The Name at the Center of Everything

The Name at the Center of Everything

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAlmost 30 years ago, I attended a Promise Keepers gathering of about 40,000 pastors in Atlanta.It was an assembly that represented hundreds of different church groups and denominational affiliations.We...
Rediscovering Nature

Rediscovering Nature

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereScientists called it the Anthropause.The rest of us called it the life-altering, routine-disrupting, hope-challenging COVID-19 pandemic.Five years ago, the World Health Organization alerted humanity to the...
A Higher Plateau

A Higher Plateau

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereNone of the seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger survived the explosion that tore it apart just 73 seconds after launch.But something traveling aboard the shuttle did survive.Workers tasked...
Muddy Shoes

Muddy Shoes

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click herePope Francis, who stepped into the next world just a few hours after Easter, was a different kind of leader.In a world where presidents, pastors, and CEO’s all too often become autocratic and...
White Out

White Out

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAll of us make mistakes. With grace and grit, we can learn from our mistakes.And then there are those of us who actually earn from our mistakes. That brings us to Bette Nesmith Graham, an executive...
God on the Hook

God on the Hook

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThere is no more exasperating and wrenching human reality than suffering.It’s safe to say that “the problem of pain” has historically been the number one obstacle to trusting God. Theologian John Stott put...