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Older personal essays and reflections kept for the record.
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Soul Food · April 22, 2026
Soul Food - Part 7.5: Gratitude as a Discipline
Part 7 was the heart behind gratitude. Why it matters, what it has looked like in my life, and what happens when you lose it. This post is the practical compani

Soul Food · April 20, 2026
Soul Food - Part 7: Gratitude
We live in a world that is constantly telling you that you do not have enough.

Soul Food · April 17, 2026
Soul Food - Part 6.5 : Private Disciplines That Shape Public You
Part 6 was about the gap between who you are in public and who you are in private. This post is about what actually closes that gap.

Soul Food · April 15, 2026
Soul Food - Part 6 : Who You Are When Nobody Is Watching
There is a version of you that shows up when people are around. And there is a version of you that shows up when they are not.

Soul Food · April 13, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.99 : Environment: Bringing It All Together
We have spent a lot of posts on environment. Physical space, social circle, learning and work setup — and the biblical and practical side of each one. Before we

Soul Food · April 10, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.9 : Your Learning and Work Environment
We have covered your physical space and your social environment. This one is about the third arena where environment shapes you more than most people realize —

Soul Food · April 8, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.8 : Stewarding Your Social Space
Part 5.7 was about what your social environment is actually doing to you. This post is about what you do about it. How do you build a social environment that fe

Soul Food · April 6, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.7 : Your Social Environment
Of all the environmental factors that shape who you are becoming, your social environment is probably the most powerful. More than your physical space, more tha

Soul Food · April 3, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.6 : Stewarding Your Physical Space
Part 5.5 was about the practical side of physical environment design — what I have actually done in my own home and why it works. This post is about the biblica

Soul Food · April 1, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5.5 : Your Physical Environment
The space you are in right now is either working for you or against you. Most people have never stopped to think about which one it is.

Soul Food · March 30, 2026
Soul Food - Part 5 : Your Environment
We have talked about the people who feed your soul. The inputs you consume. Your time with God. Your work. All of it matters. But all of it lives inside somethi

Soul Food · March 25, 2026
Soul Food - Part 4.5 : Work as Worship Day to Day
Part 4 was the principle. This is the Monday morning version.

Soul Food · March 23, 2026
Soul Food - Part 4 : Work as Worship
Most of us spend more time working than doing almost anything else. More than we sleep. More than we spend with the people we love. More than we spend in church

Soul Food · March 20, 2026
Soul Food - Part 3.7: How to Read the Bible
Part 3.5 was about prayer. This one is about the other half of what it means to spend real time with God — actually opening His Word and letting it do something

Soul Food · March 18, 2026
Soul Food - Part 3.5 : How to Build a Prayer Life
Most people know they should pray. Fewer people actually know what prayer is supposed to look like — or why it matters as much as Scripture says it does. So let

Soul Food · March 16, 2026
Soul Food Part 3: Your Time Alone With God
None of us have arrived.

Soul Food · March 13, 2026
Soul Food Part 2.5: Reangle at God
Part 2 was my story. This one is the practical side of it — what the Bible actually says about what we feed our minds and souls, and what it has looked like for

Soul Food · March 11, 2026
Soul Food Part 2: What You Feed Your Mind
A close friend of mine said something recently that stopped me cold.

Soul Food · March 9, 2026
Soul Food Part 1.5: The Cost and the Call of Friendship
If you read Part 1, you know how I feel about the friendships God has placed in my life. But feeling it and building it are two very different things. This post

Soul Food · March 6, 2026
Soul Food Part 1: The Friends Who Feed You
Recently, my fiancée Maddy was going through something hard. Something that involved other people in her life, and I sat with her in it the best I could. And so