by Morning Reflections | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
During the 1950s, Americans were curiously casual about nuclear energy.A U.S. congressman proposed that two dozen atomic devices might be used to dig, quickly and easily, a brand new Panama Canal.Tourists poured into Las Vegas not just to play the roulette wheels but...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I got a phone call from the fraud department of the bank that supports my VISA card.“Mr. McDonald, we’d like you to confirm a couple of expenses that were recently charged to your account.” Whenever I hear those words, I always take a deep...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
“The scandal of Christianity in our day is the heresy of a five percent spirituality.”That’s the claim of Quaker devotional writer Richard Foster. What he means is that far too many followers of Jesus take a Tupperware approach to reality. They seal off 5%...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
What an election year.“The fate of the nation and of civilization is at stake,” according to the New York Times.There’s been a surge of white nationalism. The president, stoking an ongoing bitter feud with Congress and saddled with approval ratings below 40%,...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
On a wintry morning in February 1956, a riding instructor named Harry de Leyer drove four hours from his Long Island farm to New Holland, Pennsylvania.Every Monday as many as 300 horses were auctioned at this Amish community. Harry, a Dutch immigrant, knew...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s often said that before we can hope to understand someone else’s life, we need to walk a mile in their shoes.Or perhaps join them on a car ride from Washington D.C. to Texas. Before he became vice-president and ascended to the White House...
