To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here I’ve had a lifetime love affair with the Indianapolis “500.” As a resident of central Indiana, it’s been relatively easy to make my way to the track on race day so I can join 300,000 of my closet friends. Back in the early 1970s, however, things got trickier. The date of… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Pope Francis, who stepped into the next world just a few hours after Easter, was a different kind of leader. In a world where presidents, pastors, and CEO’s all too often become autocratic and self-absorbed as their power increases, Francis grew steadily “smaller.” The 12 years of his papacy were characterized… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The B-17 Flying Fortress was America’s workhorse heavy bomber during World War II. Before Germany and Japan surrendered, 12,731 of the planes dropped more than 1.5 million tons of bombs. Among the young men on those bombing runs were actors Clark Gable and James Stewart; NFL coach Tom Landry; Star Trek… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the number one thing that keeps spiritual searchers from walking through the doors of a church? That’s easy: Christians. Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell famously said that he would believe in a Savior when his followers began to act as if they were saved. Craig Detweiler, a Christian filmmaker, knows that secular… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here For most people, climbing Mt. Everest is a peak experience in more ways than one. Reaching the summit of the 29,032-foot mountain means you can justifiably claim to have stood “on top of the world.” Getting there is also likely to require more stamina, perseverance, courage, and risk-taking than the vast… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here At every level of basketball, Stacey King was a winner. As a power forward for the Oklahoma Sooners, he became a consensus first team All-American and The Sporting News Player of the Year in 1989. King was then drafted as the sixth player overall by the Chicago Bulls. It didn’t take… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Economists Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner – famous for their Freakonomics books – wonder if you think you can out-perform a group of British schoolchildren, ages five through nine. First, listen to this story. Then answer four questions: A little girl named Mary goes to the beach with her mother and brother. … Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Have You Considered the Possibility For eight seasons beginning in 2004, Dr. Gregory House was TV’s medical superstar. Just as Perry Mason never lost a case in court, the star of House always managed to solve even the most puzzling medical mysteries. British actor Hugh Laurie feigned an American accent in order to play the… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Four Words The Bible is a bit like a play that introduces, one after another, hundreds of characters over the space of two millennia. Most characters show up on the stage for just a few moments, speak their lines, then disappear from view. Those may seem like “bit parts,” but they are skillfully woven… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. When America’s ragtag revolutionary army faced one of its darkest moments, George Washington brought out his secret weapon. His eyeglasses. Things had gone unaccountably well for the colonists in their struggle against the British army, the world’s most elite fighting force. By the spring of 1783, treaty negotiations would soon guarantee America’s independence. But… Read more »
