To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The funeral of America’s seventh president turned out to be a surprisingly memorable event. Andrew Jackson died on June 8, 1845, at the Hermitage, his private residence outside Nashville, Tennessee. Thousands came to pay their respects to the two-term chief executive and military hero. There was a solemn procession followed by hours of… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. The late Joyce Landorf authored 27 books on a variety of subjects related to the Christ-following life. In Balcony People, she made a case that… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A 60-second conversation can make a world of difference in someone’s life. In his book Foremen: Leaders or Drivers?, Sherman Rogers describes a summer he spent in an Idaho logging camp. Rogers was just a college kid. But since he was training for leadership, the superintendent put him in command of the… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here More than anything, the young Winston Churchill yearned for the affection and approval of his father. But Sir Randolph Churchill, a rising star in Britain’s Conservative Party at the turn of the last century, appears to have been ill-equipped to be a supportive dad. He rarely even spoke to his gifted but sensitive… Read more »
So, is it worth ten bucks to break the habit of making destructive comments about other people? Marshall Goldsmith thought so. Which is why he chose to put his money where his mouth had gone all too often. Verbal put-downs and destructive witticisms aren’t just the hallmarks of seventh grade boys. Most contemporary American sitcoms roll out never-ending repartees of… Read more »
Maya Angelou’s life did not have a hopeful beginning. At the age of eight she was sexually abused and raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Maya told her brother what had happened. The boyfriend was apprehended. Incredibly, he was jailed for only one day. But four days after his release he was murdered, almost certainly by Maya’s uncles. The trauma of the rape now… Read more »
