Worth Fighting For

Worth Fighting For

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereLet’s face it: Sean Astin is never going to live down Rudy.The 53-year-old actor is best known for playing the lead role in the 1993 film about Daniel Reuttiger, a real-life walk-on to the Notre Dame...
God’s Strange Gift

God’s Strange Gift

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereFrances Jane Crosby, who was born in New York in 1820, developed a minor eye inflammation when she was six weeks old. Although there have been differing accounts of a local doctor’s efforts to...
Wounded Healers

Wounded Healers

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereAmerican playwright Thornton Wilder wrote a one-act play about a miracle that doesn’t take place.The Angel That Troubled the Waters debuted in 1928. It’s based on John chapter five, where the Gospel...
Just Show Up

Just Show Up

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhen someone else is hurting, it’s tempting to think our call is to do something amazing or to say something unusually wise.But most of the time, the need of the hour is simply to show...
Surprised by Suffering

Surprised by Suffering

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Oxford don...