In Search of a Father’s Love

In Search of a Father’s Love

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here My two brothers and I lost our dad eight years ago this month. He stepped into the next world on January 12, which happened to be Mom’s birthday. She had left us a mere seven months earlier. Scott, Bruce,...
Who is Yahweh?

Who is Yahweh?

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here For most of his adult life, Moses felt something like deep disillusionment and hopelessness. Having failed disastrously in his own strength to free his fellow Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, he fled into...
Habitual Courage

Habitual Courage

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Last weekend, American rock climber Alex Honnold got in a little exercise. In less than 90 minutes, he ascended Tawain’s Taipei 101 skyscraper aided only by his bare hands – no ropes or protective...
Passing the Lifeline

Passing the Lifeline

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here All his life, Arland D. Williams, Jr., had been afraid of the water.As an undergrad cadet at the Citadel, where he was known as Chub, he had had to pass a water-safety and swimming test. Chub was afraid he...
Just Passing Through

Just Passing Through

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Nebraska is a place that I have never called home. It is a Great Plains state that I have experienced from time to time on my way to somewhere else. The Nebraska locale that I happen to know best is a...
Trophies

Trophies

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Fernando Mendoza is too good to be true. The quarterback of the Indiana University Hoosiers, who won the Heisman Trophy last month as the nation’s premier college player, then led his team to the...