From Darkness to Light

From Darkness to Light

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In the long-running CBS reality show Survivor, the worst thing that can happen to a contestant is being voted off the island. When it came to the reality of being incarcerated in America’s most secure...
More is Not More

More is Not More

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here How Much Land Does a Man Need? That’s the title of a short story written in 1886 by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.  It’s only a few pages long. But James Joyce, one of the 20th...
A New Way to Tell an Old Story

A New Way to Tell an Old Story

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Last week, Mary Sue and I watched an hour-long special on the state of Indiana. We were born in the Hoosier state and have lived here most of our lives. We cherish genuine affection for this place – the...
Make a Stand

Make a Stand

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 1997, two days before her first birthday, Alexandra “Alex” Scott was diagnosed with a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma. At first Alex made good progress in overcoming her disease. By age two she...
At the Top of the List

At the Top of the List

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. Craig Barnes, who retired a few years ago as president of Princeton Theological Seminary, says he will never forget the time he was called to a hospital emergency room.His good friend Duane Barney had...
The One and Only You

The One and Only You

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here People change. We have the wedding pictures to prove it. But how do we know that the figure in that long-ago snapshot is the same person we can share coffee with today? This is what psychologists call the...