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...

Lost and Found, and Finding My Way: Part 3 | Episode 204

by | Jun 18, 2025

Barry conducts the third of his interviews with Vice Presidents at Criswell College. The life and career of Kevin Stilley, our VP of Finance, also took a circuitous route (there seems to be a pattern emerging here). His journey includes a love of reading and learning,...

The Odd Artifact: Part 2 | Episode 171

by | Oct 30, 2024

Barry concludes his series on the artifacts of higher education and church life. We have so much to gain from being involved in faith and learning communities, as we all need someone else to tug on our bootstraps from time to time.  

The Odd Artifact: Part 1 | Episode 170

by | Oct 23, 2024

Barry describes the odd artifact of many Sunday morning services, where we all sit looking toward the front as the preacher tells us things that (hopefully) we already know. It is similar to a college class and the interaction between professor and student. What is it...