To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A few days before Christmas 1989, things looked precarious for authoritarian Communist leaders. The Berlin Wall had fallen. The Soviet Union was on the ropes. Revolutions were toppling Eastern European governments. Nikolae Ceausescu, who had ruled Romania by means of sheer brutality since 1965, was determined to be the exception. He… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Humanity’s most heartbreaking conflict produced one of its most heartwarming stories. Today there are at least a dozen memorials in five different countries that honor Wojtek, the bear that went to war. The saga of Wojtek (pronounced VOY-tech) began in the spring of 1942, when thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Luna moths are spectacular. Like North America’s other giant silk moths, they’re huge. Their wingspans can reach seven inches. With lime green wings, fuzzy white bodies, and dramatically-colored eyespots (an apparent means of confusing potential predators), they definitely stand out. They’re also night fliers – hence the name “luna” and their… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There were a few twists and turns on Kurt Warner’s pathway to becoming an NFL quarterback. After graduating from high school in 1989, he wasn’t exactly inundated with college scholarship offers. Warner enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa, not widely regarded as a football powerhouse, where he languished during his… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. When my mom was 92 years old, she misplaced her eyeglasses. This… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. It’s hard to sit still. It’s even harder to be still, from… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. Actress and entertainer Shirley Maclaine has always followed her own path. Born… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. Last May, a car bomb – one of the largest that local… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. A few years ago, I was standing at a rental car counter… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. Charles Darwin could never figure out tears. As far as he could… Read more »
