Ryan Chitwood
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19
Jan 2025
Invocation for Second Sunday After Epiphany
Heavenly Father, we thank you for today. As the Psalmist wrote: Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulne...
17
Jan 2025
Hello, World!
20
Dec 2024
On Constraints
It’s a common misconception that constraints are a bad thing. Constraints can be a good thing. Constraints can eng...
19
Dec 2024
Our Parenting Bookshelf
Last night, we went to our Sunday School Christmas party. We had a blast. Breakfast for dinner, a white elephant gift ex...
06
Dec 2024
Hope for the Flowers
In the 12th grade, I got one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. It was a yellow book with a butterfly on it cal...
05
Dec 2024
Where does your hope lie?
As I’m writing this, we’re in the middle of the 2024 election season. There are no winners decided yet. Hone...
04
Dec 2024
Expecto patronum
The Harry Potter books are likely the most significant novels for my generation. Many of us waited in line outside Barne...
03
Dec 2024
It's the hope that kills you
Last year, we started a new Men’s Bible Study on Wednesday nights. We studied an unlikely subject, an Apple TV+ sh...
02
Dec 2024
Dum spiro, spero
Dum spiro, spero. A Latin proverb meaning, “While I breathe, I hope.” From spiro (I breathe), we get words l...
01
Dec 2024
Hope is the thing with the feathers
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - ...
30
Nov 2024
Adventus
Today is the start of the season of Advent. It’s the beginning of the Christian calendar, and the Christmas season...
12
May 2024
A High School Ornithology Syllabus
A month ago I wrote about my [dream job]({{ site.baseurl }}/2024/04/13/brookstone-ornithology-teacher). I’ve been ...
03
May 2024
Granddaddy was Good
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control. Goodness. When ...
30
Apr 2024
Why We Should Build a College House
We are a family whose blood runs red and black. That’s right. We’re Georgia Bulldogs. My wife and I both wen...
12
Apr 2024
Brookstone Ornithology Teacher
When I grow up, I want to teach Ornithology at my alma mater. I was an honor student at Brookstone. I loved my time ther...
30
Mar 2024
A Prayer for Easter 2024
Risen Savior, Morning has broken like the first morning, but this one is special. We gather here today for the biggest p...
31
Dec 2023
The Year of Presence
It’s a new year, and that means a new theme. Cortext can teach you all about yearly themes. Or read my post from l...
31
Dec 2023
The Year of Integration
Have you ever heard of a yearly theme? I first heard about this concept from Cortex. Heck, they even sell a Theme System...
12
Apr 2022
A God Wink
Have you ever noticed a coincidence that felt like more than random chance? It was probably a God Wink. My mom used to c...
11
Apr 2022
A Children's Bible Study Lesson
Every month, our senior pastor hosts a children’s Bible study at his home. I love this tradition. It shows the chi...
25
Mar 2022
But the Greatest of These is Love
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) The wee...
22
Sep 2020
Hello, World!
Welcome to ChitChat, my little corner of the internet. You can think of this site as my public journal. I’ll write...