by Daisy Reynolds | May 17, 2023
Barry starts a conversation about mass shootings, inviting believers to think through narrowing the topic, developing parameters for response, and seeking clear-headed and soft-hearted means for conversing about challenging topics facing our culture. ...
by Daisy Reynolds | May 10, 2023
Psalm 49 describes our descent into the fear of death while offering a handhold out—a much better shepherd than the one we first see inside the boundaries of birth and death. Scriptures: Psalm 49 Matt 10:28 James 2:1-7 Psalm...
by Daisy Reynolds | May 3, 2023
Using Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, Barry talks about how challenging it is to acknowledge our own frailties and yet maintain a moral standard. Peacemakers in God’s world have to do both. Book: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on...
by Daisy Reynolds | Apr 26, 2023
Barry concludes a series about evangelism and the dangers of “selling the gospel.” God tore the veil not to get more people into the temple, but to get the church into more of the world. Scripture: Luke 9, 10, 19 Acts 24 Isaiah...
by Daisy Reynolds | Apr 19, 2023
Barry bemoans the fact that sometimes our best efforts with the Good News are only a means to some things we errantly think better. He invites us to develop a different mental model as he describes some learning experiences in the development of his own ministry....
