To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It was a strange interview. A young man, hoping to serve as the naturalist on the 1831 voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle as it surveyed the coastline of South America, sat before British Captain Robert FitzRoy. FitzRoy was impressed. This candidate seemed both bright and congenial. But something was wrong. It was the young… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Author and business executive Stephen R. Covey recounted a Sunday morning subway ride he took years ago in New York City. “People were sitting quietly – some reading newspapers, some lost in thought, some resting with their eyes closed. It was a calm, peaceful scene.” Then a man stepped onto the subway with his… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. On April 11, 2009, Susan Boyle appeared as contestant #43212 on Britain’s Got Talent. Expectations were low. She was a frumpy-looking, 47-year-old single woman from Scotland who had grown up with eight siblings and admitted she had never been kissed – not exactly the kind of person likely to give Taylor Swift a run… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Standing Where Jesus Stands There once was a florist who had a really bad day. He mixed up two orders. One flower arrangement went to a guy who was opening a new business. The other went to a family that had just lost a loved one. The business owner came into the floral shop… Read more »
