Once in youth ministry our group planned a fall outreach event for students to invite their friends to hear about how Jesus could make a difference in their lives. One of the activities we planned for the event was for students to launch pumpkins from a large trebuchet. Actually, it was Pastor Austin’s father, Jerry,… Read More »
January 21, 2024
January 21, 2024 — Sanctity of Life Day David wrote: “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they… Read More »
January 14, 2024
My current shop project is building a swing and A frame stand for our property. Right now I am working on the bench/swing portion of the project. On Monday I was using a trim router to round off the sharp edges of the pieces of wood that will form the seat of the swing, when… Read More »
January 7, 2024
Well, it’s winter and that means… drum roll please… it’s the time of the year for respiratory viruses to show up. My daughter has it… my son has it… my wife has it… my mom has it… yet, so far, I have avoided it. Thankfully! Man, those viruses can be so annoying. The head pressure,… Read More »
December 24, 2023
Twas The Real Night Before Christmas Twas the night before Christmas and all through the stable; Not a creature was stirring, except for Gabriel. He’d settled down for a moment to see; What had been written about through prophecy. The King of the Universe, the Lord of all Breath; Becoming a man, to save Humans… Read More »
December 17, 2023
Well, Christmas is just one week away! Wahoo! Just one week to go until we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. Wait a minute… uh-oh… just… one… week… away? Should I admit to you that as of the writing of this pondering I have yet to purchase ONE Christmas gift? As Professor Hinkle said in Frosty The Snowman,… Read More »
December 10, 2023
You know, I just don’t think it’s fair… when we consider the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus — Joseph just doesn’t seem to get enough credit. I mean the shepherds… they have a highlighted role in the Christmas story. They heard from angels and were the first people to worship the new born… Read More »
December 3, 2023
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 »
November 26, 2023
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 »
November 12, 2023
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 »
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