by Daisy Reynolds | Jul 16, 2025
Have you ever wondered why we pray? We say that God knows everything before it happens, and we believe he is always good (to the level of perfection, in fact), so why do we show up asking for things to change at all? In Psalm 130, our third Psalm of Ascent, Barry...
by Daisy Reynolds | Feb 19, 2025
Barry talks about a Psalm that hits a minor chord, with a focus on a feeling of loneliness and despair. Sometimes we face situations that cast darkness over days or even years and these moments can feel incredibly difficult to endure. Psalm 88 has both good news and...
by Barry Creamer | Nov 15, 2023 | Devotionals
Serene if not sleepy, steering eastward, I watch a platter-size sun first divided by rolling horizon, then barred between banks of land and cloud, and finally disappearing behind the cumulus it backlights with coral and surrounds with radiating silver bands. I did not...
by Barry Creamer | Sep 29, 2021 | Devotionals
I recently spent 2 Sundays at East Paris Baptist Church, in Paris. You know, Texas. One of the themes emerging from the texts of my 4 sermons there is that God’s mercy in this world is coextensive with His sovereignty. It’s an important idea in Scripture, and it can...
