A Difficult  Spell

A Difficult Spell

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereEvery spring the month of May brings us not only the Greatest Spectacle in Racing – the Indianapolis “500” – but the Greatest Spectacle in Spelling, also known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee.This year...
Bearing the Load

Bearing the Load

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The Windsor Guildhall, which serves as the town hall for the community of Windsor in the county of Berkshire, England, has two claims to fame.  In recent years it’s become a fashionable place...
Hebrews 3:16

Hebrews 3:16

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at one of the “3:16” verses of the Bible, spotlighting some of the significant theological statements that happen to fall on the 16th verse of the third...
Serving on the Front Lines

Serving on the Front Lines

To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. By the spring of 1944, everybody knew the Allies were preparing to invade France. D-Day would be the first major step in crushing Hitler’s occupying army, followed by an invasion of the German...
Tickets to Tarshish

Tickets to Tarshish

So how did the prophet Jonah end up on a Mediterranean beach smelling like a tin of sardines? It all began with a call from God that, in Jonah’s mind, was definitely not his dream job: “‘Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! ...