Don’t Miss the Adventure

Don’t Miss the Adventure

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.When Gary Haugen, founder of the International Justice Mission, was ten years old, he went camping with his father and his two older brothers on Mt. Rainier – the massive, snow-covered volcanic dome that towers...
Nothing Buttery

Nothing Buttery

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.“Nothing buttery” sounds like a winning diet strategy. It’s actually slang for a philosophical perspective called reductionism, in which apparently mysterious realities are reduced to “nothing but” this...
The Gift of Clarity

The Gift of Clarity

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.It can be a hoot to read some of the actual statements that have been submitted on auto insurance claim forms. Here’s a handful that have been floating around the internet the past few years: “Coming...
A Cup of Cold Water

A Cup of Cold Water

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.In AD 165, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, a virus brought the Roman Empire to its knees. A deadly epidemic swept across the Mediterranean world.  Historians guess that it was smallpox, making its first...
Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.When a woman named Angi realized that her marriage had come to an end – that her husband had really left her and wasn’t coming back – she wondered how she could possibly survive the pain. Even after the...