Conceal and Carry

(The weapon every father should have with him.) Men fight. We fight for what matters to us. We fight to provide. We fight to protect. We fight to build something. We fight to keep the people we love safe. There’s something in a man that wants to stand between his family and whatever might hurt […]

What Shapes Your Prayers?

It’s fascinating, isn’t it… how quickly we learn what to pray for. Good health. Safe travel. The interview. The diagnosis. The bills. The relationship. The weather. The parking spot. Nothing wrong with any of those. They’re real. They matter. But where did we learn those were the things to pray about? And just as important… […]

The Most Dangerous Version of You

There’s something dangerous about being seen. Not hated.Not attacked.Celebrated. Because criticism will often drive you to God.But applause can slowly convince you that you got there without Him. The enemy doesn’t always roar like a lion.Sometimes he sounds like clapping hands.Sometimes temptation arrives dressed like affirmation.Sometimes the greatest threat to your soulisn’t suffering—it’s significance. And […]

This isn’t the answer you were looking for

You prayed for a solution. A fix.A breakthrough.A clear yes.Or at least a clear no. Something you could hold in your hands and say, there it is… that’s what God did. But what if… what if the answer didn’t come like that? What if the answer came… sideways? There’s this moment with Daniel. He’s praying for the […]

Start With Me

Sometimes the most powerful moment in the Bible doesn’t happen during a miracle. No fire from heaven.No sea splitting in half.No angel appearing in the night. Sometimes it happens with a man sitting quietly… Reading. That’s how Daniel 9 begins. Daniel is reading the writings of the prophet Jeremiah. Words written decades earlier. Words spoken […]

The Day Was Young

The day was young, I had just gotten up the sleepers were nearly out of my eyes and then… phone ringing picked up not so good news but not to bad either The day was young, I made it to the bathroom. Shower was cold, floor was wet and then… slipped fell But now hurts […]