Ah, the antics and wisdom of Clark Griswold from the movie Christmas Vacation.  You know, the guy who took his family on an epic Christmas tree search into the far reaches of the wilderness and forgot to bring a saw.  The one who stapled his own shirt to his house while hanging Christmas lights, causing… Read More »

Opportunity.  He really just believed in opportunity.  Opportunity led to success.  And success led to wealth.  So 20 years before when the opportunity presented itself for a career that would lead to great profit and personal income… he seized it. Sure, the hours were long and much of the job was tedious, but as promised… Read More »

Tuesday evening I was outside cleaning up the leaves at the McKnight Family Homestead.  The last two weeks of October and the first few weeks of November it seems like all I DO is clean up the leaves.  Leaves… leaves… leaves — but this year I learned a rather powerful lesson while cleaning up those… Read More »

Lauri and I had a little date night Sunday night. We drove to Sandusky and had dinner at Steak and Shake. Stop it! I can almost hear your thoughts… “Wow, PS… big spender…” I offered to take her to a nicer restaurant… but Lauri wanted a Frisco Melt and fries! We enjoy being together —… Read More »

“When it rains it pours.”  I’m sure we are all familiar with that idiom.  You’ve probably had a few runs of that in your life.  I’ve sure had a run of pouring rain lately.  First, our microwave blew up — kind of almost literally too.  Next our kitchen sink drain started to leak, and of… Read More »

Reading the Bible this week I came across a passage that I had read many times before, but as often happens with the living, active word of God this passage struck me in an entirely new way. Luke records the following narrative commentary: “As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven,… Read More »

Someone recently asked me, “Why are all the crosses in front of your church?” Perhaps if you are newer to our church you have wondered the same thing. Those crosses are placed there each year by our youth ministry in memory of babies that have been aborted. They are a visual reminder of the desperate… Read More »

“When it rains it pours.”  I’m sure we are all familiar with that idiom.  You’ve probably had a few runs of that in your life.  I’ve sure had a run of pouring rain lately.  First, our microwave blew up — kind of almost literally too.  Next our kitchen sink drain started to leak, and of… Read More »

Well, it is time to shut down the garden for the year.  Our garden produced better than it ever has and Lauri and I have been pleased.  We sure have been busy processing and canning the fruit of our efforts, but I am happy to call the growing season over.  As many of you know,… Read More »

Last week while traveling to Warren, Ohio for District Conference I drove through Akron.  I am convinced that Akron, Ohio is the worst city of its demographic to drive through in the entire country.  There are several major routes that intersect in Akron; I-76, 1-77, 224 and route 8 being among them.  Where those interchanges… Read More »