DEVOTION
Dive deeper into your faith with Dr. Barry Creamer.
What Is God’s Will?
Everyman: Want to go get something to eat? Her: Sure. Everyman: Where do you want to go? Her: Wherever you want is fine. Everyman: How about [placeholder-for-anywhere-he-names]? Her: Oh, maybe not there. Everyman: [muttered euphemisms then resignation that she can...
Starting with Thanks
We often overlook the mountain for the fissure within it. A friendship’s forest hides behind a conflict’s tree; a lifetime of provision behind a year of privation; love’s ocean behind anger’s wave. When we see something is wrong with the world, what should we give, or...
The Golden Bowl of You
The rippling rivulets’ swift flow no sooner begins than dwindles to a damp residue. The ephemeral flood enraptures its creator, my 4-year-old grandson, who refills the blue plastic pale from the pool fifty times if once, each turn then inundating the edge of the deck...
When Our Hearts Say Go, but Our Feet Say No
Reluctance radiates through the talons he uses to climb my back and perch precariously on my shoulders in order to jump into the waves between me and my son-in-law, his father. There is no real danger. His dad is an arm’s length away. Even the little boy standing on...
Finding What We Seek
The routine is simple. Wake early. Eat breakfast over scripture. (I know. I should read first, but why read hangry? So I kill 2 birds with one temporal stone.) Complete a few household chores. Stuff work clothes in backpack. Don riding gear. Walk to the garage. Grab…....
A Palm’s Plum Tattoo
I notice the splotch of reddish brown staining my palm as I reach for a towel to dry my hands. It can’t be the water; the sink old enough to have been crafted by Tubal-Cain barely blushes. I wash again, content to leave the mystery unsolved if a better scrub will...