A Fish Story

A Fish Story

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIn the late 1970s, commercial deep sea fishermen made an amazing discovery off the coast of Australia.Nearly a mile beneath the surface there were vast schools of a large, reddish-orange species of fish. ...
Just Show Up

Just Show Up

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhen someone else is hurting, it’s tempting to think our call is to do something amazing or to say something unusually wise.But most of the time, the need of the hour is simply to show...
Breaching the Walls

Breaching the Walls

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereMany of us still flinch at the memory of high school English, especially our initial exposure to “great poetry.”Great poetry is not often easy to grasp, let alone appreciate.  It doesn’t always...
Parental Approval

Parental Approval

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereMore than anything, the young Winston Churchill yearned for the affection and approval of his father.But Sir Randolph Churchill, a rising star in Britain’s Conservative Party at the turn of the last...
Ain’t You Tired?

Ain’t You Tired?

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe 2012 film The Help depicts life in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962 – particularly the intersecting worlds of the black women (“the help”) who work as maids, cooks, and child caregivers and the white...
Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIt’s coming.  And there’s nothing you can do about it. Just when you thought 2024 couldn’t get any crazier – what with a total solar eclipse, crowds flocking to see a movie depicting a future...