Signs of Blessing

Signs of Blessing

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFor thousands of years, people have looked to the stars during troubled times.From ancient Mesopotamia to the dawn of the internet, astrology has been a source of reassurance and guidance.Astrology’s...
Always Before Me

Always Before Me

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhen we decide to follow Jesus, we won’t necessarily begin to do a lot of new things.Our call is to do the same old things in a whole new way.In his book Reaching for the Invisible God, Philip Yancey tells...
Worthy of Life

Worthy of Life

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereSome people are inspired by Peter Singer. Others think he is the most dangerous intellectual in America.Everyone at least agrees on this: The Australian-born Princeton University emeritus professor is never...
The Last Word

The Last Word

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereStudents in a class taught by Dr. Dallas Willard remember the day that one of their number was moved to a display of sheer arrogance.Until his death in 2013, Willard – a professor of philosophy at USC and...
The Right Place

The Right Place

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereSociology professor and author Tony Campolo once attended the wrong funeral.His mother had called him and said, “Mrs. Kirkpatrick died. You need to pay your respects.”As Tony puts it, “My mother,...
Yearning for Intimacy

Yearning for Intimacy

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereSex is big business. It’s hard to comprehend, but the combined receipts of every live stage production in America – including symphonies, musicals, plays, and pop concerts – is exceeded every year...