Anniversaries

Anniversaries

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereMany people experience what can only be described as an annual appointment with pain.  Every year, when a certain day arrives, the memories associated with those 24 hours come flooding back.    It...
Ripples

Ripples

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIn 2009 on a rain-slick stretch of Interstate 15 in Idaho, a man by the name of Rich Retallic lost control of his light truck.His vehicle struck the median and overturned. Even though he was wearing his...
Clean Bodies and Clean Hearts

Clean Bodies and Clean Hearts

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAbout 100 years ago, advertisers introduced Americans to a problem they didn’t know they had.It was a catastrophe that could cost someone a potential friendship or a new job – maybe even the chance to link...
Trading Up for Harder Puzzles

Trading Up for Harder Puzzles

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWould you rather work on an easy puzzle or a hard puzzle?The New York Times, which has been publishing its famous crossword puzzle every day since 1942, offers readers a choice.Monday’s puzzles are...
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here  With the Civil War now 160 years in the rear-view mirror, historians continue to debate the point at which the Union prevailed. When was the high-water mark of the Confederacy? At what moment in what...
A Second Calling

A Second Calling

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFans of the Indianapolis “500” have fond memories of the 1969 Memorial Day race.It was the one and only time that Mario Andretti – who at age 81 remains a public ambassador for the sport – was able to take...