Close Calls

Close Calls

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Life is full of close calls. On February 9, 1709, a couple named Samuel and Susanna tucked their children into bed in their modest cottage in Epworth, England. Samuel was an Anglican priest known for his...
This is the Day

This is the Day

070811_1913~01 To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here These days, there are almost no limitations in most states concerning the strength and variety of fireworks that individuals can buy. When our kids were young, however, the only way Hoosiers...
The Fourth Person

The Fourth Person

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhen things go wrong and life falls apart, it’s not unusual for people to want to fire God.It would be like axing an incompetent personal assistant. Is this any way to run a universe?Or we want to go to...
The Razor’s Edge

The Razor’s Edge

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereYou name the issue, and various groups of Christians have probably disagreed.Theological quarrels have erupted over stained glass vs. clear windows, organs vs. pianos, wine vs. Welch’s, and the King James...
Winning the Heart

Winning the Heart

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhat motivates people to work hard and succeed at difficult tasks?In the 1930’s, a psychologist named Karl Duncker devised a famous experiment to try to find out.It’s called the Candle...