Did you know that last Tuesday became a significant day in Human history?  According to the United Nations, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 the world population surpassed eight billion people.  Eight billon people means that the world population has more than doubled since 1965. Grab this… eight billion seconds ago was the year 1779.  Our… Read More »

I participated in Bible Quizzing for one year as a seventh grader.  I wasn’t very good at it.  Full disclosure here though… I really didn’t study very much.  After my seventh grade year my family moved to a new church that didn’t have quizzing, but for that one year before I was part of the… Read More »

Solomon wrote, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.”  Proverbs 3:5-7 (NIV) There are so many life truths that… Read More »

It was Friday night after the first day of the Ohio High School State Track Meet and our team had finished competition for the day; finals would be held on Saturday.  Our team was at Texas Roadhouse for our team dinner.  Our athletic boosters went out of their way to reward our student athletes who… Read More »

Nothing was going right.  We were just off.  And when I say off… I mean… the wheels-had-come-off off!  Every element of our game was bad.  It was mid-season and I was coaching a high school girls volleyball team, and we were a good team… a very good team… but we sure didn’t look it that… Read More »

The Apostle Paul wrote, “The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new… Read More »

It was Serve Your World Day in the youth ministry I was leading a few years ago, and our youth group kids were scattered in about a dozen places on a Sunday serving in our communities.  One of our groups made the 15 minute drive to the west side of Cleveland to help a single… Read More »

“I’m pretty sure that’s a crack house” I told Lauri as our truck arrived at our “destination”.  We were supposed to be looking for the Stuart Recreation Area… but that was not the type of recreation that I was anticipating. Two weeks ago the district our church is part of held District Conference in Elkins,… Read More »

Well it’s September and for the McKnight Family Homestead that means that our garden has been at the height of its production for about a month.  This is our fourth year for having a garden, and we are getting a little better at it each year.  Our kitchen has been busy canning spaghetti sauce and… Read More »

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.  1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT What a wonderful verse — and one of my favorites.  Who would ever imagine that a holy, all-powerful God would love fallen, sinful people so much that he would… Read More »