by Morning Reflections | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe Horse and His Boy, the fifth book in C.S. Lewis’ children series called The Chronicles of Narnia, tells the story of a boy named Shasta.He doesn’t know it, but he is the twin son of a Narnian...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereOne of the world’s most popular Christmas songs actually started out as a She Done Me Wrong song.O Tannenbaum (or O Christmas Tree, as it is often sung in America) was written in 1824 by German...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereHow can we know what something is worth?Two recent auctions have challenged our capacity to answer that question.Last month, cryptocurrency businessman Justin Sun outbid six rivals at a Sotheby’s auction to...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereDuring the heart of the Depression, American folklorist John Jacob Niles was sampling original music of Appalachian hill folk.While passing through the rustic town of Murphy, North Carolina, in July 1933,...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhat Christmas carol has the distinction of being written in its entirety on Christmas Eve?That would be Silent Night, which sprang from a musical 911 call at St. Nicholas’ Church in Oberndorf,...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIf carolers come to your front door this December, they will likely sing Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, irrationally demanding that you bring them some figgy pudding (which is pretty...
