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Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to ”spreading the Good News” by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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The Faith Today Podcast-Conversation inspired by Canada's Christian magazine. The podcast features interviews with Canadian Christians as they sort through the pressing issues of the day and topics like spiritual growth and health, other religions, religious freedom, vocation, and tough questions of faith and living in contemporary society.
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좋아요Marcia Clark, best known as the lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial, has become a trailblazer for women in law and beyond. Her journey from courtroom to bestselling author reflects her resilience and determination to redefine herself amidst intense public scrutiny. On this episode of Worth Knowing, Clark dives into her latest book, *Trial by Ambush*, which examines the 1953 Barbara Graham case—a story that highlights gender bias, media sensationalism, and the notion that all cases are subject to societal, cultural, and political winds. Clark shares how her experiences during the Simpson trial shaped her perspective on societal pressures and the role of women in high-stakes professions. Her reflections on how media, forensic science, and legal practices have evolved over decades offer valuable insights into the intersection of law and culture. This conversation is a compelling exploration of true crime, personal growth, and how Clark’s groundbreaking career continues to inspire a new generation of women to challenge norms and forge their own paths. Marcia Clark is a bestselling author and a criminal lawyer who began her career in law as a criminal defense attorney and went on to become a prosecutor in the L.A. District Attorney's Office in 1981. She spent ten years in the Special Trials Unit, where she handled a number of high-profile cases, including the prosecution of stalker/murderer Robert Bardo, whose conviction for the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer resulted in legislation that offered victims better protection from stalkers as well as increased punishment for the offenders. She was lead prosecutor for the O.J. Simpson murder trial. In May of 1997 her book on the Simpson case, "Without a Doubt," was published and reached #1 on the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers lists. In February 2016, Clark re-released the book with a new foreword. Resources Sign up for the Worth Knowing LinkedIn Newsletter to stay up to date: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/worth-knowing-7236433935503618048/ Follow Bonnie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-habyan/ Go to the Worth Knowing website: https://www.worthknowing.show Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology: https://www.agilebrandguide.com The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. https://www.missinglink.company…
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The clarity the desert brings. Hurricanes and hard relationships. Finding reason in the middle of a ruin. Small Wonders are quiet but profound observations about life from Dr. Laurel Moffatt. In each fifteen-minute episode, Laurel uncovers lessons learned from broken and beautiful things that are polished to perfection and set in rich audio landscapes for your consideration.
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A trip to Western Australia brought Laurel to the famous Busselton Jetty - a 1.8 km timber-piled jetty stretching out into the Indian Ocean - the longest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Initially built for practicality, the jetty is now a tourist destination and even features on postcards. The way it reaches out with such purpose is similar to prayer - an extension towards the eternal. But the main difference, of course, is the fact that we didn’t build the jetty between us and God. He did. But we still get to enjoy it. We can walk its length at any given moment and commune with Him.…
In Romans 12, the Apostle Paul has a challenge for Christians: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- His good, pleasing, and perfect will.” But where can we actually start with this renewal?…
Along York Lane in the Sydney CBD are alcoves and recessed doorways set into the buildings. It was in one of these recessed doorways where a man named Karl used to live (or rather, sleep). Hundreds of people passed Karl every day - and sadly, in 2013, Karl died in his sleep, exposed on York Lane. However, in a remarkable postscript, his long-lost brother, who had been searching for Karl for decades, finally found him. And he brought him home. "My son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." - Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15…
The gap between what an Ibis is made for and what it does in the city becomes very apparent once you see it in its natural habitat. The Ibis is made to roam marshlands and use their elegant bills to dig for crayfish and mussels - not for scraps of rubbish in bins. But like these birds, we also often lose sight of the type of world we are made for and how we are meant to be. We can’t find the answer to who we are meant to be by looking within ourselves, but we can find it in God. ‘Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love’ the Psalmist writes in Psalm 51. ‘Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean … create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.’…
No matter how well things may seem, everyone faces times of testing where every day can feel like wading through thick sludge. But these challenges can also sometimes be, like molasses, unexpectedly sweet.
God is never far off - we can talk to him at any time. But sometimes, strange as it may seem, casting our anxieties on the creator of all things feels like the hardest thing in the world to do.
So much of our world is built on hierarchical relationships. If one is of more excellent status, importance, or class than another, that can dictate so much of their interactions. A meeting with the late Henry Kissinger two decades ago brought this reality into focus for our host - and reminded her how this is anathema to the Creator of all things. The One true God laid down his life for all, for the slave and the free.…
A verse in Hebrews reminds us that when we help a passerby, there might be more going on than we expect. "Don't forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing, some have unwittingly entertained angels." However, what if angels have entertained us? What if we've encountered these celestial warriors and never realised?…
More often than not, libraries collect and organise works of human creativity, intellect and industry. They are repositories of finished works. Books and recordings, films and magazines and many more - all discrete units of human creation. Archives, in contrast, provide us with the backdrop to the works, the settings, the background, and the working out of ideas from which a job may have come.…
Welcome to a new season of Small Wonders! This is the first of a two-part series on the power of words. People read for different reasons. For some people, reading is work; for others, it's a hobby. Sometimes, reading can cause something within us to shift; we might go from wanting to read to needing to read. Our lives can suddenly - unexpectedly - become intertwined with the words on the page - and our experiences become things we might feel the need to share with authors we've never met.…
Welcome to the final episode of season 3 of Small Wonders! A new year approaches - and for many, a new set of resolutions. Reading, going to the gym, travelling, lifestyle changes: all of us have a “possible self” that we strive towards. It turns out we’ve been making New Year resolutions for a very long time - at least 4,000 years in fact, according to ancient Babylonian records. Humans have always pursued personal growth. We’ve also spent millennia breaking New Year resolutions. However, it's not as dire as you might think: statistics show that most people who make resolutions keep at least part of them. The notion of the possible self is often related to both hopes - and fears - for the future. Hope and fear: the possible is connected to them both. The possible self is also a theme in the Bible, but a possible self is firmly reliant on Him through whom all things are possible. The way to the best possible self - the eternal one - comes through the humble servant, encountered in the Gospels. "Going a little farther, (Jesus) fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26: 39…
The Summerbell Window - a beautiful stained glass window - sits in the Holy Trinity Church in Millers Point, Sydney. It's not like the other windows: it shows a stormy sea, with Jesus calming the tempest. It commemorates the loss of the Yarra Yarra - a steamer captained by William Geoge Summerbell, the namesake of the window - which disappeared on the morning of the 15th of July 1877, after encountering a terrible storm off the coast of Newcastle. Witness to the tragedy was Williams's father, Thomas. It was the following year that the Summerbell Window was erected in Holy Trinity Church. Jesus didn't calm this storm, nor did He walk on water that morning. The window itself acknowledges this. "Save me Oh God, for the waters have come into my soul." The storms we face are real, and the grief we encounter can be like an unrelenting flood . A storm at sea can bring about an internal storm of pain. But knowledge of the truth - of God - can help us face this storm in a new light. The Psalms attest to this. Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. Yet at the same time: I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live! The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. Psalm 69: 1-3, 30-33…
We will always work for food. The question is - which food are we working for? "Daily bread" has become a well-worn idiom; we all need it to get by, and without it, life wouldn't be possible. However, such a simple phrase fails to capture the complexity of actually finding daily bread. From the wheat harvesters to produce the bread, to the toil of workers to earn money to buy enough of it, much of what we do is in search of ways to provide daily bread. Throughout history, the price of bread has reflected stability. The more expensive the dough, the more unrest in society. Bread is important. It is life-giving. But it isn't the life- giver. We will always work for bread. But what type of bread are we seeking? The one where we work, and hunt, and scavenge and scrounge around for whatever crusts we can find? Or for the one that is given to us, the one sent by God. The true bread of life. The only daily bread we will ever need? " Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6: 27-28, 35…
Transfer of Learning: To take something from one context and apply it in another. For many teachers, this is the goal of their job; to impart specific knowledge to students that they can use in the wider world. However, the transfer of learning isn't about just getting things right - it's about being able to get things wrong too. Researchers have found getting it wrong can yield a greater transfer of learning. To focus on only being right is to limit ourselves - shut ourselves off from amazing possibilities. The best learning occurs when we know what is right and what is wrong. The Apostle Paul writes about this to his "dear son" Timothy in the New Testament. Paul was willing to be treated as wrong for his answer - even though it was the right one. The transfer of learning that goes the farthest is not learning only for learning’s sake, but one that pursues the truth, specifically as communicated in this letter, the truth of God. "… continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which can make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3: 14-17…
Do you believe in ghosts? You should. The chances are, you are one. According to a Yougov poll conducted in 2021, roughly 40% of people polled believe in the traditional sort of ghost - a spirit that shows up and haunts a person or place. And almost 20% of those polled believe that they’ve had an encounter with such a ghost. But Laurell Moffatt has her eyes trained on a different kind of ghost - a more current type, which is almost the complete opposite of the traditional phantom. Ghosts these days don’t show up, instead, we use the term ‘to ghost’ to describe the actions of the living who decide to disappear from someone’s life. In another poll about the experience of being ghosted, roughly the same percentage of people who say they believe in ghosts - 40% - have been ghosted by a friend. Other data suggests that this number climbs significantly for those in romantic relationships, with 60% saying they have been ghosted and 45% saying they’ve done the ghosting. That means not only are most of us likely to encounter a ghost - to be 'ghosted' so to speak - but there's a high degree of likelihood that we will ghost someone else at some stage in our lives. The question is, what effect does having so many ghosts running around have on society at large? LINKS Learn all about the supernatural beliefs of the average American here . And here are some thoughts on what to do if you are ghosted by a friend .…
Laurel Moffatt returns with Small Wonders - her short, thoughtful reflections on how a trust in Jesus colours how we see things in the world around us. Ahead of a new season, she ponders how, if we don't take the time to pause, we can misunderstand why things are happening the way they are. Things aren't always as they seem - sometimes when we expect to find pain and anguish, we instead find love and care. Matthew 11:28-30 is just one of many scriptures that echos this theme.…
For the final episode of season one, Laurel Moffatt drinks in the wonders of water in Zion National Park. The relentless river that flows through the park's centre has carved out a canyon of incredible beauty. But water can have sustaining as well as destructive effects. Laurel investigates the living water that makes an oasis flourish in the midst of heat that bakes the life from the surrounding landscape. Then she asks, what would it be like to have water like that inside of us, as we confront the sort of hard times that threaten to shrivel us to a husk? LINKS Christina Rossetti's A Better Resurrection I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone Is numb'd too much for hopes or fears; Look right, look left, I dwell alone; I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief No everlasting hills I see; My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, quicken me. My life is like a faded leaf, My harvest dwindled to a husk: Truly my life is void and brief And tedious in the barren dusk; My life is like a frozen thing, No bud nor greenness can I see: Yet rise it shall—the sap of Spring; O Jesus, rise in me. My life is like a broken bowl, A broken bowl that cannot hold One drop of water for my soul Or cordial in the searching cold; Cast in the fire the perish'd thing; Melt and remould it, till it be A royal cup for Him, my King: O Jesus, drink of me. Liu, Rui, et al. Investigating microclimate effects in an oasis-desert interaction zone , Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 290 (2020): 107992 Living Water from the Zogoria province in Albania.…
Laurel Moffatt asks you to focus on what you find easiest to ignore. There are three layers of attention according to former Google strategist, James Williams: Spotlight - that which engages with immediate actions, like finding your socks Starlight - the layer of attention we give to longer-term goals, like getting a degree Daylight - the attention that enables a person to know why we have our long-term goals in the first place Laurel talks about what happens when we lose our 'daylight', that which helps us see all of our surroundings, ourselves, and our place in the world. LINKS Here's a link to T.S. Eliot's The Four Quartets , and lots more information about the author . If you'd like to read more on our diminished ability to pay attention, try Johann Hari's Stolen Focus . The next time you're in Santa Fe, check out the Georgia O’Keefe Museum . And here's a verse in the Bible to Jesus as daylight .…
Laurel Moffatt has been to the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde four times. I first ‘saw’ them when I was 16 years old. But not with my eyes. I saw them through reading Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House . An ancient civilization, preserved in stone. The evidence of ordinary, human lives of an ancient culture and the continuity with the past, layers of history held in stone. There have been times in Laurel's life, and maybe yours as well, when life has felt particularly hard. And in those moments, when the only options are difficult ones, the phrase that seems to suit best is being ‘between a rock and a hard place’. The usual response to difficulty and hardship seems to vacillate between two responses: either avoid it or muddle through in order to overcome it and hopefully get to the other side of it. This is why Laurel says, she's always been a bit perplexed by the habit of some Christians sending scripture verses describing God as a rock, as a message of encouragement. Who needs another rock when life is hard enough already? LINKS If you enjoyed this episode and you’d like to learn more, I hope these notes will be of help. You may enjoy Willa Cather’s novel, The Professor’s House , and the description of the land found in the second part of the book ‘Tom Outland’s Story’. Although it’s not as well-known as My Antonia , it is a gem of a book. Head over to the US National Park Service website to learn more about the history and landscape of Mesa Verde , as well as how to visit and stay nearby if it interests you. For links to the bible verses that I referred to in the episode: Psalm 18 Psalm 143 While I was thinking about and writing this episode, I found this album of music: Beautiful Beyond: Christian Songs in Native Languages .…
Laurel Moffatt begins her quest for the benefits of doubt at the bottom of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. There she discovers a search for a lost ship that demonstrates just how necessary uncertainty is to the inquiring mind. The exploration director stated that the Endurance was ‘the most unreachable wreck ever’. And yet, presumably, he had enough doubt about his certainty to be willing to venture out on an expedition that would take him to the ends of the earth. This is a bit like a questioning, curious faith in God. There are uncertainties in life, including the Christian life, and times of doubts and questioning, that can be used by the Creator to enrich faith in him, rather than counter it. LINKS If you’d like to read a bit further about the discovery of the Endurance you might enjoy this piece from the New York Times . Or perhaps you’d like to learn more about Ernest Shackleton and his original voyage . If so, this piece by the American Museum of Natural History may prove helpful. The Scientific American published a piece on the relationship between doubt and knowledge: “Why Doubt is Essential to Science” . While the shipwreck of the Endurance is protected as a historic site, questions remain regarding what happens now to the wreck and are addressed in this article in The Conversation .…
Laurel Moffatt considers the universal nature of grief. Many are grieving these days: Illness. Loss of friends, lovers, and family members. The loss of time. The rumbles of war. The question is never whether grief will ever arrive in our life, the question is what to do with it when it does. Mary Delaney, who was born in 1700 to an upper-class family, was married unwillingly to an unkind man. Her life was emotionally fraught while her husband lived and financially strained once he died. Joy did follow, but even these latter blessings were tainted by still more suffering. Yet Mary learned that the best way to deal with grief is not to ignore it or push it away, but let it stay, give it room, let it speak for itself. And in so doing, she not only invented a whole new art form but discovered how God's grace can colour even the darkest times. LINKS More about Mary Delany An online collection of the Mary Delany’s flowers Molly Peacock, The Paper Garden: Mrs Delany [Begins her Life’s Work at 72]…
In the hinterland of Australia's largest island, Laurel Moffatt discovers engineers are hard at work planning a place to story the memory of all our environmental mistakes. The thinking is that our climate is no longer just changing, but headed for disaster. And if our planet's going to crash, survivors will need to know what happened and why, and hold any responsible parties to account. But what if this 'Black Box' recorder isn't big enough. After all, there are many more sins to account for than just greenhouse gases. The Black Box holds a tension between the acknowledgment of wrong-doing (repentance) with a desire to be made right (justice). But if justice and the judgment it carries is the only thing we have, would any of us survive? LINKS Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Final report: Mount Lyell Remediation Research and Demonstration Program . Mount Lyell Remediation, Supervising Scientist Report . Tish Harrison Warren, We're All Sinner, and Accepting That Is Actually a Good Thing , The New York Times. Brad Plumer and Raymond Zhong, Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns , The New York Times. Romans 3:25 , the 'mercy seat' reference.…
Rustic. Refined. Cutesy. Elegant. Modern. Traditional. No matter your tastes, there’s a place to suit you in today's online rental market. What you probably don't go looking for, though, is a person who comes with dream destination. Laurel Moffatt examines the boom in the short-term rental economy which has had a perverse effect on the life of the modern city. Even though we travel to more interesting locations, the sector has disrupted or further disintegrated social connections, particularly when a city has a high volume of listings. The antidote to the problem of loneliness, though, is not medication, but human connection. Forget artfully arranged towels and bowls of fresh lemons on the bench. Connection with others and the gift of one another’s presence is the truly beautiful thing. LINKS More numbers about the worth of the sharing economy. “ The Airbnb Effect on Housing and Rent ,” Forbes , Feb 21, 2020. Vivek, Murthy, M.D. Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World . But perhaps you’d rather visit Jerry’s Lakehouse than read these articles? If so, follow the link to the listing for his place on Airbnb .…
How is it that significant moments in your childhood can sit so close to people and places you'd rather forget? Laurel Moffatt says that people who say they don't believe in ghosts never met her grandmother. She is haunted by the memory of a woman who actively destroyed everything around her. But the set of instructions she taught Laurel for washing her hands has taken on extreme significance in the face of an international pandemic, and her need to find a way to forgive.…
Laurel Moffatt takes a trip down to the mighty Mississippi River. There, she discovers something that demands respect. What else do you owe a thing that can both divide a continent and bring you directly into its heart? That can both float a ship and sink it? But it is also a place to contemplate our efforts to control the world around us. Here, we realise that something is lost when we bring the wilderness to heel, putting it behind barriers or up on a wall as a testimony to our own strength. Rivers have a way of reminding us that not everything can be so easily subdued. And God has a way of reminding us that He is the one who does the subduing. LINKS Required reading: John McPhee’s piece, Atchafalaya , published in the February 23, 1987 of the New Yorker. The following articles are also helpful for learning about how levees work, specifically the levees along the Mississippi River: The Atlantic : What We've Done to the Mississippi River: An Explainer , by Alexis C. Madrigal. National Public Radio : Levees Make Mississippi River Floods Worse, But We Keep Building Them , by Rebecca Hersher. Scientific American : The Problem With Levees , by Nicholas Pinter. Here’s Amazon’s announcement about the opening of its robotic fulfilment centre in Baton Rouge , and check this out for how this relates to the demolition of the old mall . And, for the reference to the hem of God’s robe filling the temple in Isaiah 6:1-2 .…
The Joshua Tree National Park in California is a good starting place for Laurel Moffatt's reflection on our struggles to see the light. The park is full of interesting characters as well as a compelling number of stars - most of which are invisible to the outside world. Because of the amount of artificial light we use each night, more than a third of people can no longer see the Milky Way. But the brightness of the light in deep darkness can show us how faint, how small, how very weak and narrow our own attempts at lighting our own way are. LINKS Paul Bogard, The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light . Emily Dickinson, “I saw no Way – The Heavens were stitched –” , Fr633 (1863) J378 Fabio Falchi, et al. “The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness” , Science Advances, 10 Jun 2016, Vol 2, Issue 6…
Laurel is a writer of essays with a background in English literature and a habit of researching the overlooked and undervalued, the big and the small things around us. Follow her as she asks of it all, how would a trust in Jesus Christ - if we could find our way to that - affect what we see? How we see?…
A small video caught the eye of Instagramers recently - one involving a whale and a kyak. A drone, hovering over the water at Bondi Beach, captured a person on a kyak paddling away, oblivious to the presence of a whale coasting along directly behind them. Laurel Moffatt reflects on the unique place the humpback whale occupies in Australian waters, and the way it treats the various oceans of the earth as rooms in a sprawling house. She also considers the place this particular humpback occupied in the life of that solitary kayaker. And in doing so, she finds a reflection of our sometimes incapacity to see the biggest things around us, and how an outside perspective is what we might need to see life's the most important ones. LINKS If you'd like to hear more humpback whale song, we suggest you visit the Whale Trust . There's also lots more to learn about the humpback whales of Eastern Australia at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Laurell thoroughly recommends that you check out the original video of the drone, the whale and the kyak . And learn everything you need to know about the whale underwater day-spa here .…
Take an ordinary piece of paper. Fold it. Fold it again. Then one more time. Then sit back and observe the beautiful creation you have made. Laurell Moffatt reflects on a life-long love of the Japanese paper art of origami. In it she finds connections to her childhood fascinations and the blueprints for fascinating machines, from the microscopic to the orbital. But with every fold a line of fracture is made. Damage. Stress. Fracture. Yet each exists for a purpose, for with each fold a flat piece of paper begins to take shape until it becomes what it is being folded to become. A frog, a crane, a swan. A face mask, a starshield, a microscopic surgeon. Point or no point, pain and suffering can be just as much a part of life as pleasure and joy. And if suffering in some form is part of what it means to be alive, whether we like that fact or not, it can help to know the reason for the suffering, or if that can’t be known, it helps to know that something good can come from pain.…
Many people learn to play an instrument when they're young. Sadly, most will give it up over time - and many will come to regret it. To become proficient at an instrument means to practise: to keep playing the same rudiments or scales over and over again. Practice is sometimes boring. It's often just an unexciting part of the day. But practice isn't what makes perfect - it's what makes possible. Repetition is key to practice. If you want to know how to do something, you have to do it over and over again. This same idea of practice runs throughout the Hebrew scriptures. From the time of Moses through to Jesus, the Bible is full of encouragement to keep up the small, repetitive practice of following the commands of God and loving one another. Through constant daily practice, we will never forget the beauty of walking in step with the melody of the Lord. My teacher lies on the floor with a bad back off to the side of the piano. I sit up straight on the stool. He begins by telling me that every key is like a different room and I am a blind man who must learn to walk through all twelve of them without hitting the furniture. I feel myself reach for the first doorknob. Piano Lessons Stanza 1, Billy Collins…
Many of us see the ocean as an immense blue desert; something to be crossed to see loved ones. It covers nearly 140 million square miles of our planet and can seem to many like an unfathomable, stormy tempest. A single drop seems completely insignificant. Perhaps it's for that reason - it's vastness - that we also cast our rubbish into the ocean. But seeing it only in terms of its size, as a place of stormy chaos, or just a dumping ground, is reductive. It dismisses the ocean rather than engages with it. Things are changing. As one mile of the ocean is cleaned at a time - one drop, if you will - marine life explodes back into being. What was previously lost, is once again found. What if this fearful, stormy sea is actually something to be nurtured, not just traversed? Seen as a reminder of all that is sacred about life, where even one simple drop can be so life-giving? The scriptures point to the ocean as the ultimate display of God's power, creativity - and love. Maybe it's time we re-imagined the Ocean, and allowed ourselves to see in it the reflection of the Creator. " How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there." Psalm 104: 24-26…
Laurel Moffatt returns with Season 3 of Small Wonders. You're invited to join her on an exploration of the unnoticed and the seemingly unimportant in search of life’s lessons, at the hands of the creator. In this episode, Laurel ponders the wonders of spiders are just that - spiders, through and through. They are what they're made to be, down to their very core. Might it be the same for us humans? That we too are reflections of something greater, and we can't be who we're meant to be without it? " And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit" - 2 Corinthians 3: 18…
The Grand Canyon. Mount Kilimanjaro. The Fjords of Norway. The endless dunes of the Sahara. Our planet is filled with places that invoke a sense of awe; areas that are beautiful, majestic, and terrifying all at once. Humanity has felt awe since time began - however, awe has only recently been acknowledged by our contemporary world as an emotion. It's not just any emotion either - awe has been shown to enhance our well-being. Awe is good for us. Awe adjusts our perspective, and helps us get "outside" of ourselves. It puts us in our place, in relation to something bigger, something more wonderful. Awe can be anywhere. Awe can be anything. And the Christain scriptures tell us we can get close up and personal with the ultimate source of awe - the God of all creation - on a daily basis. What are we waiting for? "You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks And the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing." Psalm 65: 9-13…
It’s the challenging times of growth in the leaner months that create a tree's fingerprint, making it possible to find out the name of a shipwreck, reveal the identity, or uncover the truth of the history of a tree.
Walking feels good for us because it is good for us. It's not just a luxury, but a necessity for our well-being. This was never more apparent than during the lockdowns of 2020-2021. Walking is mundane but beneficial - both physically, but also for our connection to the world. No matter how momentary or trivial it may seem, bumping into someone on the street and talking to them does us a world of good. With societal loneliness at an all-time high, getting out for a walk is now more important than ever. Research is increasingly showing that walking helps improve strength, emotional well-being, and even memory. It's no surprise that the Christain scriptures hold walking as the greatest importance. Christians are encouraged to walk in the light, walk in the truth, and yield to God in every step of every walk. Because a walk with the Father is where the deepest connection, and truest health, can be found. " For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living." Pslam 56:13…
When we look at the city what do we see? Do we see busyness, progress, and exciting opportunities? Or do we look deeper, and think about the land underneath the glass, concrete, and metal forests we've built? Cities are transient - people ebb and flow into them like the tide. They also pose the question: what is it we're building with our own lives? Are they things lasting, or sandcastles that will topple with the next wave? And as we build our cities, how close are we to the life-giving water that nourishes us? "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of Lords: His love endures forever." Psalm 136: 1-3…
We all want to be productive. To write to-do lists. To clear the inbox. To get things done. We see productivity as critical to growth; if we can harness our productive potential then surely we'll grow richer, stronger, and healthier. But what if our obsession with productivity becomes ... unproductive? Have we forgotten how to let the mind wander? Have we forgotten how to dream? Greater awareness of oneself. Consolidation of memories. Moral reasoning. Planning for the future. These all come from daydreaming. Because after all, daydreaming is essential for the making of meaning. Music, art, books, and ideas all come from daydreaming. But these are again productive - and non-essential for valuing human life. The Christian scriptures encourage us to wonder about the big questions, and not to pursue mindless productivity. They appeal to us to imagine a safe life, flourishing under the protection of God's care. The scriptures invite us home, and show us how to live as we were made to; not mired in productivity, but marked by rest, hope, and goodness. " The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths For his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" - Psalm 23…
"There is not one little blade of grass, there is no colour in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice." John Calvin Grass is found on every continent on Earth. Over 11,000 species of different grass exist. It's ever-present, but it's easy not to see it at all. How do we see the grass? Is it just a patch out the front of our home? Is it something that we walk on to get somewhere more important? How can it possibly bring us joy? Perhaps we need to see our own lives like that of a blade of grass. Fleeting, but beautiful nevertheless. Maybe we can be inspired by how a blade of grass lives; constantly drinking in light, growing more beautiful every day. The beauty of grass is made possible by the light. Without it, there is nothing. A blade of grass lives only a handful of days - but those days are spent in the light, which is freely available - as it is to us. What are we growing toward as we live our lives? Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, " I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12…
The desire for the good life has never been stronger - and yet, the world and our bodies are surrounded by chemicals that are silently harming us. Medications can be poisonous. Sometimes, the cure is the cause of harm. How do we know if what we're pursuing is turning out for our good? We need to break the chains that prevent us from living a truly, healthy life - but to do that, we have to first acknowledge that those chains exist. Just like harmful chemicals in the air, our sin is all around us, and if we allow it, it can trap us. Are we willing to let God break the chains that can hold us down? When we admit the problem, then the remedy comes. Here's the confession, taken from the Book of Common Prayer that was read out in the episode "Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us. " But thou oh Lord have mercy on us miserable offenders. Spare thou those, Oh God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord, and grant, oh most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafter live a Godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy Holy name." And from Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.…
Do we really know who we are? The human heart has two conditions: in and down, or out and up. In and down - seeking the self, or up and out - seeking God. Curves are everywhere - from trees to shells, clouds to hurricanes, and galaxies to black holes - curves are embedded in the universe. Even music follows the shape of a curve. Augustine talks about curves in his City of God. Martin Luther echoes his thoughts, describing the human condition as curved inward - toward the self. Inward curves are ruinous. Outward curves are life-giving. We're born in a curve - but do we know which way our curve grows? If we allow it, our curve can be remade, and refashioned, by the Holy Spirit. There's no end to the good that can come from such a curve. "And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again." 2 Corinthians 5: 15…
"Bird watching isn't just about birds, it's also about those doing the watching ... in watching birds there seems to be a complete lack of idleness." Bird watching takes us to new places. Some watches might travel the world to see rare birds in faraway locations - "slow birders" might just look for birds in their own neighbourhood - but both will discover something new when observing these creatures. Even if we never see a bird in our watching, the act itself is calming, meditative, and a new way of seeing the world. We don't need expensive gear to watch birds - but we need time, and the willingness to sit, wait, and watch. Even Jesus urged us in the Sermon on the Mount to consider the birds. Bird-watching won't change the world - but it can change us. "Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" - Matthew 6: 25-27…
Being able to discern the difference between light and dark is essential for reading. And, this sensitivity is also necessary for navigating our way through many things in daily life. In the first episode of Season 2, Laurel Moffatt explores the wonder of reading - a complex skill that we so commonly take for granted. Dwelling on Augustine - a man whose life was changed forever from reading one chapter of a book - she asks what would happen if we read outside in the light, and expose our ignorance. Learning to read might lead us to learn to live anew. "As I was . . . weeping in the bitter agony of my heart, suddenly I heard a voice from the nearby house chanting. . . saying and repeating over and over again “Pick up and read, pick up and read.” Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, 397-400 AD…
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Welcome to the Enjoying Everyday Life TV podcast with Joyce Meyer. To learn more, visit our website at joycemeyer.org or download the Joyce Meyer Ministries App. By supporting Joyce Meyer Ministries, you can help us reach hurting people around the world. To find out more, go to joycemeyer.org/donate
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Fr. Larry Richards is the founder and president of The Reason for our Hope Foundation, a non- profit organization dedicated to ”spreading the Good News” by educating others about Jesus Christ. His new homilies are posted each week.
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The Faith Today Podcast-Conversation inspired by Canada's Christian magazine. The podcast features interviews with Canadian Christians as they sort through the pressing issues of the day and topics like spiritual growth and health, other religions, religious freedom, vocation, and tough questions of faith and living in contemporary society.
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Love God, love people, and change the world. We believe the life and lessons of Jesus aren’t just good advice, but are Good News for us here and now. As a church, we are all about following Jesus and know there’s no end to that journey—we’re more about becoming than arriving. We are committed to becoming a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multiplying movement of Christ followers, equipping and empowering our kids and students to not only be the church of tomorrow, but the church of today.
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Heritage Baptist Church exists by the grace of God and for the glory of God, which is the ultimate purpose of all our activities. We seek to glorify the God of Scripture by promoting His worship, edifying and equipping the saints, evangelizing the nations, planting and strengthening churches, calling other assemblies to biblical faithfulness and purity, encouraging biblical fellowship among believers and ministering to the needy, thus proclaiming and defending God’s perfect law and glorious ...
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CBCP is a disciple-making church based in Manila, Philippines. Learn more at https://cbcp.org
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Insights into the weekly Torah portion
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A signpost for the lost. A resting place for the weary. Experiences that point to God. An expression of The Elevation Church. We're at 3, Remi Olowude str, lekki 2nd roundabout. Oniru, Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria. We meet every Sunday at 10am and Wednesday at 6:30pm. Join us sometime, we can't wait to have you!
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