To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There were no fall harvest festivals in ancient Israel. That’s because the growing season in the Promised Land, at least from our perspective, seems to be upside-down. Yes, the so-called “latter grapes” were gathered in the middle of autumn. Otherwise, the months of October and November were for ploughing and sowing…. Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Throughout the month of August, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes, that strange and seemingly “modern” Old Testament book that depicts what happens when humanity searches for ultimate meaning apart from God. Fear can lead us to do crazy things. In 2003, fear almost led the President of the United States to order fighters to shoot… Read more »
If you have a desire to experience the world’s most violent weather, Oklahoma is the place for you. As journalist Michael Lewis notes in his book The Coming Storm, the National Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK is “about as perfectly situated as an institution can be.” Masses of warm air coming up from the Gulf of Mexico routinely collide… Read more »
