To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Many people experience what can only be described as an annual appointment with pain. Every year, when a certain day arrives, the memories associated with those 24 hours come flooding back. It didn’t have to be this way. God could have planted us on a rock that hurtles through space… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 2009 on a rain-slick stretch of Interstate 15 in Idaho, a man by the name of Rich Retallic lost control of his light truck. His vehicle struck the median and overturned. Even though he was wearing his seat belt, the impact tragically took Rich’s life. He was a 62-year-old husband,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here About 100 years ago, advertisers introduced Americans to a problem they didn’t know they had. It was a catastrophe that could cost someone a potential friendship or a new job – maybe even the chance to link up with the true love of their life. More ominously, social politeness prevented others… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Would you rather work on an easy puzzle or a hard puzzle? The New York Times, which has been publishing its famous crossword puzzle every day since 1942, offers readers a choice. Monday’s puzzles are for beginners. Things get a little tougher on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. By Thursday, the average reader will… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here With the Civil War now 160 years in the rear-view mirror, historians continue to debate the point at which the Union prevailed. When was the high-water mark of the Confederacy? At what moment in what battle were the South’s hopes, realistically, finally thwarted? No consensus has emerged. But the epic three-day conflict of July… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Fans of the Indianapolis “500” have fond memories of the 1969 Memorial Day race. It was the one and only time that Mario Andretti – who at age 81 remains a public ambassador for the sport – was able to take the checkered flag. But there’s another Speedway legend from… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s hard to overstate the global acclaim that fell upon Charles Lindbergh when he became the first aviator to fly solo from the United States to Europe. In his book One Summer, cultural historian Bill Bryson documents the mania that engulfed Lindbergh when he landed outside Paris 99 years ago today –… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who served on the Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932, is one of the most highly regarded justices in American history. Cool, detached, and a strong advocate of judicial restraint, he was also a convinced secularist. Holmes was certain that this world is all we’ve got. He… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Life is full of close calls. On February 9, 1709, a couple named Samuel and Susanna tucked their children into bed in their modest cottage in Epworth, England. Samuel was an Anglican priest known for his energetic preaching. Susannah, who had brought 19 children into the world (nine of whom lived beyond infancy), was… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here These days, there are almost no limitations in most states concerning the strength and variety of fireworks that individuals can buy. When our kids were young, however, the only way Hoosiers could get their hands on seriously cool rockets was at fireworks outlets in other states. During the course of a family trip, I… Read more »