Difference Makers

Difference Makers

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Over the course of the last 25 years, the rhetoric concerning September 11, 2001, has been poignant and inspiring. We remember the comments of the elected leaders who were thrust into the middle of the...
The 50

The 50

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereNo one was prepared for the earthquake that struck the Tohoku region of Japan on the afternoon of March 11, 2011.Geologists are still coming to grips with its immensity and its consequences.Since Japan sits...
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here  With the Civil War now 160 years in the rear-view mirror, historians continue to debate the point at which the Union prevailed. When was the high-water mark of the Confederacy? At what moment in what...
Passing the Lifeline

Passing the Lifeline

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...
Sacrificial Love

Sacrificial Love

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...