An Insult to Your Sovereignty: Part 1 | Episode 29

by | Feb 9, 2022

We place too much confidence in our ability to work our way into good standing with God and not enough confidence in the power of God’s grace and mercy. Because we begin and end each day in the latter, it would be silly not to live the in-between there as well.  ...

Children Are a Blessing—No, Really! | Episode 28

by | Feb 2, 2022

Many times in scripture, when people are looking for mercy, a future, hope and a purpose, kindness, encouragement, or acknowledgement, God provides for their needs by giving them a child. This episode will give weight and content to the sometimes-doubted phrase...

Jesus, The Path

by | Feb 2, 2022 | Devotionals

In the wilderness we struggle, wandering. A-sea, we drift in the deep’s mystery. In darkness, we fear and seek. A ravine’s walls hem us in. The woods threaten. Away is longing. Strangers menace. Imprisoned, we are bound, stripped of all we intended. At the center we...

Signs That Do More Than Point | Episode 27

by | Jan 26, 2022

Watching the fulfillment of prophecy throughout history is one thing, but understanding its content, repeated messages that describe God’s character, will change your life.     Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25, 2:14-15, 22:37-40, 27:46 28:18-20; Revelation 21:1-4;...

All Day Every Day

by | Jan 26, 2022 | Devotionals

I do not set an alarm. If my bio-clock has not stirred me by 5:00, my canine’s clock will. When I cycle to work, the commute is 9.85 miles. If I ride, say, 15 miles on a weekend jaunt (cyclists: please refrain from expressing your thoughts; I know my rides are...

When Evil Tends to Look Like Us | Episode 26

by | Jan 19, 2022

Barry begins the episode by pointing out that evil is more normal than we like to think. In honor of Sanctity of Life Day, he teases this out in our culture with issues like abortion and women’s rights and the ways in which the structures in our culture will continue...

A Lateral Angel

by | Jan 19, 2022 | Devotionals

When one of my kids’ images appears on screen, I pick up the phone. It is my oldest daughter, so I playfully taunt her with a nickname she prefers not. Somberly, she declares that she and our granddaughter are on the side of the road with a flat, three hours into the...

A Squirrel’s Backstory

by | Jan 12, 2022 | Devotionals

Squirrels are interchangeable. To see one nervous, darting, fluff-tail-balanced, imperious nut-nibbling imp-rodent is to see them all. In Matthew’s account, Jesus laments for Jerusalem en masse, a city he wills to protect as a hen would her chicks, because he sees...