To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. Craig Barnes, who retired a few years ago as president of Princeton Theological Seminary, says he will never forget the time he was called to a hospital emergency room. His good friend Duane Barney had suffered a heart attack. Barnes sat down beside Duane’s wife, Virginia. After consoling her, they prayed together. They waited to hear some… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here People change. We have the wedding pictures to prove it. But how do we know that the figure in that long-ago snapshot is the same person we can share coffee with today? This is what psychologists call the Problem of the Self. Is there something lasting and durable at the core of every human… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Not all feats of daring in the early days of America’s space program happened in outer space. There was also an extraordinary amount of bravery on the ground, behind closed doors, in NASA’s research centers. Margot Lee Shetterly’s book Hidden Figures – which became an award-winning 2016 motion picture – documents the stories of… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. David Livingstone, the celebrated 19th century British missionary, anti-slavery activist, and explorer of central Africa, arrived on one occasion at the edge of a large territory that was ruled by a tribal chieftain. He was commanded to stop at the perimeter and wait. According to tradition, the chief would come out to meet… Read more »
