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. Did you hear about the guy named Bubba who called 911 because his wife was going into labor? “Please send an ambulance,” he said, “because… 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. Lou Johnson was one of the heroes who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins in the 1965 World Series. Nicknamed “Sweet” Lou… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A few years ago, two first class passengers on a US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Seattle made arrangements to travel with a pet. Their “therapeutic companion animal” turned out to be a full-grown pig. Others passengers described the 300-pound hog as “enormous, brown, angry, and honking.” At first he was… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here All of us make mistakes. With grace and grit, we can learn from our mistakes. And then there are those of us who actually earn from our mistakes. That brings us to Bette Nesmith Graham, an executive secretary in the mid-1950s for the Texas Bank and Trust. Bette had a great… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here There’s a story about a pastor who became annoyed with a particular woman in his congregation. She claimed to have daily personal conversations with Jesus. More and more enthusiasts came to her house. They sang hymns and offered prayers of hope and desperation. He wondered if this was about to get out… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the key relational issue in the Bible? That’s easy: It’s forgiveness. Apart from the willingness and the ability to forgive, human relationships simply hit the wall. But how do we forgive monsters – the people who have ravaged our memories, our reputations, our bodies, and our souls? Here is where… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Pastors sometimes get surprising questions. In his book The Good and Beautiful God, James Bryan Smith recounts a story he heard from his friend, Pastor Jeff Gannon. A young woman called Gannon out of the blue and asked, “May I come to your church?” What a question. “Of course,” said Gannon, who was surprised she… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Malcom Gladwell, longtime staff writer for the New Yorker, is known for a series of celebrated bestsellers. They include The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. Gladwell has a knack for uncovering interesting stories in unexpected places, and demonstrating how things we expect to find often turn out to be surprisingly different…. Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels. Frank Abagnale has made a living telling amazingly improbable stories. About himself. The 75-year-old Abagnale claims to have masqueraded as an assistant state attorney general in Louisiana,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here According to the Jewish Scriptures (Deuteronomy 22:12), men were required to wear fringes along the edges of their cloaks. Traditionally, these fringes ended in four tassels of white thread, with a blue thread woven through them. The tassels were to serve as reminders, every day when getting dressed, of the high call to obey… Read more »
