To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here A few years ago, a newspaper in Tacoma, Washington, noted that a local basset hound named Tattoo had gone for an evening run. That may not sound like front page material until you consider the unusual circumstances. As John Ortberg reports in his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted, Tattoo’s master had accidentally closed… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “Efficiency is the hope of democracy.” That was the gospel according to Frederick Winslow Taylor, the founder of the Scientific Management movement that swept America early in the 20th century. Taylor was absolutely convinced that America could work smarter, better, and faster. And he was just the man who could make it happen. In his… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s amazing how many TV commercials and printed advertisements portray the joy of being at rest. A woman gazes out her window, savoring a cup of coffee. A couple yawn and stretch on silk sheets, welcoming the rising sun. Friends walk together slowly through the woods. A teenager strums a guitar at the… Read more »
“I’m tired of running this damn church.” If you’re a pastor who desperately wants to get the attention of your elders, try using a turn of phrase they aren’t expecting. That’s what Eugene Peterson did about 10 years into his efforts to launch a new congregation in suburban Baltimore. They had survived their first few difficult years. Pastor and people had worked… Read more »
We’re not even two weeks into the new year and chronically busy Americans are already becoming anxious. Is there going to be enough time to accomplish what we so recently resolved to make happen in 2022? One of the great human obsessions of the modern age is to make time jump through more hoops – to force time to be… Read more »
Throughout November we’re taking an in-depth look at Ruth, the little book that helped pave the way for God’s Messiah to come into the world. Fifty years ago a pair of sociologists conducted a famous experiment at Princeton Theological Seminary. Dan Batson and John Darley invited a group of students to prepare sermons on the parable of the Good Samaritan… Read more »
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom. Within the past two weeks, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have literally launched humanity’s latest round of exploration – the opportunity for ordinary people (at least the ones who happen to have a great deal of discretionary income) to experience… Read more »
