by Morning Reflections | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Throughout July we’re taking an in-depth look at Proverbs, the Bible’s one-of-a-kind book about our never-ending need for wisdom.On May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew its top.In less than 15 minutes one of America’s most beautiful landscapes was dramatically...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
“The Lrod is naer to the broknehreated and svaes the crsuehd in siprit.” (Psalm 34:18)If you copy the words above as written, your spell-checker will throw a hissy fit.What’s interesting is that our brains have no problem making sense of them. Researchers...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 1898, a German scientist believed he had discovered the Holy Grail of pain relief.Heinrich Dreser, who worked as a chemist for Bayer – the corporation that had created a remarkable new drug called aspirin – was hoping to synthesize a painkiller that wouldn’t lead...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Journalist Arthur Lubow called it “an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time.”If The Scream is representative of the spirit of our age, then we live in a deeply unsettling period of history. The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch never concealed his...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Viktor Frankl yearned to make a contribution to humanity.As a respected young psychiatrist in Vienna before World War II, he had meticulously prepared the manuscript for a book that he dared to believe might help change the world. Since he and his wife were not...