To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Imagine that you’ve been blessed with what you’ve always dreamed of – an incredible view just outside a big picture window. You can see mountains. And seasonal bursts of wildflowers. And dynamic cloud patterns. And approaching storms. Author Eugene Peterson adds, “Several times a day you interrupt your work and stand before this window… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When the power of magnetism was discovered in the 1700s, it simply blew people’s minds. Magnets seemed like magic. How could ordinary-looking metals exert a mysterious force, at a distance, over other objects? Today scientists know that all chemical interactions and life processes are, at their core, electromagnetic. But 200 years ago,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Superman is back in theaters this week – an enduring symbol of a lone individual trying to right the world’s wrongs. But not all superheroes wear capes. And comic books aren’t the only places you can find redemptive tales. Nicholas Winton, a 29-year-old British stockbroker, was horrified by Hitler’s efforts… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here You’re grounded. Those are the words no teenager wants to hear. But they also happen to be the two words we most want to hear in the midst of an electrically active thunderstorm. Lightning-producing weather events are surprisingly common. Every year the earth experiences about 16 million such storms. That means there… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here One of the most iconic elements of the Star Trek universe came about because a Jewish boy dared to sneak a peek at a sacred moment. During the filming of the 1967 (original series) episode “Amok Time,” Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock – the half-human, half-Vulcan science officer of the USS… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There’s more than one way to sabotage a relationship with God. Jesus’ parable of the lost son (Luke 15:11-32) is the story of an irresponsible kid who utterly deep-sixes his connection with his father. He arrogantly runs off with a huge chunk of the family’s net worth. Basically the young man… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait for the spring of 1986. Christmas comes only once a year. But Halley’s Comet comes only once a lifetime – twice, if your parents blessed you with great timing and great genes. My 30-plus years of waiting would be worth it. Of all… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here You may not recognize Maxwell’s Equations. But just by booting up your computer and opening this email, you’re enjoying one of the many things they’ve made possible in this world. Between 1861 and 1862, about the time Abraham Lincoln was getting settled into the White House, the Scottish physicist and mathematician… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The US Post Office officially launched its Parcel Post service on January 1, 1913. All of a sudden, citizens could mail larger and heavier items than just love letters and Christmas cards. A few imaginative folks immediately realized they had a brand new way to send bricks, books, or a dozen… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Everyone assumed it would be the most lopsided war in history. Professional soldiers, armed with machine guns, set out to destroy thousands of flightless birds. But things didn’t go quite as smoothly as everyone imagined. In November 1932, wheat farmers in the Campion district of Western Australia realized they had a… Read more »
