Existential Love: Part 3 | Episode 241

Barry finishes his commentary on Hannah, who was originally providing commentary on Augustine in our series on Existential Love. And why that particular name for the series you may ask? Because we have been given a purpose/meaning and it is one that we must choose: to...

Existential Love: Part 2 | Episode 240

Barry begins part 2 of the Existential Love series describing in more detail the complexity of loving the world without simply being part of it. The example is economic in nature. Christian love may call for more than the social interdependency evident in work and...

Existential Love: Part 1 | Episode 239

Barry begins a short series during the season of love. He turns to Hannah Arendt and St. Augustine to guide us through a confusing topic that has plagued the church throughout history: how to love the world yet not become attached to it.     Scripture: 2 Cor...

A Human’s Being and Doing: Part 2 | Episode 162

Barry concludes the conversation about what it means to both do and be human. It is humbling to realize that our mundane processes can provide for us and others, our work can shape the way people see and live in the world, and our presence and actions can make all of...

A Human’s Being and Doing: Part 1 | Episode 161

Barry starts a conversation about being human, prompted by reading Hannah Arendt’s book, The Human Condition. In scripture there is an inherent relationship between our being and doing. To give everything back to God, it may help to know what the pieces of that...