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Continue reading →: Mentors, “The Blessed Life” & Gen Z.
This isn’t meant to be a shoutout, but it will be. God has blessed me with incredible mentors (they know who they are). They’ve been pushing me not only as a leader but as a man and as a follower of Christ for a while now, but I’ve been a…
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Continue reading →: Are We Out of The Woods Yet?
I was running at full speed, my heart pounding in my chest, and my lungs felt like they were about to burst. I had been running for what felt like hours, but the pack of monsters was still chasing me relentlessly. Their deafening roars echoed through the forest, sending shivers…
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Continue reading →: Crystal Skies, Talking Snakes, and the Lie of Culture
The hues of this sacred haven defied the spectrum of human comprehension. The sky above stretched as an endless expanse of sapphire haze; its infinite depths mirrored in the untouched waters of the winding river that flowed through the garden. The banks were adorned with lush, emerald-green grasses that floated…
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Continue reading →: Girls, Biblical Masculinity, & Courage
He’d say it as if it were no big deal—as if it wasn’t one of the rudest things someone could ever say. He’d say it as if it didn’t matter that the statement would strike me right in one of the most vulnerable places. He’d say it as if I…
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Continue reading →: Fairytales, The King, & Human Brokenness
I’ve always wondered why we use the word, “brokenness,” to describe human fallibility. Was it for melodramatic effect? Did the humans at the beginning of time feel the need to project their own views on human fallibility forever? Why use a word so hopeless? Broken. Webster defines that word is…
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Continue reading →: “Bed J,” Identity, & Picking Up Crosses
The scene was far too familiar. The mechanical humming of the unnamed machines, the occasional “beep” that said someone’s heart was beating just once more, and the hushed whispers of nurses and doctors alike—that were loud enough to hear but soft enough to not understand. I found myself in an…
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Continue reading →: It Is Good Friday, Indeed
How fitting is it that it’s raining this Good Friday? Almost as if nature itself resounds the sadness and grief that occurred on a Roman Cross that day all those years ago. I always find myself reflecting on the scene of Jesus’ Crucifixion on Good Friday. Perhaps it’s because I…
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Continue reading →: Identity, Moses, Vacuuming, & Bad Days
I’m four months into this quest for identity. And all I can say is—be careful what you pray for. If you know, I decided at the beginning of the year that I was going to devote 2023 to embracing my identity as a child of God and boy did, I…
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Continue reading →: Trauma, The Gospel, & Death to Self
It’s been a long day and I sit down to scroll—I know it’s not what I should do because it will only result in not just finding rest but finding disappointment and an amplification of the loneliness within. There’s a mix of smiling friends, sociopolitical rants, theological teachings, and fitness…
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Continue reading →: Yokes, Wisdom from A Mentor, & Coffee Shop Conversations
“There is nothing in any of us that has the power to save someone from their sins, because if there were, we would have a need for a Savior in the first place.”
