To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s one of the shortest, simplest, and most imaginatively titled animated films of all time. Bambi Meets Godzilla was the solo creation of a young artist named Marv Newland. The 1969 film, which is black-and-white and hand-drawn, lasts a mere 90 seconds. That includes all the credits (in which Newland identifies himself… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When Paul O’Neill was introduced in 1987 as the new CEO of Alcoa, the world’s largest producer of aluminum, market expectations plummeted. O’Neill, after all, was a former government bureaucrat, little more than an obscure policy wonk. He knew next to nothing about the aluminum business. Expectations sank even lower when he took… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A few years ago, Stephan Pastis – creator of the syndicated cartoon strip Pearls Before Swine – depicted his gentle-hearted character Pig in a theology classroom. His assignment? “Define heaven.” Pig submits this answer: “All the dogs I’ve ever owned rush out all at once and start licking my face as… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Benigno Aquino’s family and friends begged him not to return to Manila. As the exiled leader of the opposition movement to Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, he had already been imprisoned for over seven years. Marcos had granted him permission to seek medical care in the United States. Now Aquino, widely known as Ninoy, was… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Many people experience what can only be described as an annual appointment with pain. Every year, when a certain day arrives, the memories associated with those 24 hours come flooding back. It didn’t have to be this way. God could have planted us on a rock that hurtles through space… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 2009 on a rain-slick stretch of Interstate 15 in Idaho, a man by the name of Rich Retallic lost control of his light truck. His vehicle struck the median and overturned. Even though he was wearing his seat belt, the impact tragically took Rich’s life. He was a 62-year-old husband,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here About 100 years ago, advertisers introduced Americans to a problem they didn’t know they had. It was a catastrophe that could cost someone a potential friendship or a new job – maybe even the chance to link up with the true love of their life. More ominously, social politeness prevented others… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Would you rather work on an easy puzzle or a hard puzzle? The New York Times, which has been publishing its famous crossword puzzle every day since 1942, offers readers a choice. Monday’s puzzles are for beginners. Things get a little tougher on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. By Thursday, the average reader will… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here With the Civil War now 160 years in the rear-view mirror, historians continue to debate the point at which the Union prevailed. When was the high-water mark of the Confederacy? At what moment in what battle were the South’s hopes, realistically, finally thwarted? No consensus has emerged. But the epic three-day conflict of July… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Fans of the Indianapolis “500” have fond memories of the 1969 Memorial Day race. It was the one and only time that Mario Andretti – who at age 81 remains a public ambassador for the sport – was able to take the checkered flag. But there’s another Speedway legend from… Read more »
