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On accountability, serving, church life, and following Jesus in the real world. Got a question you'd like me to write about? Ask it anonymously.
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October 20, 2026
Stay Long, Then Hand It Off
Why the most fruitful years of ministry come after year five, why I think thirty years is a good season, and what Scripture and research say about handing it off well.
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October 18, 2026
Eliab: Lessons from David's Oldest Brother
Eliab looked like a king, watched his youngest brother get anointed instead, and later mocked him on the battlefield. What the man who was passed over can teach the rest of us.
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October 16, 2026
A Habit for Every Kind of Day
Habits built for a perfect day break on the first weird one. How to give each habit a full, short, and minimum version and plan by day type when your schedule won't sit still.
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October 15, 2026 · Giving Account
How to Confess Sin to a Friend
James 5:16 tells believers to confess their sins to one another. Here is a practical, step-by-step guide for Christian men who have never done it, or never done it well.
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October 14, 2026
Habits for Me or Habits for God? Same Habit, Different Direction
The same workout, journal, or book can be about you or about God. The difference isn't the activity. It's the aim. A side-by-side chart for heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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October 13, 2026
Love God With All Your Heart: What to Do With Your Emotions
Part 1 of a five-part series on the Greatest Commandment: what it means to love God with your heart, why your emotions matter to Him, and ten ways to practice it.
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October 12, 2026
Just Tell Me What to Do (So I Can Stop Seeking)
Why being handed a program for faithfulness makes something in me push back, what Saruman shows about that, and why the constraint is the soil, not the substitute.
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October 12, 2026
The Prison of Bitterness: When I Resent the Faithful
Why the sight of someone else thriving in God can curdle into resentment, how that resentment keeps us sidelined, and the grace that unlocks the cell.
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October 12, 2026
Two Resentments, One Root
Resenting the faithful and resenting the program turn out to be the same heart, built on pride and scarcity, and the same lavish forgiveness unlocks them both.
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October 10, 2026
Chase or Wait? Discerning Between Biblical Opposites
When do you chase the lost sheep, and when do you wait for the prodigal? How to discern between wise biblical opposites without flattening them into a rule.
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October 10, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Who Are Your Three? Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy
Every disciple needs someone ahead, someone alongside, and someone behind. A simple way to find the empty slot in your spiritual life and start filling it.
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October 5, 2026 · Giving Account
Why "Hold Me Accountable" Doesn't Work (and What to Say Instead)
Most Christian men have asked their friends to hold them accountable. It rarely works, and the reason is in the sentence itself. A better sentence, and why it changes everything.
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October 3, 2026
Can AI Pray? Writing Prayers With Machines
AI can write beautiful prayers in seconds. But a prayer isn't words; it's a person speaking to God. When AI can help with written prayers, and when it shouldn't.
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September 30, 2026
Small Church AI: Start With One Job, Not Ten Tools
Small and rural churches don't need an AI strategy deck. Pick one recurring job, one tool, and one rule. A simple way for small churches to begin using AI well.
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September 27, 2026 · Giving Account
A Rule of Life for Men Who Hate Rules
You don't need a type-A personality to grow in faith. Six practical ways for creative, low-structure men to build steady faithfulness into an ordinary week.
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September 26, 2026
What Engineers Know About AI That Pastors Should Too
AI isn't magic and it isn't a mind. A pastor who leads software teams explains how these tools actually work, why they make things up, and how to check their work.
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September 23, 2026
A Practical AI Workflow for Church Communications
A step-by-step way for small church teams to use AI for newsletters, announcements, social posts, and emails, while keeping a human voice and protecting congregant data.
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September 22, 2026
Bezalel, David, and the Men Who Made Things
Scripture's faithful men aren't all drill sergeants. Craftsmen, musicians, and poets show what faithfulness looks like for creative men, and where they're tempted to drift.
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Giving Account · Chapter 1 companion
What to Say When a Man Asks You to Hold Him Accountable
A man in your group says "hold me accountable." Here is how to honor the instinct, decline the impossible job, and hand him one he can actually do.
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Giving Account · Chapter 10 companion
Your First Monday: How to Start a Brotherhood of Account
A practical launch plan for a small men's group built on giving account, including how to invite, what to do on the first night, and formats for a 30-minute call and between-meeting check-ins.