To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. “In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. “These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. “These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that… Read more »
Unfortunately, it was not possible to make a podcast recording of today’s reflection. Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. Exodus 1:1 “These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) We begin with what… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “It was a dark and stormy night…” That’s the opening line from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford by English writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It is widely regarded as the worst opening line in the history of English literature, and has been endlessly parodied. Charlie Brown’s dog Snoopy, who was committed to writing the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It won’t be a surprise if you see werewolves, vampires, and mummies on the hunt for Hershey’s bars in your neighborhood this evening. You might also see that most recent addition to the pantheon of scary Halloween monsters: the demented clown. How in the world did a figure of fun become… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “Most of us stand out in our own minds… Each of us is the center of our own universe.” Those words are from the opening paragraph of a landmark 2000 study that was published under the daunting title The Spotlight Effect in Social Judgment: An Egocentric Bias in Estimates of the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Do you notice anything strange in this picture? This is a snapshot of Exodus chapter 20 as it appears in a 1631 London publication of the King James Bible. Exodus 20 is famous as the “home” of the Ten Commandments. But a word appears to be missing in verse 14. “Thou shalt… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here How does the growth of God’s kingdom – the extending of his reign over human life – actually take place? Such gains rarely happen through epic battles or signature pieces of legislation. God seems pleased instead to use countless small acts of courage, generosity, and kindness. Ernest Gordon was a… Read more »