Ten Years Later, A Look Back
I grieve for that 21-year-old Joel. He was busy trying to convince everyone to obey Jesus, but he was wrapped up in fear. Honestly, that first post drips with fear. Read More …
Tag: My Life
It’s Totally Okay to Have Scars
I can’t erase my scars. I can’t change my past, or the influences that shaped me into the man I am today. But that’s okay. Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 6: Unlocking My Writing
I really wanted to write stories. But I had zero inspiration. It’s hard to write a story when you have nothing to write a story about.
And then this happened. Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 5: Healing
As Brian finished praying over me, I jumped to my feet, threw my hands in the air, and shouted “I’m healed!” As you’ve seen from the rest of this series, it’s been a long journey for me. I recently tipped Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 4: A New Life
After my phenomenal weekend at Vertical 2017, I felt that it was time to look for another job. You see, for 18 years I had worked on my family farm. For close to 30 years, I had lived with my Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 3: A Hand Out of the Pit
I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 2: Going Vertical
I had been raised to be a people-pleaser. In my training, the Voice of Papa was the Voice of God. But no one can take such a place in my life. Read More …
Miracles in My Life, Part 1
“…draw me closer, Precious Jesus. Hear the prayer my heart is crying out to you…”
It was truly my heart cry. I knew Jesus, but I wanted more. I wanted more than what I was experiencing at that point.
And He answered. Read More …
Farming Isn’t Dying. It’s Changing.
What worked well 15 years ago may be the wrong thing to do today. Regardless of how we may think that things should work, we have to operate in the environment we live in.
Business owners, including farmers, have a choice: they can continue doing what they have always done, and go out of business—or they can adapt to the changing market. Read More …
Youth Alive 2018: Set Free by Truth
A year ago, I had a life-changing weekend. It was rather random, you might say. A Facebook friend, who I still have not yet met in real life, invited me to like the page for a youth event. I might Read More …