To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In his book Soul Keeping, author and pastor John Ortberg recalls a visit that he and some friends made to an open-air street fair. Among the attractions was a mechanical bull, the kind that brave or foolhardy people attempt to ride. The man sitting at the remote-control panel gave Ortberg the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Malcom Gladwell, longtime staff writer for the New Yorker, is known for a series of celebrated bestsellers. They include The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Gladwell has a knack for uncovering interesting stories in unexpected places, and demonstrating how things we expect to find often turn out to be surprisingly different…. Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The two men in today’s picture both claimed to be world-famous film directors. One was telling the truth. The other was a con artist. Can you tell which is which? On the right is the late Stanley Kubrick, who in his 50-year career directed only 13 feature films. But some of them… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Do you remember this nursery rhyme, which originally arrived on the scene 500 years ago in England? Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?I’ve been to London, to look at the queen.Pussycat, pussycat, what did you there?I frightened a little mouse under her chair. Let’s break it down together. Pussycat finally grabs… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When Tua Tagovailoa, quarterback of the Miami Dolphins, crumbled to the ground after a hard tackle in the middle of last Thursday night’s game against the Buffalo Bills, sports fans held their breath. Tua is one of the stars of the National Football League. He’s also one of the good guys… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here If you’re squeamish thinking about bacteria, this might be a good place to stop reading. There are a lot of bacteria in the world. At least several million species exist. Most of them are still unnamed. By number and by mass, there are more of these one-celled organisms on our planet than any… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the number one thing that keeps spiritual searchers from walking through the doors of a church? That’s easy: Christians. Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell famously said that he would believe in a Savior when his followers began to act as if they were saved. Craig Detweiler, a Christian filmmaker, knows that secular… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Today the Empire Limestone Quarry near the southern Indiana town of Bedford is eerily quiet. Through most of the 20th century, however, it was one of the busiest industrial centers in the Midwest. Expert stonecutters removed hundreds of thousands of tons of Salem limestone, which is widely regarded as the finest limestone on… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Christian Hip Hop. That can’t be right. That sounds like either watered-down, preachy rap music, or some kind of culturally compromised Christianity. But the albums of the rapper Lecrae are neither. What they are is artistically brilliant. The first 20 years of Lecrae Moore’s life weren’t substantially different from those of other… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Over the years I’ve kept in my garage three machines that prevent the grass from reclaiming my property. I own a large riding mower, a standard size push mower, and a weed whacker. For a long while I actually had three different gas cans. One contained straight gasoline, another was mixed… Read more »
