To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A few years ago, when I was serving as a workplace pastor for a healthcare company, one of our Black associates, seemingly out of the blue, asked me a question. “Are you planning to write a morning reflection about Juneteenth?” “I’d be glad to do that,” I answered enthusiastically. Then… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. When Southern states began agitating in 1861 to leave the Union and form the Confederate States of America, not everyone was enthusiastic. Every county in the state of Tennessee, for example, was required to vote separately on this crucial issue. In Scott County, located in the northeastern part of the state,… Read more »
A talk show interviewer once asked the late Billy Graham, “Do you drink alcoholic beverages?” “No, I don’t,” came the reply. We can forgive the interviewer for thinking at this point, This is going to be fun. He asked, “Then I suppose you think alcohol is evil?” “Not at all,” said Billy. “The fact of the matter is that I… Read more »
Viktor Frankl yearned to make a contribution to humanity. As a respected young psychiatrist in Vienna before World War II, he had meticulously prepared the manuscript for a book that he dared to believe might help change the world. Since he and his wife were not yet parents, he called it “my mental child.” Then the Nazis came to power. … Read more »
