To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here You’re grounded. Those are the words no teenager wants to hear. But they also happen to be the two words we most want to hear in the midst of an electrically active thunderstorm. Lightning-producing weather events are surprisingly common. Every year the earth experiences about 16 million such storms. That means there… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here One of the most iconic elements of the Star Trek universe came about because a Jewish boy dared to sneak a peek at a sacred moment. During the filming of the 1967 (original series) episode “Amok Time,” Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock – the half-human, half-Vulcan science officer of the USS… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There’s more than one way to sabotage a relationship with God. Jesus’ parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11-32) is the story of an irresponsible kid who utterly deep-sixes his connection with his father. He arrogantly runs off with a huge chunk of the family’s net worth. Basically the young man… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait for the spring of 1986. Christmas comes only once a year. But Halley’s Comet comes only once a lifetime – twice, if your parents blessed you with great timing and great genes. My 30-plus years of waiting would be worth it. Of all… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here You may not recognize Maxwell’s Equations. But just by booting up your computer and opening this email, you’re enjoying one of the many things they’ve made possible in this world. Between 1861 and 1862, about the time Abraham Lincoln was getting settled into the White House, the Scottish physicist and mathematician… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The US Post Office officially launched its Parcel Post service on January 1, 1913. All of a sudden, citizens could mail larger and heavier items than just love letters and Christmas cards. A few imaginative folks immediately realized they had a brand new way to send bricks, books, or a dozen… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Everyone assumed it would be the most lopsided war in history. Professional soldiers, armed with machine guns, set out to destroy thousands of flightless birds. But things didn’t go quite as smoothly as everyone imagined. In November 1932, wheat farmers in the Campion district of Western Australia realized they had a… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Religious pat answers simply won’t do. The questions are edgy and demanding: Where was God when the waters of the Guadalupe River were rising more than 30 feet in a span of 90 minutes early last Friday morning? If God is really there, how can he bear the loss of more… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s all about the eyes. According to their brilliant creator Jim Henson, what always “made” a particular Muppet were the size, shape, and placement of its eyes. That’s why Henson insisted on personally applying them to every one of his furry puppet creations. When the eyes were just right, a… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The most famous story associated with the Liberty Bell is heart-touching. The elderly bell ringer in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall had lost faith in the Founding Fathers. Would anything come of this dream called America? But on July 4, 1776, his grandson – having heard the news of the approval of the Declaration… Read more »
