by Morning Reflections | Jan 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Morning Reflections | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
“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...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
