by Morning Reflections | Jun 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Old clapboard white rural church in Willamette Valley, Oregon, Oak Grove Church is one of the best places in the world to hide. No, not from vampires, werewolves, and the walking dead. That’s Hollywood stuff.Church is where people can avoid faith and avoid God...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 1954, psychologist Muzafer Sherif and his colleagues conducted what is now regarded as one of the most famous experiments concerning the origin and nature of conflict. The researchers invited two dozen boys to a special summer camp at Robbers Cave State Park in...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
All of a sudden, everybody is dancing. Fans who are excited to be back at sporting events are dancing in the stands. Protesters who show up for rallies are dancing in the streets. People are dancing in TV commercials when their pizza is delivered on time,...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
“You can’t have everything,” says deadpan comic Steven Wright. “Where would you put it?”The hunger to somehow have it all is nevertheless a central human fixation. And we are endlessly fascinated with those who seem to have gotten pretty close.Take...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Blogger Steve Goodier recently recounted an anecdote from the earliest days of international air travel.In the 1930’s, Britain’s Imperial Airways pioneered flights from England all the way to the Pacific. Unfortunately, the company’s fleet of underpowered and...
