by Morning Reflections | Jul 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIt’s amazing how many interesting historical events have been impacted by the flip of a coin.In 1845, Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove decided that a coin flip – actually, the best two out of three –...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFor English soccer fans, this week has been déjà vu all over again.The dreams that their beloved “Three Lions” team might finally bring home the nation’s second World Cup were dashed two days ago in...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It was called America’s Great Calamity.Before 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the catastrophic hurricane at Galveston, Texas in 1900, nothing seemed so horrible as the Johnstown Flood. On May 31, 1889,...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereSo, whatever happened to the ark of the covenant?That’s easy. If you saw the first of the Indiana Jones movies back in 1981, you know that it is securely tucked away in some back corner of a vast,...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereA melted candy bar revolutionized your kitchen.At the Raytheon Corporation in 1945, during the final year of World War II, Dr. Percy Spencer was tasked with improving radar technology. He was working with...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIn many generations, being a teenager has been tough.It’s just possible that the present moment in American cultural history might be the toughest of all.According to a recent report from the Center for...
