Over the past few months, I’ve been spending a lot of time to get a better sense of what God wants of me. I’ve been reading various books, talking with various friends, and paying close attention to the Episcopal lectionary.

Wednesday was the feast day of Florence Nightingale, and I spent a little time reading about her and writing a blog post about it. Today is the feast day of Jonathan Myrick Daniels, who died fifty years ago during the civil rights movement. I read this biography and listened to some of this documentary.

What can I learn from Florence and Jonathan during my journey?

Some of this is to prepare for a meeting I currently have scheduled for September 10. So, I’ve looked at the lectionary for that day. It is the feast of Alexander Crummell, another person whom I don’t know much about, but who seems fascinating and perhaps another person I should seek to learn from.