Take Up and Read

Take Up and Read

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s rare for people to admit they’ve made big mistakes in the past. A pair of church historians, William Cook and Ronald Herzman, recall the time the moderator of a political forum asked the candidates vying in a...
Open the Drapes

Open the Drapes

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Charles Dickens is hands down the most famous fiction writer in the history of the English language. A few years ago, he was cited as the author of the most memorable line in all of British...
Gluttony

Gluttony

Stacks of books To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. All sins are not created equal.  Some moral failures are clearly worse than others.  Our consciences may nag at us for rolling through a stop sign at 3:00 am, or cutting...
Telling Your Story

Telling Your Story

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Sometimes hope is born in the darkest places. During the totalitarian regime of Josef Stalin, it was illegal to speak even a word against the government of the Soviet Union. Political dissidents, artists, and...
Maybe It’s Time

Maybe It’s Time

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Lt. Hiroo Onada did not give up without a fight.  When the Japanese withdrew from the Philippine island of Lubang in December 1944, they left behind four soldiers.  Their orders were to “carry on the mission even...