by Morning Reflections | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
For the four weeks leading up to and going beyond Easter, let’s take a look at the life of Peter. Because he’s so often at the center of both the brightest and darkest moments in the Gospels, he has always been a source of hope and inspiration for those...
by Morning Reflections | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
In 1999, Advertising Age, the nation’s leading marketing publication, selected the top ten advertising slogans for the 20th century. If you are old enough to remember rotary dial telephones, you would almost certainly recognize them all. At the...
by Morning Reflections | Mar 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you remember that dreadful moment when you randomly grabbed a VHS tape to record a basketball game on your VCR, only to discover that you had just taped over the one and only copy of your daughter’s dance recital? Wait until you hear what NASA did. The story begins...
by Morning Reflections | Mar 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Numbers are a big deal in the Bible. Over the centuries, scholars have paid considerable attention to numbers like 3 (which seems to signify growth), 4 (often a shorthand for creation, as in the “four corners” of the earth), 7 (which traditionally denotes...
by Morning Reflections | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
So how did the prophet Jonah end up on a Mediterranean beach smelling like a tin of sardines? It all began with a call from God that, in Jonah’s mind, was definitely not his dream job: “‘Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! ...
by Morning Reflections | Mar 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
It happened more than 30 years ago. But I can remember it as if it happened yesterday. In a quest to be oh-so-funny, I made a comment I still wish I could take back. The Sunday service at the church I was serving had just begun. I was the...
