by Morning Reflections | Sep 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Bible scholar Dale Bruner was teaching at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, he was approached by a skeptical student.“The church only talks,” he said. “It never does much of anything.” Bruner writes, “In a (for me) rare moment of ‘inspiration,’...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Years ago our family lived on a street in which adjoining houses sat on properties that were roughly equal in size. This created a substantial temptation for the males on that street. OK, it created a potential issue for me. It turns out that it was...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Jesus’ original disciples were not what an objective observer would call the brightest and the best. The top students – those who at the age of 13 had rung up the highest marks on their SATs (if there had been a Synagogue Aptitude Test) and who therefore seemed...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Charlotte Bronte, an unmarried, impoverished woman who lived in the desolate moors of northern England, longed to write a novel. In 1846, at the age of 30, she submitted her first manuscript – The Professor – to a publisher. It was rejected.Four more...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the year 2000, Pixar was riding a wave of success unrivalled in the history of movie studios. Their first three feature-length films – Toy Story, A Bug Life’s, and Toy Story 2 – had been smash hits. Two future blockbusters – Monsters Inc. and Finding...
