To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The 2012 film The Help depicts life in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962 – particularly the intersecting worlds of the black women (“the help”) who work as maids, cooks, and child caregivers and the white women whose households they serve. Hilly Holbrook, one of the housewives, is an angry, self-absorbed, manipulative racist. … Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here From time to time, author and humorist Mark Twain was asked, “Of all your accomplishments, which one makes you the most proud?” He always gave the same answer: “I’m most proud that I was born on November 30.” Say what? Twain was born on November 30, 1835, at 11:10 pm. Hurtling… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Growing up in Indianapolis, I have always been fascinated with the “500.” This Sunday I’ll be attending my 38th race – a decent slice of the 107 competitions held every Memorial Day weekend at the Speedway. As a family we have sat in all four turns over the years, not to mention at various… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Four Words The Bible is a bit like a play that introduces, one after another, hundreds of characters over the space of two millennia. Most characters show up on the stage for just a few moments, speak their lines, then disappear from view. Those may seem like “bit parts,” but they are skillfully woven… Read more »
