by Barry Creamer | Nov 29, 2023 | Devotionals
Something is wrong but, without orientation, you can only piece things together as others press and jostle you along the way. Some appear more sure-footed than you, some less. Some move deliberately with speed, some passively with the crowd, others reluctantly,...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 22, 2023 | Devotionals
Stymied. After a blessed but harried week driving, meeting, representing, and addressing, I am without the focus or energy even to choose something to watch on whichever streaming service is already active on our TV. I am thankful instead to acquiesce in my wife’s...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 15, 2023 | Devotionals
Serene if not sleepy, steering eastward, I watch a platter-size sun first divided by rolling horizon, then barred between banks of land and cloud, and finally disappearing behind the cumulus it backlights with coral and surrounds with radiating silver bands. I did not...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 8, 2023 | Devotionals
On a plain, Jesus gives the command: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you…. and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.” Between a rock and hard place, we whittle at...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 1, 2023 | Devotionals
The man seated opposite me is probably a decade my senior. Lean and muscular to excess, he is snacking on a health bar and appears oblivious to my existence, which is fine with me. I am not there to see him. I am there because I want to join my grandchildren for...
