Ryan Cobb is the lead pastor of Millersville BIC in Pennsylvania. He lives with his wife Ashlie and their two children in Washington Boro, PA. They have chickens, a rabbit, a barn cat, and a miniature horse. Ryan enjoys working on the property and with the animals, fishing and kayaking on the nearby Conestoga River, leisurely reading, intentionally writing or journaling, and following football.
Articles by Ryan Cobb
I clearly remember the year I got a Stretch Armstrong for Christmas. I remember taking that toy to our family dinner and asking everyone to stretch it with me. We would pull it far, stretched to just before a breaking point…
Lent came early this year, starting on February 14. For this reason, many followers of Jesus wonder if they have missed it. It is interesting to note that Christian traditions worldwide use several timelines to enter spiritual seasons. Consider how an Orthodox friend of mine will begin his Lent journey on March 18…
Taking out the trash mid-holiday party has become an oddly spiritual chore for me. The trash can usually fills up midway through a gathering, and taking it out has become a Christmas Party Examen that helps me be attentive. (You may be familiar with the concept of an Examen through the Daily Examen…
Henry Miller, an American Novelist, said, “To be silent the whole day, see no newspaper, hear no radio, listen to no gossip … to be thoroughly and completely indifferent to the fate of the world is the finest medicine a [person] can give [themselves].” This is from Miller’s 1941 travelogue and is perhaps more vividly captured in Andrew Wyeth’s 1961 Distant Thunder artwork…
