Take Up and Read

Take Up and Read

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s rare for people to admit they’ve made big mistakes in the past. A pair of church historians, William Cook and Ronald Herzman, recall the time the moderator of a political forum asked the candidates vying in a...
Open the Drapes

Open the Drapes

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Charles Dickens is hands down the most famous fiction writer in the history of the English language. A few years ago, he was cited as the author of the most memorable line in all of British...
Gluttony

Gluttony

Stacks of books To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. All sins are not created equal.  Some moral failures are clearly worse than others.  Our consciences may nag at us for rolling through a stop sign at 3:00 am, or cutting...
Telling Your Story

Telling Your Story

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Sometimes hope is born in the darkest places. During the totalitarian regime of Josef Stalin, it was illegal to speak even a word against the government of the Soviet Union. Political dissidents, artists, and...
Maybe It’s Time

Maybe It’s Time

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Lt. Hiroo Onada did not give up without a fight.  When the Japanese withdrew from the Philippine island of Lubang in December 1944, they left behind four soldiers.  Their orders were to “carry on the mission even...
The Public Arena

The Public Arena

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Dr. C. Everett Koop was once asked by a reporter how he earned the medals on his uniform. He answered, “The top row is for what liberals did to me, the bottom row is for what conservatives did to me.”  Indeed, few...