by Daisy Reynolds | Jan 10, 2024
Barry walks down Decade Lane a bit, starting with 1954 to talk about events occurring in the world that shaped America. As we look at our future through the past, a question comes to mind: is time hurtling us down the path, or do we have a say in the matter?...
by Barry Creamer | Jan 10, 2024 | Devotionals
In the height of Covid, passing a nurses’ station during one of my dad’s hospital stays, I heard one caregiver’s verbal jab at another, followed by the inaccurate clarification: “Oh, with this mask on, you can’t see my smile.” For the past five days, one stranger...
by Barry Creamer | Jan 3, 2024 | Devotionals
Feet-long ice spears fall freely and sporadically from tree limbs and utility lines as warming temperatures and gravity gradually strip them of the residue of this 3-day-long Texas winter. The woods are a giant arbor dog shaking off its cold bath in slow motion. In...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jan 3, 2024
In Psalm 63, Barry traces a pattern that leads to praise through some very difficult times. Picture the context of a wilderness with the strength of a memory that enables us to relive the faithfulness of God. It’s strange that the loss of something creates room for...
by Daisy Reynolds | Dec 27, 2023
Barry talks with Dr. Scott Bridger about Christians in Gaza, their struggles during wartime, and why their presence is necessary if peace is ever to come to the region. We must cheer the gospel on as we see the teachings of Jesus offer the world peace through his...
by Barry Creamer | Dec 27, 2023 | Devotionals
Empathy is human. I remember Fidel Castro. To the best of my knowledge, his critics are right. Yet what brings him to my mind has little to do with the disapprobation he earned during his 59 years as an enemy of western democracy and scourge to his nation’s people and...
by Daisy Reynolds | Dec 20, 2023
Barry looks at Matthew 2’s account of the birth of the world’s King. His entry into the world brought down the powerful, lifted up the lowly, and invited in the outsider. And it still does. Scriptures: Matt 2, 4:12-17 Micah 5:2 James 4:1-10 Eph 3:1-7...
by Barry Creamer | Dec 20, 2023 | Devotionals
Throughout most of my life, a spare tire was the difference between a flat ending a road trip and only delaying it—a fact affirmed by the axiomatic idiom about rubber meeting road. My teenaged kids all learned to change tires because their treads (and ours) were as...
by Barry Creamer | Dec 13, 2023 | Devotionals
As our vehicle approaches the summit of Wolf Creek Pass in Southwest Colorado, I explain the concept of the continental divide to 2 of my young grandchildren. Ascending one moment, I explain that if a flake of snow falls on this side of the mountain, when it melts, it...
by Daisy Reynolds | Dec 13, 2023
Barry finishes up his discussion of the hot topics free speech and vulnerable people groups. Despite the dilemmas and conflicts that emerge he reminds us to act first in the interest of others, and last in the interest of self. Article:...
