Winona Lake

I've been delinquent in writing, so here is my attempt to catch up. Earlier this month, I spent several days in Winona Lake, Indiana. Winona was once the second largest chautauqua, and was founded to be a combination approaches from both Chautauqua and D.L. Moody's Bible institute in Northfield, Massachusetts. The camp meeting remained an important event until much later, but the Chautauqua was active until about 1940. It was the home of both Billy Sunday, a major evangelist of the 20th century, and Homer Rodeheaver, an important hymnist.

Not much remains of Winona Lake as it once was. Grace University and Theological Seminary was the outgrowth of summer schools and year-round schools established early in Winona's history. Grace's library has a wonderfully organized and extensive collection of Winona Lake history.