Morning Reflections

Glenn’s Reflections

Morning Reflections

What’s a reflection? It’s a window into God’s Word – a perspective on God’s power and presence as seen through the lenses of history, science, current events, or pop culture. “Christ plays in 10,000 places,” said the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. One of the joys of living as a follower of Jesus is discovering his fingerprints everywhere, even in the most mundane circumstances.

Glenn’s Reflections provides leadership resources, inspiration, and encouragement for growing disciples of Jesus.

The Beauty of Bent Light

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here Eight hundred years ago, the construction of European cathedrals experienced a kind of quantum leap. Architects began to leave behind the monumentally thick walls of the Romanesque style. For centuries, builders...

Lost in Translation

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here How do we know what America’s Civil War (1861-1865) was really like? Most people would cast a vote for Matthew Brady’s photography. For the first time in history, someone was on site to snap pictures of...

Thanks for the Heat

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here Human beings have long been drawn to the unique luster of silver. Since ancient times, silver jewelry and tableware – not to mention silver coins – have been a joy to see and touch. But the task of digging...

Tough Guy Prayers

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here Mike Ditka was one tough guy. When his family announced his death last Friday at the age of 86, tributes poured in from friends, fans, former players, and sportswriters. Those eulogies described his roots in the...

The Transforming Kiss

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here Two biologists, a man and a woman, were strolling one day through a swamp. Most of the creatures they encountered quickly scampered away, looking for hiding places. But an unusually large frog suddenly poked its...

The Spookiest Month of the Year

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here I ain't afraid of no ghosts. That might be the credo of Ghostbusters, but lots of people you know are at least a little bit anxious. Depending on which poll you consult, half of Americans believe ghosts are...

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