Once again, laryngitis has prevented me from recording today’s podcast. Thanks for your understanding. Anxious But Blessed Steve Young is one of those guys who just seems to have it all. Blessed with a 6-foot-2-inch frame, a powerful left arm, and deceptive speed, he played pro quarterback for 15 seasons, twice being named Most Valuable Player of the NFL. In 1994… Read more »
Unfortunately, I’ve been afflicted with laryngitis for several days, so I wasn’t able to record this podcast. That Wild and Crazy Guy According to the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, what happened when Jesus led his band of apprentices to “the other side” of the Sea of Galilee? The disciples were probably not surprised that Jesus was immediately confronted by a… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. The Other Side of the Lake Most of the accounts we have of the life of Jesus happen around the Sea of Galilee. What ancient Jews called the Sea is actually a large freshwater lake in the middle of northern Israel. During the time of Jesus, the region around this lake was… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. In 1965, guitarist Stephen Stills noticed an ad in Variety magazine. A casting company for a new music-oriented TV show was seeking “four insane boys, ages 17-21.” Stills decided to audition. His music skills were excellent, but his misshapen teeth and ratty hair were not what the producers were looking for. He returned… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Every day we have two choices. We can hope that things will get easier. Or we can handle life’s hard things better. That’s the perspective of Kara Lawson, one of this generation’s most accomplished female basketball players. Her resume includes 15 seasons as an All-Star shooting guard in the WNBA, including… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. When America’s ragtag revolutionary army faced one of its darkest moments, George Washington brought out his secret weapon. His eyeglasses. Things had gone unaccountably well for the colonists in their struggle against the British army, the world’s most elite fighting force. By the spring of 1783, treaty negotiations would soon guarantee America’s independence. But… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Wayne Cordeiro, founding pastor of the New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, was once invited to compete in a traditional Hawaiian canoe race. The wa’a is a large, ocean-going canoe that features a balancing arm and seats six paddlers. As Cordeiro puts it, “Although navigating one of these ancient canoes may look… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Life is tough enough without making mountains out of mole hills. In her book Fierce Conversations, corporate trainer Susan Scott recalls the family job assignment given to her brother Sam. Every Saturday during his teen years, Sam awoke to the task of tackling the Mole Problem. “Our yard was mole central,” she writes. … Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Saturday Night Live, the one-of-a-kind comedy show that launched its 48th season earlier this month, has aired more than 10,000 sketches. Critics and fans agree that if there’s ever an authoritative Top 10 list of the best skits, it will have to include the April 8, 2000, sketch that’s come to be… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Most of us have seen, if only in the movies, the drama of a “hostage statement.” Unseen kidnappers force their hostage to sit in front of a camera and speak – perhaps assuring the world that he or she is alive and well, or to state the philosophy or demands or… Read more »
