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Barry Casey

Barry Casey

Courage and Presumption

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. — Luke 22:31, KJV

May 5, 2020

Courage and Presumption

May 5, 2020

Barry Casey

No Offense

”But observe what a poor service one renders Christianity by doing away with the possibility of offense and making it an amiable…

Apr 21, 2020

No Offense

Apr 21, 2020

Barry Casey

This Costly Caring

Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice . . . To let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? — Isaiah…

Apr 21, 2020

This Costly Caring

Apr 21, 2020

Barry Casey

Living into Truths

“Christianity . . . is, in other words, a form of life that requires — in order to be truly grasped — the engagement of the imagination…

Apr 21, 2020

Living into Truths

Apr 21, 2020

Barry Casey

In This Moment

“I know this happiness is provisional: . . . but ineluctable this shimmering/of wind in the blue leaves.” — Denise Levertov

Apr 21, 2020

In This Moment

Apr 21, 2020

Barry Casey

If You Were Here Today

”My brothers, think what sort of people you are, whom God has called. Few of you are men of wisdom, by any human standard; few are…

Jun 4, 2019

If You Were Here Today

Jun 4, 2019

Barry Casey

One Love

”By his grace and help therefore let us in spirit stand and gaze, eternally marveling at the supreme, surpassing, singleminded…

May 29, 2019

One Love

May 29, 2019

Barry Casey

The Patience of Hope

“Hope and patience belong together. Only a church that is learning patience can proclaim hope effectively.” — Rowan Williams, Being…

May 21, 2019

The Patience of Hope

May 21, 2019

Barry Casey

When Death Us Do Part

”So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord — for we walk by faith…

May 21, 2019

When Death Us Do Part

May 21, 2019

Barry Casey

Glory Days

“Paul is perhaps the greatest poet of personal religion . . . The first romantic poet in history.”

May 21, 2019

Glory Days

May 21, 2019

Barry Casey

Barry Casey

Retired prof of philosophy, ethics, and communications. My blog is Dante’s Woods and I write a weekly essay for Spectrum Magazine.

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