To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There’s an old story about a businessman who got quite a surprise when he was served his in-flight dinner. Tucked into the corner of his reheated food tray was a roach. That experience did more than just kill his appetite. It prompted him to write a sharply worded letter to the airline’s… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s the biggest moment of your life. It’s just you and the goalkeeper, who is standing 12 yards away. The soccer goal he’s guarding is 24 feet across and 8 feet high. Will you hit the penalty shot that will win the World Cup for your country – eternally ensuring your… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In his book The Greatest War Stories Never Told, Rick Beyer describes the fateful charge of Pickett’s Brigade on July 3, the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg: With tens of thousands watching in awe, these brave men set off beneath the fierce afternoon sun. A mile of farm fields… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The first fight of the Founding Fathers was about faith. The inaugural session of the Continental Congress – the group that would ultimately call for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence – convened in Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia, on September 6, 1774. Thomas Cushing, a lawyer from Boston, moved that the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When America’s ragtag revolutionary army faced one of its darkest moments, George Washington brought out his secret weapon. His eyeglasses. Things had gone unaccountably well for the colonists in their struggle against the British army, the world’s most elite fighting force. By the spring of 1783, treaty negotiations would soon guarantee America’s… Read more »