Lay Down Good Tracks

Awaking the second morning of a stay in Colorado to a fresh layer of snow, we insulated ourselves against the cold and ventured out like Texas rubes to explore the vast and pristine wilderness of our cabin’s mountainside driveway. It is actually more impressive and...

They Matter

In the first religion class of my first semester at the Texas college for Baptists, my professor told us that Paul made the same mistake as everyone else in his day by claiming Adam was a real man in Romans 5:12. I ended up majoring in English. A half-dozen years...

Fight or Flight Control | Episode 137

Barry talks about a less than pleasant human behavior—allowing fear to lead us to control others through rhetoric and conflictual interactions. Acknowledging God’s sovereignty allows us to let go of the “control” that we really don’t have anyway.      ...

The Plumes We Introduce

Mowing a strip of grass beside the alley behind my house, I nudge against a low, dead stump. The fungus I did not formerly notice erupts, producing a shockingly dense plume of ashen spores. The release continues for several seconds, a gentle breeze wafting the cloud...