by Barry Howard | May 30, 2016 | Opinion
Some things we want to remember, and some we want to forget. But what do we do when the things we want to forget are also the things we should remember? As I shared a eulogy recently at Barrancas National Cemetery at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, I remembered. As a...
by Barry Howard | May 16, 2016 | Opinion
Thirty seven years ago this past month I was called to my first church staff position at the age of 18. Thinking about those early beginnings has led me to reminisce about the peculiarity of my calling and my pastoral journey. Now, at age 55, I am a middle-aged...
by Barry Howard | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
I drove north on Pensacola, Florida’s Scenic Bluffs Highway, one of the most beautiful coastal drives in America. And yet, as the sunrise glistened over Escambia Bay, the picturesque Florida scenery was scarred by nature’s whim. Stately oaks were uprooted,...
by Barry Howard | Feb 18, 2016 | Opinion
Election years can be volatile, unpredictable and filled with heated political rhetoric. It is not unusual these days for prominent pastors and local clergy to join the fray of bombastic oratory. While I do not think pastors should be silent, I do think a...
by Barry Howard | Dec 23, 2015 | Opinion
It’s dark outside, and Monday seemed even darker than usual. And it should. It was the darkest day of the year. For those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, the shortest day of the year, the Winter Solstice, usually occurs on Dec. 21. The solstice, which...
