by Barry Creamer | Nov 13, 2024 | Devotionals
Two year old children do not often go quietly into any good night. That truth being instantiated recently, a dad lies down with his toddler son, attempting to apply the sedative of presence. “Dad, there are two dragons on the ceiling.” “No, son, that’s a ceiling fan.”...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 6, 2024 | Devotionals
It’s been more than 100 years since the armistice ending World War I took effect. The end of the war to end all wars ushered in the most efficiently deadly century in world history: genocides, autocides, murderous totalitarian regimes, another World War, and proxy...
by Barry Creamer | Oct 30, 2024 | Devotionals
“Where on earth is that smell coming from?” I caught the slightest waft entering the garage. But now, opening the driver’s side door, the cab of my truck seems a more obvious source. I don’t remember noticing the scent when I parked in the garage last night. And now...
by Barry Creamer | Oct 23, 2024 | Devotionals
So you accepted the invitation to spend a few months in a caravan of RVs orbiting a couple of hundred miles above earth’s recent mayhem. Your friends are in the RV just ahead of you at the same altitude. You’d like to catch up with them, dock, and play some board...
by Barry Creamer | Oct 16, 2024 | Devotionals
The knowledge that we had no sharks in our back yard pool did nothing to relax the grip tightening around my spine as soon as the water enveloped my body. Nope. No night swims that summer. Not long ago, a similarly irrational fear—that there might be a large predator...
