I wrote this piece a year ago, submitted it during the fall, and it was published in December. Thank you to the Circe Institute for publishing my article. https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/know-thyself-posture-humility

I want to preface this by saying the last thing I want to do is display phylacteries. I hesitated to post photos of my own annotations because I’m afraid the whole “look at the notes in my Bible” thing looks pretentious and pharisaical. But it gives a glimpse perhaps of my own brokenness and wrestling,…

"It's not my business," Scrooge returned. "It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly." (Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, p. 537) If you faint in the day of adversity,     your strength is small. Rescue those who are being taken away to death;     hold…

            Below are some fragments of thoughts the past several months, since about April, many incubating earlier. I may share more snippets later that focus more on perseverance and God’s sovereignty through pain and darkness. But these musings center more around forgiveness, justice, and God’s sovereignty. Some thoughts are my own, others are quotes that…

Those whose love and approval are conditional...do not define me. Those who genuinely misunderstand me, and those who do so willfully...do not define me. Those who find me intellectually, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually deficient, whether they are right or not...these do not define me. Those who condescend, who pontificate without listening, correct and lecture…

Over the past year, I’ve been reminded of some heart-breaking ways that our culture, even pockets in Christian culture, deem fit to treat men. I was reminded of my own contributions years ago when I went through my own man-hating stage. Yes, it may have come from some wounds, but it was far from the…

Hey friends, I wanted to connect you with a new and fantastic podcast named after a lecture given by C.S. Lewis to his students at Oxford during WWII called "Learning in Wartime." In this podcast, Providence Academy Secondary Principal Dane Bundy, Dean of Students Bryce Ballard, and I explore truth, goodness, and beauty through both…

The majority of this is for my father, but I've included other men as well. Despite what our world may say right now, giving much attention to the Bob Ewells and far less to the Atticus Finches, Tom Robinsons, and Boo Radleys, this post could probably apply to many men who quietly do what must be done each day, whatever it may cost them...

“You’re not gonna cry on me, are you?”

The morning of the race, our entire family (eight total) loaded up the minivan and drove to Loudon, Tennessee.