April 5, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: The Origins of WWJD In the 1890s, Kansas minister Charles M. Sheldon (1857–1946) turned to “sermon stories” to engage his congregation. In 1896, Sheldon began reading to the Central Church of Topeka a new series of stories called In His Steps. Like other Sheldon sermon stories, In His Steps ran as a serial in… read more