May the Fourth

May the Fourth

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIt’s a very big deal if you manage to appear in the Star Wars cinematic universe.Even if you’re on the screen for a grand total of two seconds. In The Empire Strikes Back, after a dramatic...
Tell It Slant

Tell It Slant

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Rod Serling, Hollywood’s “angry young man” during the 1950s, had a dream. He would write and produce cutting-edge TV dramas that explored the social issues he cared about passionately. Those included...
Hanging on Every Word

Hanging on Every Word

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Something has been bothering me for 37 years. This week, I finally did something about it. In 1989, the McDonalds ventured to a local theater to see Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, lighthearted family fare about...
Knocking Off the Rust

Knocking Off the Rust

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here As the Cold War began to heat up in the 1950’s, America’s leaders felt led to make a public statement that their chief adversary, the Soviet Union, would have to notice. If the Soviets believed...
Help in the Storm

Help in the Storm

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Stuart Briscoe and his wife Jill, who are natives of England, came to America some years ago to help launch a new congregation in the Midwest. They had been in the States only a short while when they made...
The God Who is There

The God Who is There

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” That was the core message of the Atheist Bus Campaign in Britain early in 2009.   Comedy writer Ariane Sherine, in...