To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Stuart Briscoe and his wife Jill, who are natives of England, came to America some years ago to help launch a new congregation in the Midwest. They had been in the States only a short while when they made their first trip to Chicago to attend a conference. Briscoe’s car was low on fuel, but he was… Read more »
In the mid-1950s, during the heyday of Major League Baseball, Birdie Tebbetts was the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Birdie’s public demeanor was gruff and irascible – fairly typical for skippers of that era. But he also had a soft spot. After giving up three years of his playing career to serve in World War II, Tebbetts resumed his role… Read more »
It’s often said that before we can hope to understand someone else’s life, we need to walk a mile in their shoes. Or perhaps join them on a car ride from Washington D.C. to Texas. Before he became vice-president and ascended to the White House following JFK’s assassination in November 1963, Texas senator Lyndon B. Johnson sometimes asked his black… Read more »
