Of Visions, Dents and A Score and Five Years

Twenty-five years ago today, the lights turned on here at OFB. We were going to help the Linux Desktop revolution happen. We’re not there yet, but it has been an interesting ride.

Don’t Be Evil Won’t Avoid Evil

“Don’t Be Evil.” If you’ve followed the tech industry long enough, you know that used to be Google’s motto. Whatever happened to that Google? We could ask that of our attempts at mere avoidance of evil, too.

This Week at Little Hills (July 20, 2025)

Did the sacraments matter to God? Let’s think about that.

This Week at Little Hills (July 6, 2025)

How much of the truth in the world is from God?

The AI Preacher: from the Cloud or the Spirit?

AI has infused itself into every part of our lives. Nearly everyone can feel it nipping at some aspect of their jobs. Pastors like myself are not immune. As we see uses and misuses throughout society, should AI be allowed to take over the sermon?

A Fruity New Year’s Resolution

Is anyone else exhausted after the rush of the holiday season? I feel as drained as my parents’ stock of batteries was when I was given a Sega Game Gear one year for Christmas. How on earth am I supposed to “play” the new year better like this?

Comfort and Joy in the Story

Most people love to revisit certain stories at Christmastime. In fact, my friend Dennis E. Powell revisits a beloved Christmas story of his in this week’s the View from Mudsock Heights column, which struck me as I had been thinking a great deal about revisited stories this week thanks to what had occupied my time ahead of Christmas. We need to hear stories told and told again; they give meaning and shape how we understand life.

Are Our Headlights Out? (July 26, 2021)

What should we believe about God’s Word? What does God’s Word tell us about itself? How should we approach it if people have used God’s Word to hurt us? Those are questions we turn to as we dig into the next subject of “Pieces of Faith:” God’s Word.

The Future is Here

Wondering about what the Bible says about the End Times? That’s the subject of the new Steadfast series that starts this Monday at 7 pm (Central). If you have questions about the end times, please leave them in the comments or send me an e-mail — I’d love to try to address as many of your questions as I can as we go through what Jesus says on the topic in Matthew 24-25.

Zippy the Wonder Snail Episode 2

To Boldly Go Where No Snail Has Gone Before

I​ zip back to the podcast-o-sphere with my co-commissar Jason in Episode 2 of Zippy the Wonder Snail. On the docket today: the upcoming “College Bowl” TV show revival academic and the state of the Liberal Arts; suicide and meaning in Star Trek​ and the necessity of Jesus’s Cross.