To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month of August we’ll be looking at one of the extraordinary metaphors that the Bible uses to illustrate the nature of our relationship with God. “You are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). The Jesus-following life doesn’t begin with a long list of “you must’s.” It starts… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month of August we’ll be looking at one of the extraordinary metaphors that the Bible uses to illustrate the nature of our relationship with God. “Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand” (Isaiah 64:8). We… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month of August we’ll be looking at one of the extraordinary metaphors that the Bible uses to illustrate the nature of our relationship with God. “As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this August we’ll be looking at one of the extraordinary metaphors that the Bible uses to illustrate the nature of our relationship with God. Irish parliamentarian Boyle Roche aimed to make a statement every listener would remember for a long time: He certainly succeeded – but not exactly for… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the most unsettling word in the English language? Etymologists have made plenty of suggestions. Words like macabre, phantasmagoria, and sinister are somehow able to combine meaning, sound, and cultural associations to trigger a sense of fear. Horror expert Sydney Bermudez would add that words like uncanny, mimic, and threshold can… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 1803, an English pharmacist named Luke Howard forever changed the way we talk about clouds. He helpfully suggested that clouds be classified into three groups. Layered clouds he called stratus. Fluffy clouds he named cumulus. And the high feathery ones he labeled cirrus. More than 200 years later, meteorologists and schoolchildren alike still… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Last Christmas I received a surprise gift. I definitely didn’t write a thank-you note. The week before December 25 I was besieged by a series of odd sensations on the left side of my torso. For a few days my stomach, side, and ribs felt prickly. Then they felt achy. Then… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here No one was prepared for the earthquake that struck the Tohoku region of Japan on the afternoon of March 11, 2011. Geologists are still coming to grips with its immensity and its consequences. Since Japan sits at the intersection of multiple tectonic plates, its citizens have come to expect occasional major… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Seattle is famous for its Space Needle, the Pike Place Fish Market, and the spectacular backdrop of Mt. Rainier. One of the city’s lesser-known attractions, which has long delighted residents, is the Montlake Spite House. The story behind this sliver of a dwelling, not much wider than its own front door,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here All swans are white. At least, that’s what Europeans thought for hundreds of years. “As rare as a black swan” became something of a proverb. It meant the odds were exceedingly low you would ever see or experience something. When Europeans arrived in Australia, however, they discovered there was a species of black… Read more »
