by Morning Reflections | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you have a desire to experience the world’s most violent weather, Oklahoma is the place for you.As journalist Michael Lewis notes in his book The Coming Storm, the National Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is “about as perfectly situated as an institution can...
by Morning Reflections | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone; Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. Those are the opening lines to the folk ballad Fire and Rain, the 1970 song that established James Taylor as one of America’s up-and-coming rock...
by Morning Reflections | May 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
If there’s such a thing as the Most Disappointing Verse in the Bible, Revelation 21:1 just might be the one.John the evangelist reports a breathtaking glimpse of heaven in chapter 21 of the Bible’s last book.Verse four gets a lot of press, and deservedly so: ...
by Morning Reflections | May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Rachel Pine was flying from Los Angeles to New York City. She noticed that the flight crew looked unusually harried.When the flight attendant came by to see if she had fastened her seatbelt, Rachel reached into her package of Fig Newtons.“Would you like...
by Morning Reflections | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Elijah the prophet experienced one of the Bible’s most memorable spiritual highs. In a public contest pitting Yahweh vs. Baal, he singlehanded stared down hundreds of false prophets and won, on God’s behalf, a resounding victory.Imagine what a rush it would be to...
