Jon Hodgin

Monday: Alarm. Coffee. Traffic. Emails. Screen time. Sleep. Tuesday: Standups. Laundry. Quick lunch. Grocery run. Sleep. Wednesday: Midweek slump. Errands. Dinner prep. Sink full of dishes. Sleep. Thursday: Calendar notifications. Commute. Unread texts. Fold clothes. Sleep. Friday: Deadline push. Takeout. Scroll feed. Collapse into sleep. Saturday & Sunday: Chores, yard work, a quick breath, reset, sleep ...and right back to Monday. Look at your own weekly rhythm. It raises a honest question:...

Last year, I took part in an exercise to get still, quiet, and just listen. We were instructed to observe whatever was going on around us in a quiet patch of woods with a creek running through it. Naturally drawn to water, I picked a spot right on the bank. Upstream, the creek was narrow, choked with large stones, busily churning and roaring as the current forced its way through the rock-strewn path. But directly in front of me, the creek widened into a deeper section. It didn't look like...

BY DARREN GOULD | AUGUST 17, 2026 Every Tuesday night, I sit in a room with a group of men from my Bible study fellowship. Recently, we were asked a question that cut right to the chest: What is one sin you struggle with? When it was my turn, I had to be honest about something I usually keep tucked away. My struggle is with irritability, a short fuse over seemingly mundane things, and anger. To the outside world, I probably look like I have it all together. People wouldn’t know this about me...