About 30 years ago I was pulled over by a police officer in a community that I was not part of for driving 48 MPH in a 35 MPH zone.  To this day, I still remember my initial confusion as he wrote me a ticket… you see, someone had just passed me, and that car… Read More »

Well… 2020 is his-to-ry… Bring it 2021!  A New Year has begun and normally my reaction is — “Ok, it was bound to happen… the planet Earth is orbiting the sun after all… what’s the big deal?”  Yeah… normally I don’t get too excited about a New Year… in fact… I worked all day on… Read More »

Well, in a couple of days we will close the book on 2020.  I will admit, I usually don’t give a new year much thought beyond making sure I write the correct year on some document for the month of January, but I won’t be very upset to see 2020 in the rearview mirror.   It… Read More »

Much to the chagrin of the Jewish leaders of His day, Jesus often acted against religious  cultural norms.  He pushed back on many rituals and refused to bend to the pressure of the Pharisees seeking to force their cumbersome rules upon others.  Without doubt, the most infuriating thing that Jesus did in their eyes was… Read More »

Well as we enter the Christmas season I find myself often reflecting upon the Christmas story.  So many remarkable events surrounded the birth of our Lord and Savior.  Magi visiting from a far away land… Angels performing a heavenly cantata to simple shepherds… unborn children reacting with joy in the presence of a pregnant Mary…… Read More »

During this trying time of the pandemic, it has sometimes been difficult to find diversions to take my mind off of the dynamics in the world around me.  Have you experienced that challenge?  Now that the weather is feeling a bit more like early winter in Ohio, it will even be more challenging in the… Read More »

One week ago yesterday I stood in my driveway with such a sense of accomplishment.  For the first time since we had moved into our home… drum roll please… my truck and Lauri’s car were both in our garage!  Have you seen Clark Griswold’s facial expression in the movie Christmas Vacation when the 50,000 imported… Read More »

Well the saga of disposing of my leaves continues on the McKnight Family Homestead.  Yesterday will mark the 5th time I have cleared the property of these pesky critters.  According to the National Forrest Service, using the formula for discovering the Leaf Area Index (LAI) of an average Oak Tree; (yes this is apparently a… Read More »

Well, this week I planned on writing about the presidential election and the winning candidate… but alas, as I write this ponderings on Friday morning… we still do not know who will be President of the United States for the next four years. For some reason that I can’t quite wrap my mind around 2020… Read More »