Life is very full. We can organize it. Structure it. Schedule it. Arrange every minute of every day so that we can get everything done we think needs to be done. I remember as a young man in business carrying something called a Day-Timer. I tried to keep my life scheduled down to the hour. In my mind, success required organization. It required structure. It required me to stay on task. And that followed me for a lot of years. The problem was what happened when the schedule go

The enemy brings death and destruction, but Christ offers life. Embrace it and live fully! I don't talk a great deal in Soul Weathered about spiritual warfare, Satan, or the enemy. But that doesn't mean I don't believe it's real. We live in a world at war. Scripture tells us: “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”—1 Peter 5:8 That's a reality we shouldn't ignore. Over the years, I've spent a lot of time talking with men about s

What does it take to have the heart of a warrior? Most men might answer that with words like strength, courage, discipline, vigilance, sacrifice. And they would be right. But not completely. Because the longer I’ve walked with men, the more convinced I’ve become that the heart of a true warrior begins somewhere most men don’t want to go. Weakness. Not weakness as passivity. Not weakness as cowardice. Not weakness as giving up. But the kind of weakness that admits: I do not ha

In my last post, I shared the moment when I realized something simple: If I wanted to be the man my family needed…I needed to follow God. But what I didn’t share is what that actually looked like. The picture I had at the time has stayed with me ever since. It was as if God had always been right behind me. Close.Present.Faithful. Almost like He was tapping me on the shoulder. And every once in a while, I would turn just enough to notice.Just enough to respond.Just enough to s

There was a point in my life when I realized something wasn’t lining up. I was a believer.I cared about God.I would have told you I was following Him. But when I looked closer… I saw something I hadn’t noticed before. I was available to God—as long as it didn’t interfere with my plans. It became clear to me in my 30s. My daughter was growing up, and I could see how much those years mattered. Not just being around—but how I showed up as a father. I remember making small decisi