From the Study of Pastor Austin 03.01.2026 One pass after another, with no visible progress. The same block with the same blue piece of paper with hundreds of ceramic bits stuck to it. Each pass leaves behind it a thin sheet of dust, like the fresh-fallen snow which turns the landscape white while the ground… Read More »

From the Study of Pastor Austin 02.22.2026 Beginning a new habit is like trying on clothes. You don’t always know if it is right for you until that first test drive. One practice I have recently taken for a spin has been to spend the exactly four weeks between my brother’s birthday and my own… Read More »

From the Study of Pastor Austin 09.28.2025 Books for children can have a powerful shaping effect on our lives. These stories lay down core truths by which young, impressionable minds begin to interpret the world. It isn’t hard to see how princess fairytales or how Star Wars’ jedi-sith mindsets shaped a generation’s thoughts about what… Read More »

A couple of weeks ago, I was driving down the lonely road to the shop in Berea. It was that time of day, as you can imagine, when the sun is just peeking its head over the horizon and the earth is beginning to wipe the soft layer of late summer fog from its eyes.… Read More »