To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When we decide to follow Jesus, we won’t necessarily begin to do a lot of new things. Our call is to do the same old things in a whole new way. In his book Reaching for the Invisible God, Philip Yancey tells us about one of his friends – a hand… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s easy to argue that there has never been a better time to be old. Senior adults, in general, are the beneficiaries of more opportunities, better healthcare, greater disposable income, and longer life than any generation in history. During the heyday of the Roman Empire, average life expectancy was 28. Today,… Read more »
During the Golden Age of fossil hunting in the 19th century, almost all of the discoveries in the field were made by amateurs. Most of them were well-educated, upper-class males. But the greatest amateur fossil hunter of all time was quite possibly an impoverished young woman who had no formal training or education. Mary Anning (1799-1847) spent her whole life… Read more »
A large, high-tech icebreaker departed Cape Town, South Africa three days ago. It then headed south, battling rough seas on its way to the only land mass south of South Africa: Antarctica. The mission of the Endurance22 Expedition is to locate the wreckage of a wooden frigate that has been lying at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, under a… Read more »