2025

The murder of Charlie Kirk was a shock and a wakeup call to me yesterday. Just in the past few weeks my wife and I have enjoyed listening to some of his talks to young people, so the loss felt more personal and real. Death is a true thief, something that brutally shatters the illusion …

When our family purchased our farm in 2008 it wasn’t a farm. It was undeveloped land with pretty dense forest regrowth from recent timber harvesting. It had a few dirt trails and a shed and city water hookup (which we didn’t plan to use), but the rest was forest. Over the course of the past …

A few years ago, a friend of mine challenged me with this question, “How many second-generation homesteaders and small farmers do you know?” This came as a result of his observation that many children of Christian ‘back-to-the-landers’ become part of the ‘back-to the-city’ movement as soon as they leave home. I know of exceptions, but …