To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 1870, life for Horatio Spafford and his family seemed to be splendid. Spafford was a senior partner in a large and thriving Chicago law firm. He poured his assets into Chicago real estate. He enjoyed a friendship with the evangelist Dwight L. Moody. Within a few months, however, he and his… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here For English soccer fans, this week has been déjà vu all over again. The dreams that their beloved “Three Lions” team might finally bring home the nation’s second World Cup were dashed two days ago in Atlanta. And not just by any opponent. The English lads were crushed by Argentina – that… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A melted candy bar revolutionized your kitchen. At the Raytheon Corporation in 1945, during the final year of World War II, Dr. Percy Spencer was tasked with improving radar technology. He was working with magnetrons – vacuum tubes that generated powerful microwave radiation. One day, while standing near a magnetron, Spencer… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What if you’re offered a gift that seems too good to be true? In 1835, an eccentric British chemist died and left his entire inheritance to America. By all accounts, James Smithson was a bit odd. He was the illegitimate child of the Duke of Northumberland. He never learned his true birthday. His… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Mary Sue and I share life with 10 cats. I almost wrote “own,” but as all pet fanciers discover, the cat-human connection is more like a partnership than ownership. We never planned on reaching feline double-digits. But when we moved 18 months ago to the farm we currently call home, we inherited some barn… 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 Americans live in a celebrity-crazed culture. Gazing at the lives of the rich, the famous, the beautiful, and the talented is a national spectator sport. When celebrities stumble – when they burn through another marriage, or get caught by airport security with illegal drugs, or post something outrageous on social media – we hardly notice…. Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Are you ready for Christmas? During the season of Advent – which annually begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and leads up to December 25 – followers of Jesus traditionally look for ways to prepare themselves for the coming of God’s own Son into the world. Throughout December we’ll ponder… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this month we’re looking closely at one of the 1:1 verses of the Bible – exploring what we can learn from chapter one / verse one of various Old and New Testament books. “Paul, Silas and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each weekday in the month of August, we will pursue “prepositional truth” by zeroing in on a single Greek preposition in a single verse, noting the theological richness so often embedded in the humble words we so often overlook. Easter Day in France is celebrated as in no other part of… Read more »
