To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 1903, a photographer from Seattle named Edward S. Curtis had a big idea. He dreamed of capturing the faces and the lives of North American Indians, something no one else had ever attempted. Curtis knew that the clock was ticking. The “old ways” of the First Peoples (and the people themselves)… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “I did an awesome job.” That would be a loose translation of what God said when he looked around at the newly created earth. Or as Genesis 1:31 puts it, everything was “very good.” The first not-good aspect of reality shows up in the middle of chapter two: “The Lord God said,… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Some people are inspired by Peter Singer. Others think he is the most dangerous intellectual in America. Everyone at least agrees on this: The Australian-born Princeton University emeritus professor is never boring. Singer is a bioethicist. He specializes in how scientific principles should lead human beings to think and behave. He wrote the… Read more »
It’s hard to overstate the sorry condition of Continental Airlines in the early 1990s. The company had twice faced bankruptcy. A third financial disaster was looming. Employee morale was abysmal. The airline ranked last in every measurable performance category. Its stock had sunk to $2 a share. Continental’s advertising slogans during the previous two decades reflected marketing desperation: The Only Airline… Read more »
