by Morning Reflections | Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIn 1983, the Westfield chain of shopping malls in Australia decided to stage an ultramarathon between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne.The race would begin and end, to no one’s surprise, at the Westfield...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the year 2000, Pixar was riding a wave of success unrivalled in the history of movie studios. Their first three feature-length films – Toy Story, A Bug Life’s, and Toy Story 2 – had been smash hits. Two future blockbusters – Monsters Inc. and Finding...
by Morning Reflections | Sep 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Like a lot of children born during the depths of the Great Depression, Donnie Dunagan grew up in poverty.But not many kids could say that they became the family breadwinner even before they could read and write. After winning a talent contest at the age of...
by Morning Reflections | Aug 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was a student in college when affordable handheld calculators first hit the market. A manufacturer’s rep came to one of our classrooms and demonstrated his product’s dazzling array of bells and whistles. Were there any questions? A student asked why...
by Morning Reflections | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali made a lasting impression with his fists. He also made quite an...
