministry Musings

Choosing our Representatives

Choosing our Representatives The party conventions are over and the candidates for President for the next four years have been cofirmed. It is time for we, the American people, to prayerfully consider our responsibility and opportunity for entering the voting booth and casting our vote for the individual who will be the next leader of this great […]

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An Individual’s Journey with the Principle Approach

An Individual’s Journey With The Principle Approach First in a Series Ruth J. Smith PilgrimInstitute.org It was early in the 1970’s, my husband, Allen Smith, and I found our lives were extremely busy — three children attending Christian school, working in a church ministry and Christian school, which was very demanding in time and commitment. The […]

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Question/Answer Session

This Thursday, June 16, is the live Question/Answer time. If you entered the Giveaway, your invitation for the Q/A should have been received. We used PunchTab to process all entries for this Giveaway, but it appears that a number of individuals may have simply used the Facebook “Like” button, rather than processing through the PunchTab form. […]

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A Tribute – Mary-Elaine Swanson

MARY-ELAINE SWANSON: AMERICAN CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHER James B. Rose, President, American Christian History Institute Quickened by the research and remarkable testimony of Verna M. Hall, American Christian Historian, Mary Elaine Swanson (nee Adams) has devoted her spiritual and intellectual gifts for the last fifty years to documenting the Christian history and character of the men and […]

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Remembering

Remembering — Today, April 9, 2011, marks the 16th anniversary of the homegoing of my dear husband, Allen Smith. Though these many years have passed, his memory remains and I wanted to take a moment to recognize his faithful contribution to our family and to the ministry of the Pilgrim Institute. He served this ministry […]

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