To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. It all began with the 1983 publication of Plumbing for Dummies. No one disagrees with the premise that people who know next to nothing about… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. If you’re between a rock and a hard place, you’re trapped between two unpleasant alternatives. You’re going to have to choose. But the risk is that… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here If you’ve been a Morning Reflections reader for a few years, you know that on Ash Wednesday we typically use a Q&A format to address some of the questions associated with this first day of Lent. What’s different this year? Check out the section below that deals with the special topic we’ll be pursuing… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Today is Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. The last day before Ash Wednesday and the quiet, reflective, self-denying season of Lent. Traditionally Mardi Gras became the day to clear one’s pantry shelves of sugars and fats. And that led to the creation of the King Cake, a spectacular, tri-colored, oval-shaped mountain of dough that’s about as… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here The Winter Olympics of Milano-Cortina was supposed to yield the greatest harvest of American gold medals of the past three decades. Instead, many of America’s made-for-TV superstars have experienced failure on an epic scale. Lindsey Vonn crashed in the women’s downhill and shattered her left leg. Mikaela Shiffrin, history’s most accomplished skier, has been… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here He’s back. The last time we saw The Most Interesting Man in the World, he was boarding a rocket holding a one-way ticket to Mars. As he waved goodbye to the people of Earth, the narrator of the 30-second TV commercial solemnly informed us, “His only regret is not knowing what regret feels… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In the long-running CBS reality show Survivor, the worst thing that can happen to a contestant is being voted off the island. When it came to the reality of being incarcerated in America’s most secure federal penitentiary, the worst thing that could happen was having to spend one more day on the island. The… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here How Much Land Does a Man Need? That’s the title of a short story written in 1886 by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It’s only a few pages long. But James Joyce, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated writers, declared it to be “the greatest story that the literature of the world knows.” Perhaps that’s… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Last week, Mary Sue and I watched an hour-long special on the state of Indiana. We were born in the Hoosier state and have lived here most of our lives. We cherish genuine affection for this place – the way one can be unflinchingly loyal to a family member even while being intimately acquainted… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here In 1997, two days before her first birthday, Alexandra “Alex” Scott was diagnosed with a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma. At first Alex made good progress in overcoming her disease. By age two she had learned to stand and walk with leg braces. But just before her fourth birthday, doctors learned that her tumors were growing… Read more »
