Photo by Jordan Christian on Unsplash My wife and I relocated to eastern Washington state five years ago. We believed that God was calling us to an entirely new location after spending nearly ten years living in Portland, Oregon, where my wife was born and raised. We didn’t understand God was bringing us really deep healing until we were here. There would undoubtedly be some highly...
I will never forget when Jesus sat across from me at a table. For months, I had invited him into my life for a coffee in the morning. Sometimes, I would experience him. His presence would fill a room in what can only be described as a supernatural way. But this time was different. I was sitting on the floor of a lake house in northern Idaho. Tears were streaming down my face. As a grown man, I...
Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash “Who wants to hear about your life? You’re so boring.” Do you hear lies about your life like these? These are the lies I hear when I start writing. Every time I go to write a post or work on a book, these lies come after me. And while I might not be an online creator expat living in another country after quitting my job to go all in (clearly, this sounds...
Photo by Monstera In recent months, I have been thinking a lot about the need for a platform as an author. There is a fine line between how many platforms you need versus having one that doesn’t work with your writing. Yet, today, as I write this post, one of the writers I have looked up to for years came out with an article stating that platforms aren’t necessary. As I read his...
Photo by Karyme França How many dreams do you think you could write down? This year seems to be the year of dreams for my family. We have felt this overarching theme where God is calling us to dream and dream big. One way to do that is to write down 100 dreams you have for your life. I wouldn’t have realized this, but we have heard people tell us to write down 100 dreams three times this...
I am a follower of Jesus. I am a husband and a father. I am a writer. I care deeply about people and believe that men and women can grow into who they were created to be. Enter...