To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn. Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? Your answer will depend, to some extent, on when you… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, who died last year at age 82, was one of the so-called Four Horsemen of the New Atheism. Along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens, he campaigned relentlessly for the discrediting of religion (Christianity in particular) as a valid way to… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Americans have long cherished what has been described as a “special relationship” with Great Britain. Our relationship with France? That’s a bit more complicated. It’s true that France was in our corner from the start, serving as our principal military ally during our Revolution. In 1876, to mark the 100th anniversary of… Read more »
On July 14, 1789, a Parisian street mob stormed the Bastille, a state prison that symbolized the oppressive regime of King Louis XVI. Today is Bastille Day, the French version of America’s Fourth of July. It commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution. The French ardently admired what the American colonists had accomplished in their revolt against Great Britain the previous decade. … Read more »
