by Morning Reflections | Sep 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThere are circumstances.And then there are the ways we respond to circumstances.It is deeply wise not to confuse the two.In 1975 Laurel Lee, a mother with three young children, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereUntil an episode during the eighth season of Seinfeld in 1997 brought it into the spotlight, few Americans knew the meaning of “yada, yada, yada.”Almost overnight it became a national catchphrase.“Yada,...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhat are the most irritating words or phrases used in casual conversation?A pair of American institutions of higher education actually keep track of such things. Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste....
by Morning Reflections | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click herePeggy Guggenheim figured she should at least give the guy a shot.The New York City socialite and art collector had crisscrossed Paris in 1940 as the Nazis closed in, purchasing a treasure trove of modern...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe late theologian Walter Wink called it the Myth of Redemptive Violence.It is the belief “that violence saves, that war brings peace, that might makes right. It is one of the oldest continually...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereToday’s post is a bit different. Once a year I pause to address some of the questions I hear most often from readers.Where do you get the ideas for the subjects you address?Everywhere. I enjoy books, so...
