To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In his book The Greatest War Stories Never Told, Rick Beyer describes the fateful charge of Pickett’s Brigade on July 3, the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg: With tens of thousands watching in awe, these brave men set off beneath the fierce afternoon sun. A mile of farm fields… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here How Much Land Does a Man Need? That’s the title of a short story written in 1886 by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It’s only a few pages long. But James Joyce, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated writers, declared it to be “the greatest story that the literature of the world knows.” Perhaps that’s… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Dr. Craig Barnes, who retired a few years ago as president of Princeton Theological Seminary, says he will never forget the time he was called to a hospital emergency room. His good friend Duane Barney had suffered a heart attack. Barnes sat down beside Duane’s wife, Virginia. After consoling her, they prayed together. They waited to hear some… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here My two brothers and I lost our dad eight years ago this month. He stepped into the next world on January 12, which happened to be Mom’s birthday. She had left us a mere seven months earlier. Scott, Bruce, and I pictured Mom in heaven, looking up just in time to see her husband… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here All his life, Arland D. Williams, Jr., had been afraid of the water. As an undergrad cadet at the Citadel, where he was known as Chub, he had had to pass a water-safety and swimming test. Chub was afraid he wouldn’t be able to push through his fears. He did. But the biggest… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here “Will you go to prom with me?” For a young man, pausing awkwardly by his potential date’s locker between classes, that has always been one of life’s most anxiety-inducing questions. These days, prom requests have become increasingly playful, creative, and even desperate, as documented by scores of postings on social media. Audacity and live… 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 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 You had one job. The internet teems with examples of work projects that fell just a tad short of perfection: misspelled words, mislabeled products, toilets installed upside-down, and highway direction signs that appear to beckon drivers into walls or over a precipice. You had just one thing to do. And if you mess… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Can love come into our lives by means of a bottle? Craig Sullivan, a lonely man in Scotland searching for his soulmate, certainly hoped so. Inspired by The Police’s song Message in a Bottle, Sullivan sent out over 2,000 message-bearing bottles a few summers ago along local beaches. The good news… Read more »
