Reveille

Reveille

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Sir Winston Churchill lived what was arguably the most remarkable life of the twentieth century. He was an unrivalled public speakerA skilled oil painterThe winner of a Nobel Prize for LiteratureAll despite the...
A Beauty Crowned with Thorns

A Beauty Crowned with Thorns

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It was hands-down the most memorable Easter gift I have ever received. One year, when my two brothers and I were in grade school, Mom didn’t settle for colored eggs and chocolate bunnies.  Just...
The Best We Can Do

The Best We Can Do

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. If you do what is best for yourself, the entire community will benefit. According to the 18th century British economist Adam Smith, that’s one of the pillars of a healthy capitalist economy....
Disagreeing Agreeably

Disagreeing Agreeably

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.Yes, Presbyterians (who occasionally refer to themselves as God’s Frozen Chosen) actually do show emotion from time to time.In his book Jesus Outside the Lines, Scott Sauls recalls the time when theologian...

Speak Up

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Bob Ebeling was tormented by guilt for 30 years. Ebeling was an engineer for Morton Thiokol, the contractor that built the solid rocket boosters for NASA’s space shuttles. On the night of January 27, 1986, Ebeling...