To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here Contrary to the popular marketing slogan, one size usually doesn’t fit all. Oh, that may be true of wristwatches, neck chains, bicycle helmets, T-shirts made of certain stretchable fabrics, and baseball caps with adjustable bands. But it certainly doesn’t apply to suits, dresses, shoes, and just about every aspect of… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here People make sense of their lives by means of the stories they believe. Those narratives can spring from many sources: parental guidance, childhood experiences, religious instruction, favorite teachers, friends’ ideas, and earnest personal study. If you toss in a few favorite books, some videos on YouTube, and all the stuff that “everybody simply knows… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here It’s tempting to assume that America’s current election cycle has set new lows for rudeness, incivility, and slander. Most historians, however, would suggest that our country’s darkest political hour came in the year 1800. That’s when two of the original “founding brothers” – titans of the American Revolution who had… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here The Bible brims with hope and encouragement. But embedded within that Good News there are stories that do not make easy reading. Such is the startling tale of the transporting of the ark of the covenant in 2 Samuel 6:1-15. The word “ark” means chest or box. Two arks appear in the Bible. Noah’s ark… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here Seven years ago this summer, Omran Daqneesh became known simply as the Syrian Boy. Dazed, covered with dirt and blood, the five-year-old sat in an ambulance after an August 17, 2016, airstrike reduced his home in Aleppo to a heap of ruins. Omran gave the world a face to remember… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here Nancy Guthrie had never given much thought to the subject of grief. She and her husband David were excited about the arrival of their first child, a little girl named Hope, who came into the world in November 1998. Then everything changed. As Nancy put it, “Grief barged through the… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the happiest place in the solar system? Disney World notwithstanding, it appears to be the Galle Crater on the surface of Mars. As you can see from the image above, this 134-mile wide impact zone seems to answer the age-old question: Does God communicate with emoji’s? Of course, there might… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here During a memorable episode of his long-running radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor recounts a quarrel in his fictional hometown of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. It isn’t a garden variety disagreement. The local pastors have had a serious falling out. The very souls entrusted with bringing peace, unity, and purity to the… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here It’s been a big year in Hollywood for toys and games. The summer blockbuster Barbie has now raked in more than $1.3 billion in global receipts, and is expected to overtake the $1.36 billion haul of The Super Mario Brothers Movie. Director Greta Gerwig’s fantasy about Mattel’s most famous toy visiting “the real world”… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the month of August, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes, that strange and seemingly “modern” Old Testament book that depicts what happens when humanity searches for ultimate meaning apart from God. There’s no substitute for simple, clear instructions. Check out these statements on actual products: On a hotel shower cap: Fits on head.On a washing machine: Do not… Read more »
