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 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...

The Road to Humility

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here Yesterday the world learned that Jim Bakker, the televangelist who founded and starred in the popular television program The PTL Club, had died at age 86. Four decades ago, he and his wife Tammy Faye were riding...

Significant Insignificance

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here It’s one of the most remarkable pictures ever taken. That’s largely due to the fact that it was snapped almost four billion miles away from Earth. The Voyager 1 probe had been launched in 1977, tasked with the...

Stuck at the Counter

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here One summer I took a special trip with my three youngest children. We flew to Denver, Colorado, where we planned to hop into a rental car, drive 200 miles into the Rockies (where someone had graciously loaned us...

Mythbusters

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here If you read in the dark, will you ruin your eyesight? If you go swimming within a half hour of eating a meal, will you be stricken with cramps? Those are just two of the issues that are addressed by Aaron...

A Second Shot at Life

To listen to today's reflection as a podcast, click here A few years ago, after sharing lunch with a friend at an Asian restaurant, we enjoyed the ritual of opening our fortune cookies. Fortune cookies don't exactly qualify as dessert. They are lightweight concoctions...

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