by Barry Bandara | Mar 26, 2022
The Summer That Almost Destroyed My Family The summer of 1976 started off great. I had just finished sixth grade and celebrated my 12th birthday in early June. Then I received the sudden news that my father was leaving our family. I didn’t want him to leave but he...
by Barry Bandara | Mar 18, 2022
God Had to Blind Me So I Could See The year was 1942. The place was San Jose, California. World War 2 was headlining all the news reports from the Pacific and European fronts. Updates on the battles, troop movements, and death tolls were beginning to frighten an...
by Barry Bandara | Nov 24, 2020
Finding Some WINS in a No-Win COVID World The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise in the fictional Star Trek universe designed to test the character of Starfleet Academy cadets in a no-win scenario. James T. Kirk failed his first two Kobayashi Maru tests. Before his...
by Barry Bandara | Apr 29, 2020
Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd King David wrote Psalm 23 over 3000 years ago. However, it is still powerful, relevant, and extremely personal in the year 2020. So much so that it’s the chapter in the Bible that millions of people turn to in times of stress,...
by Barry Bandara | Mar 21, 2020
The Antidote to Fear No One Really Saw This Coming. Just a few weeks ago our economy was booming, the stock market was soaring to record heights, people were spending money and making plans for the approaching spring break. In a matter of days our economy came to a...
by Barry Bandara | Mar 21, 2020
How to Thrive with HOPE In this season of crisis and change, Candy and Barry provide practical insight on how to THRIVE using the acronym of...
