Texas Hill Country Insider

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Javier Vargas of Diamond Boxing Club in Kerrville for a conversation about boxing, faith, discipline, confidence, and using the fight game as a platform to point people toward Jesus. Javier shares how being bullied as a kid led him into boxing, how the sport changed his life, and how Diamond Boxing Club became more than a gym. They talk about moving fro...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Ransom Rust of Schumann Granite in Fredericksburg for a conversation about business ownership, faith, family, fitness, competitive shooting, community service, and building a life rooted in the Texas Hill Country. Ransom shares how he went from accounting and corporate life to buying Schumann Granite, what it took to learn the stone fabrication business...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Greg Schorp of Texas Retirement Headquarters for a conversation about retirement planning, tax strategy, fiduciary responsibility, family, football, and building financial freedom with the future in mind. Greg shares his journey from growing up in a military family to playing football at Texas A&M, spending time with the Dallas Cowboys, Jaguars, and...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Ross Dunagan of Flyin Diesel in Kerrville for a conversation about diesel trucks, entrepreneurship, work ethic, small-town reputation, and building a business that people trust. Ross shares how working around road construction and tinkering with trucks turned into a full-time diesel shop, what it took to grow Flyin Diesel, and why customer education, di...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Matthew Mabery of Mabery Contracting for a conversation about custom home building, hard work, mentorship, integrity, and building a reputation that lasts in the Texas Hill Country. Matthew shares his story of becoming independent at a young age, starting his own contracting business, learning through framing, hotels, commercial projects, and eventually...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Father Ian from Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Fredericksburg for a conversation about faith, prayer, Catholic tradition, calling, community, and what it means to follow Jesus in everyday life. Father Ian shares his journey into the Catholic faith, his path to the priesthood, what seminary formation looked like, and why daily prayer is essential for sp...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Weston Jenkins, partner and farm and ranch agent at Texas Landmen, for a conversation about Hill Country land, legacy, real estate, faith, and using the outdoors to change lives. Weston shares how land has been part of his family story for generations, what he learned from growing up in Medina, how he helped grow Texas Landmen, and why his cousin TJ ins...

Steven Butcher sits down with Hunter Behrens, Randy, and Bodie Miller for a behind-the-scenes Butcher Behrens team conversation about how the company started, how the team works, and what it takes to build custom homes with care. They talk through the early years of the business, surviving difficult seasons, creating a stronger team, client communication, quality standards, delegation, waterproofi...

Steven Butcher sits down with Joshua Del Way for the first Faith & Business conversation on identity, purpose, and what happens when success, status, money, or approval starts defining who we are. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to Episode 7 00:29 Introducing Faith & Business 00:56 Why identity matters 03:02 Meet Joshua Del Way 04:10 Whose am I? 06:34 Steven’s journey with identity 10:01 Identity b...

Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher sit down with Tom Gromus and Brock Carroll to relive their 2025 Colorado elk hunt, from the planning and gear prep to the long hikes, cold mornings, and lessons learned in the mountains. What starts as a hunting story turns into a conversation about family, friendship, public land ethics, mental toughness, faith, and why the right crew matters when the trip gets hard...

Justin Hagendorf joins Texas Hill Country Insider for a faith-filled conversation about Fredericksburg, youth ministry, family, and the deeper pull of the Texas Hill Country. Ryan and Justin talk through Justin’s path from East Texas to Fredericksburg, his move from parks and recreation to teaching and ministry, the role of faith during hard seasons, and why slowing down, listening well, and stayi...

Leann Rominger Scott joins Texas Hill Country Insider for a conversation on entrepreneurship, fitness, faith, and what made Fredericksburg feel like home. She shares her path from Waco to UT to Austin homebuilding, then explains how years of struggling to find reliable pool builders pushed her to launch Staycation Pools and Outdoors and eventually plant deeper roots in the Hill Country. Ryan, Stev...

Texas Hill Country Insider welcomes its first guest, Joshua Del Way, for a conversation on faith, family, marriage, moving to Fredericksburg, and what it really looks like to follow Jesus in everyday life. Ryan Rendon and Steven Butcher talk with Joshua about how God led his family to Fredericksburg, how to hear God more clearly in a noisy world, and why so many people are hungry for something rea...

Texas Hill Country Insider returns with Ryan Rendon in the guest seat, sharing how growing up between Kerrville, Harper, and Fredericksburg shaped his work ethic, competitive drive, and connection to the Hill Country. Steven Butcher flips the mic and digs into Ryan’s path from local sports and ranch life to the Air Force and eventually into real estate. Ryan talks about his years in Air Force Secu...

Texas Hill Country Insider kicks off with custom home builder Steven Butcher sharing how he went from small-town roots and blue-collar work to building luxury homes in the Texas Hill Country. Ryan Rendon and Steven talk through what a builder actually does, how trust and communication shape the building process, the difference between fixed price and cost plus, what makes a forever home different,...