Author Archives: Morning Reflections

The Fruitless Fig Tree

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Americans are big fans of fruit.  Bananas are far and away the national favorite, appearing on the kitchen counters of some 83% of… Read more »

The Man Who Came Back

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     What are the 10 scariest words in the English language? Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Just like that, you’ve been reminded of… Read more »

Gone Fishing

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     What would you do if you were endowed with all the power in the universe? In the 2003 feature film Bruce Almighty, God temporarily entrusts his… Read more »

The God Who Feels

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     “I feel your pain.” Even though he spoke those four words on just one occasion – when addressing a heckler at a 1992 campaign rally during… Read more »

Surprised by Suffering

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Oxford don and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis spent most of his days as a contented bachelor. At the age of 57, however, he got the surprise… Read more »

When Jesus Doesn’t Show Up

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     It’s wonderful to have good friends in all the right places. Life is so much easier if you’re close to an excellent real estate agent.  And… Read more »

If I Just Touch His Clothes

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Among the documents that archaeologists have recovered from the ancient world is this personal letter from a Roman official to his pregnant wife:… Read more »

The Second Touch

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     One of the signature stories from my family of origin concerns a road trip that my mom, dad, and younger brother Bruce took to New… Read more »

Passing the Test

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     The Gospels are not like Facebook pages for Jesus. A Facebook page is essentially a highlight reel of your life.  It displays your cutest pictures with… Read more »

Jesus and the Canaanite Woman

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Officially, there are no Untouchables in the nation of India. The so-called “caste for people who are unworthy of being in a caste” was banished by… Read more »