by Barry Creamer | Aug 16, 2023 | Devotionals
There is a towering cumulus cloud billowing to the west as the sun sets. Its internal hues lean just enough to darker grays and blues to declare that given the right atmospheric circumstance, it could have been a cumulonimbus. But the golds, salmons, and fuchsias...
by Barry Creamer | Aug 9, 2023 | Devotionals
“And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light...
by Barry Creamer | Aug 2, 2023 | Devotionals
As an 8th grade novitiate to speech and debate, I watch the team’s 9th grade apotheosis practice her oratory. Her delivery is impeccable, sans pause verbal or not. I am mildly surprised to learn after the weekend tournament that she placed only second. I am downright...
by Barry Creamer | Jul 26, 2023 | Devotionals
We borrowed a dog. He needed a place to be for a while, and we could do it, so we did. As it turns out, he is two dogs in a single, small, short-legged, black-coated, old-man-faced package. One of his personalities is proof that humankind has kept canine companionship...
by Barry Creamer | Jul 19, 2023 | Devotionals
First thing one morning more than 3 decades ago my young daughter wants cake, left over from a now long forgotten event the previous day, for her breakfast. Her request is so naïve, so absurd, that my answer is obvious. As a responsible and caring parent, I will not...
