by Daisy Reynolds | Jun 12, 2024
The bad news: there are times when things are so bad we can run out of words and faith. Good news: in those moments the Father, Christ, and his Spirit never run out of exactly what we need. God’s steps are on our path even when we can’t see them. ...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 12, 2024 | Devotionals
There is a basic truth in the first seven verses of The Book of Proverbs. The passage begins with three things for us to do: to know, to understand, and to receive. The middle of the passage prescribes that even the wise increase in learning, while those who...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 5, 2024 | Devotionals
Indulge me two paragraphs, one philosophical and one personal, and I will do my best to encourage your regard for others. Consciousness is a weird thing. Weirdness 1: The privileged access I have to my own consciousness. What I think is what I think I think, and...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jun 5, 2024
Barry moves from the nature and importance of art to our individual and shared experience of it. It is those vulnerable moments, when we are surprised by beauty, irony, or humor that can open our souls to understanding and God.
by Daisy Reynolds | May 29, 2024
Barry starts a new series about a Christian and art. In his description of art, he indicates that it is expressive, subtle, and relatable. It’s that last element that allows for more than information to pass from one more-than-rational-being to another. Art: Guernica...
by Barry Creamer | May 29, 2024 | Devotionals
I left the Metroplex one Friday morning early for what had become an almost annual ascent to the seeing and skiing of Colorado—this one with my son-in-law and oldest granddaughter. Just north of Santa Fe we stopped for gas and to pick up sandwiches for the road. With...
by Barry Creamer | May 22, 2024 | Devotionals
With the holidays I had the rare opportunity to set up my telescope at an overlook not far from my house to try for a picture of the waning moon as it set mid-day. Still gibbous, the moon is easy to observe during broad daylight. However, as it approaches the horizon,...
by Daisy Reynolds | May 22, 2024
Barry heads to Psalm 75 for what seems to be a summary of a hundred other passages. In this case, we get a lesson on geography: while mountains and valleys may beautify the earth’s surface, they mar the complexion of mankind. Scriptures: Psalm 75 Gen 4:10 Luke...
by Daisy Reynolds | May 15, 2024
Barry covers Psalm 74 where we have significant grief coupled with significant hope. As you might imagine, we bring the grief to this equation and God the hope. We are also introduced to this strange truth: the wall that separates us from harm can be the very place...
by Barry Creamer | May 15, 2024 | Devotionals
Raptors captivate me. Growing up, if I did see one, it was cruising what seemed like a mile high, and might as well have been a turkey vulture. I don’t know what started to change in my mid-twenties—that is, whether it was the raptor population which bloomed or my...
