Stereotypes. You know, the lumping of something or someone into one category based upon bias or experience. Americans are loud. Southerners are laid back. City folk are impatient. The French are rude. Marching band kids are nerds. Jocks are dumb… and cats are aloof. And then, cities are dangerous… rural communities are boring… Mac people… Read More »

From the Study 09.27.2026 Pastor Austin Earlier this month was the public mistrial of Linday Clancy, a Massachusetts woman who murdered her three children after guaranteeing her husband would be gone long enough to do the deeds. The most revealing part of the entire saga was all of the clips and videos of people identifying… Read More »

The last couple of weeks I have been busy, busy, busy processing the results of the McKnight Family Homestead garden. We have canned enough pasta sauce, pizza sauce and salsa to last us for the year. Beans and peppers are in the freezer and the garden is still producing well, and should throughout September at… Read More »

Recently, I walked into our guest bathroom and flipped on the overhead light and was greeted with the startling sound of marbles being crushed in a meat grinder. Seriously? The exhaust fan in the ceiling light was toast. I only installed that light/fan combo a couple of years ago. Come on, man! I mean you… Read More »

This past week I have been angry… a lot. Technology and its surveillance of us is sometimes rather unnerving, isn’t it? You know, you look up something to purchase on Amazon and suddenly Facebook and Google are flooding your accounts with similar items. Yeah, that kind of unnerving. Even worse is when I am talking… Read More »

What do you get excited about? What brings you the most joy? Family… adventure… friendship… a hobby… being present with someone you love… your relationship with Jesus? These are all things that bring me joy. Many might attest these are things that make life worth living. Joy is a deep satisfied state of mind and… Read More »

I hope you will forgive me for reworking a Pondering from five years ago for this weeks submission. The week just got away from me… In Luke 17 Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem… He was actually on the road to the cross. It’s not too radical of a leap of faith to assume that He… Read More »

A week ago Lauri and I spent some time in the Cincinnati area camping at East Fork State Park. We really enjoy our time camping and exploring new areas. Since we were so close to Cincinnati we spent time visiting some of the sites in the city. Museums, zoos, botanical gardens, Jungle Jims grocery store… Read More »

This last weekend I went to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. After reading the classic pagan work earlier this year and then watching a modern rendition at variance with all of the original’s style and themes, I began to dwell on how the Christian worldview goes out and interacts with the world. Do we have… Read More »

I heard a funny story once about a man who went on a mountain hike. During a lapse of concentration he slipped over the edge of a significant precipice, but fortunately as he fell he was able to grab a branch about 20 feet down. As he dangled a few hundred feet over the gorge… Read More »