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The Gift of a Better Tomorrow

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here New York City has always been a harrowing place to live. During the 1850s – a long time before the arrival of subways and skyscrapers – the city was deeply unsettled. As depicted in Martin Scorsese’s 2002 feature film Gangs of New York, the streets roiled with conflicts between rich and… Read more »

Going Global

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Each day this Lent we’re looking at major “turning points” in Christian history – moments or seasons in which the story of God’s people took an important and often unexpected turn.   “If God wants to save the heathen, he will do so, without your help or mine.” Those were the… Read more »

No Explanation

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It’s hard to come up with an explanation for the extraordinary life of William Borden. Borden graduated from a private high school in Pennsylvania in 1903.  He was just 16 years old and was already one of the richest men in the United States.  William was the primary heir to his family’s fortune, which had come from silver mining out West… Read more »