by Barry Creamer | Sep 11, 2024 | Devotionals
For many years we had an early morning prayer meeting at the church I pastored in Arlington. A few days a week 2 or 8 of us would gather at 5:30AM for 10 or 30 minutes of corporate prayer. Looking back on it, I’m surprised how many different people participated, and...
by Daisy Reynolds | Sep 11, 2024
Barry talks about the things we do and don’t realize about the world in which we live, the relationships we have to others in that world, and the nature of the table to which Christ invites us. Scripture: 1 Cor 11:28-34 Books: The Human Condition,...
by Barry Creamer | Sep 4, 2024 | Devotionals
My dad corrected me once, a hundred times. I mean, when he corrected me about something, I never wanted to make that mistake again. But there were a hundred different mistakes requiring singular correction. In this case, my adolescent self sauntered off for another...
by Daisy Reynolds | Sep 4, 2024
Barry walks through Psalm 80, utilizing a repeated phrase to evaluate our need and our provision. We bring two things to the equation of this relationship with God: need and willingness to remain under the weight of his glory. God brings absolutely everything else....
by Daisy Reynolds | Aug 28, 2024
Barry concludes the conversation about what it means to both do and be human. It is humbling to realize that our mundane processes can provide for us and others, our work can shape the way people see and live in the world, and our presence and actions can make all of...
by Barry Creamer | Aug 28, 2024 | Devotionals
As a debater from 8th through 12th grade, I spent untold hours finding evidence in UTA’s library, writing briefs, practicing rhetoric, scrimmaging debates, reading current events, and ultimately applying it all at tournaments around Texas. In those moments, I was so...
by Barry Creamer | Aug 21, 2024 | Devotionals
When my granddaughter was not yet quite 4, my son-in-law and I thought it would be a good idea to take her to the theater for a piece of cinematic fluff the name of which has since left my mind. We had talked about the possibility that at her tender age it might be...
by Daisy Reynolds | Aug 21, 2024
Barry starts a conversation about being human, prompted by reading Hannah Arendt’s book, The Human Condition. In scripture there is an inherent relationship between our being and doing. To give everything back to God, it may help to know what the pieces of that...
by Daisy Reynolds | Aug 19, 2024
Barry talks about Psalm 79 and the shift necessary to make the most of mistreatment. Yes, I said making the most of mistreatment. With all the natural evil in this world, God is most interested in working the evil out of his people. We never seek God’s help because we...
by Barry Creamer | Aug 14, 2024 | Devotionals
I met with some other Christian educators in Nashville a while back, as planned. I did not expect my hanging clothes to stay in Nashville, nor Joan’s. But they did. As I drove back from Nashville late Saturday night I did not expect a flu-incipient pastor to invite me...
