Personal
Older personal essays and reflections.
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
April 20, 2026
Soul Food - Part 7: Gratitude
We live in a world that is constantly telling you that you do not have enough.
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.
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.
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
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 —
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
March 16, 2026
Soul Food Part 3: Your Time Alone With God
None of us have arrived.
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
March 11, 2026
Soul Food Part 2: What You Feed Your Mind
A close friend of mine said something recently that stopped me cold.
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
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