The Tide of Faith

The Tide of Faith

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The memory of a visit to a rocky English shoreline inspired one of the 19th century’s most famous poems. In Dover Beach, published in 1867, the British poet Matthew Arnold declares that belief in...
A Love Like No Other

A Love Like No Other

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.Every year on Valentine’s Day, the age-old question seems to feel a bit more urgent:  Does anybody out there really love me?According to Nancy Jo Sales’ harrowing book, American Girls: Social Media and...
The Power of Beauty

The Power of Beauty

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky once wrote, “Beauty will save the world.” He seems to have meant that when people struggle to find common ground – when reason and logic fail to unite people...

Who Switched the Price Tags?

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Almost a century after George Washington became the first president of the United States, a monument in his memory rose in the nation’s capital. Now, more than a century later, the Washington...
Take It to Heart

Take It to Heart

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.Whenever we hear God’s Word, something is likely to get torn. Either our hearts will be torn – even to the point that our lives will be disrupted in some way – or we will figure out some way to tear up God’s...