On Purpose | Episode 131

Barry revisits a well-known set of verses in a somewhat less known Psalm for Sanctity of Life week. While Psalm 139 does indicate that our beginning is “fearful and wonderful” it also explains why our end is sacred.     Scriptures: Psalm 139, 119:105 Job...

You Are Bought with a Price

I have a comfortable cabin under jeweled skies on a rocky, forested slope just across the Divide from the Rio Grande’s source. Circumstances allowing, I spend a week there each year. The other 51 weeks of the year, I offer it to a long-time friend, who in turn often...

God Declares That You Are the Light of the World

“And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light...

To Big Bend I Go

In the night’s sky I find the world’s best horizon toward the eternal: imponderable distances, imperturbable powers, nonpareil beauty; hours observing feel like minutes. For months I have planned and prepared to celebrate my 58th birthday with a week under clear,...

A Journey to Nowhere: Part 2 | Episode 100

This second episode of our series about real change has something for everyone: gnats, hermeneutics, corn shucking, and camels. Barry provides a few more instances of the ways in which we pitch our tent on the bridge instead of crossing over where love of God and...