Degrees of Learning: Part 3 | Episode 257

by | Jun 24, 2026

What do David, Elijah, Jonah, John the Baptist, and a small college have in common? Barry finishes this series by exploring the idea of “skewed vectors”—people and institutions that point in a different direction than the culture around them—including...

Degrees of Learning: Part 2 | Episode 256

by | Jun 17, 2026

In part 2 of our series on higher education, Barry asks what happens when the university starts losing some of the historic pillars that once made it a university: freedom of speech, intellectual freedom in the classroom, and independence in the boardroom. Somewhere...

Degrees of Learning: Part 1 | Episode 255

by | Jun 10, 2026

Barry starts a series and challenges us to think about learning. Higher education often finds itself squeezed between workforce expectations and deeper human formation. As culture increasingly measures college by return on investment alone, what might be lost when the...

The Ethics of Everybody | Episode 254

by | Jun 3, 2026

Barry explores the nature of altruism and why the gospel presents love for others not as an optional virtue, but as a central obligation and even promise. From the Golden Rule to Kant’s categorical imperative, we consider what it means to apply ethical concern...

God Turns the Lights On | Episode 253

by | May 27, 2026

Barry walks us through Psalm 111, an acrostic song that unfolds with remarkable, intentional design, each movement building on the last until the whole picture comes into focus. The structure itself becomes part of the message: nothing is accidental and everything...