Kevin Ryan

Tulsa

Staff Writer at Align

Staff Writer at Return

Journalist, podcaster, producer.

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Articles

Why Christianity is a pilgrimage — not a vacation | Blaze Media

2 months ago | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Last summer, I toured the set of "The Chosen," sprawling across Camp Hoblitzelle in Midlothian, Texas, not far from Mercury Studios, where Blaze Media calls home. My parish priest came along. He said the opening blessing. Every generation gets to choose whether or not to abandon Christianity forever. None of the cast or crew were there, so we got to see the set in its most humble form, its bare life.
Tulsa Welding School helps spark a skilled trades resurgence

Mar 29, 2025 | conservativereview.com | Kevin Ryan
Tulsa Welding School helps spark a skilled trades resurgence

Mar 29, 2025 | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Saturday morning in full swing along Route 66. The old road has been through a lot — dust storms, economic collapse, and the slow decay of the American small town — but on this bright February morning, commerce is thriving. 'A lot of my friends took the traditional college route and are drowning in debt,' Daniels says. 'My friends who went into the trades?
Knife maker Rick Hinderer: How a gift for a friend led to an obsession with craft

Mar 27, 2025 | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Before Rick Hinderer was a knife maker, he was a horseman. He worked with horses while attending a small high school in a small town in Ohio. After graduating, he attended Ohio State University’s Agricultural Technical Institute to study horse training and farriery. “I figured getting a degree would give me a better shot at working with top-tier farms,” he told me. 'I wanted to give a buddy of mine a knife when he retired from the military.
Slammin' Sammy Swindell, the fiercest driver dirt racing has ever seen

Mar 24, 2025 | conservativereview.com | Kevin Ryan
Slammin' Sammy Swindell, the fiercest driver dirt racing has ever seen

Mar 23, 2025 | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Sammy Swindell is a race car driver, a motorsports legend. So naturally, I wanted his opinion on Mario Kart. "Mario Kart?” he asks, either amused or annoyed; it’s hard to tell with Sammy. “Yeah, I’ve played a little. But racing video games don’t feel real. They don’t give you the full-body experience."'When the car gets off the ground, you’re not really in control. So I’m trying to figure out where I’m at and where I’m going.
'Four Against the West' goes behind the legend of Judge Roy Bean — and his three brothers | Blaze Media

Mar 16, 2025 | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Joe Pappalardo writes history the way it should be written — loud, unruly, drenched in blood and whiskey, peppered with characters who refuse to be forgotten. His latest book, “Four Against the West: The True Saga of a Frontier Family That Reshaped the Nation — and Created a Legend,” continues this legacy.
Meet the coach turning gridiron glory into gospel impact

Mar 16, 2025 | conservativereview.com | Kevin Ryan
Jesus keeps showing up in dreams. Are you paying attention?

Mar 9, 2025 | conservativereview.com | Kevin Ryan
Jesus keeps showing up in dreams. Are you paying attention?

Mar 9, 2025 | theblaze.com | Kevin Ryan

Under the weight of reality, humans believe in miracles, although “believe” is an understatement. We “believe” in miracles the same way we “believe” in our own existence, our own two hands. Sometimes it’s just latent — it needs to wake up. If miracles don’t exist, then what are we even doing here, on this grassy, wet, populated cannonball spiraling through the Milky Way? Revelation isn’t about wisdom; it’s about awakening. Miracles are undeniable.