This Awkward Life

“Sometimes spiritual growth isn’t about becoming something new—it’s about changing what’s holding you together.” In this episode, I talk about how a cheap watch bracelet was ruining a perfectly good watch.

That phrase— “the Church is the mother of us all” —is an old Christian way of saying something deeply relational , not institutional. It’s less about a building and more about where spiritual life is born, formed, and nurtured .

In the Gospel story, when Jesus Christ calms the storm on the Sea of Galilee , He doesn’t create peace in that moment. He reveals it. The storm is loud. Chaotic. Violent. But when Jesus stands and says, “Peace, be still,” He’s not negotiating with the weather—He’s addressing something that already recognizes His authority . Which suggests this: Peace was there the whole time. It was just buried un...

At the 2026 Winter Olympics, both Canada’s men’s and women’s teams have been accused by opponents and officials of “double‑touching” the stone, which is against curling rules. “Double‑touching” means a player is judged to have touched the stone again after releasing it during forward motion, or to have touched the granite after the hog line, which by rule can lead to the stone being removed from p...

What I learned from Medieval Combat Leagues

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What a beauty story. Just unbelievable. YouTube Story News Article

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I’ll be honest—I was afraid. At 81, bones are fragile. One wrong move and you could cause real damage. And every warning you’ve ever heard starts flashing in your mind. But then there’s the other side of the equation. You can’t just leave an 81-year-old woman lying in a parking lot.

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The old proverb says, “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” But what if that crown isn’t about power at all?

Trying to win a war on two fronts will drain even the strongest army. History shows us that dividing attention, energy, and resources almost always leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and collapse. But this isn’t just a military problem—it’s a human one. In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to fight battles on multiple fronts at the same time: external pressure and internal doubt, responsibili...

There was a time when coming home to an empty house was normal. A key on a string, a quiet kitchen, and a few hours to yourself before anyone else got home. In this episode, we talk about what it meant to be a latchkey kid—how that season shaped independence, resilience, and sometimes loneliness. We reflect on the silence of those afternoons, the small responsibilities we learned early, and the wa...

Yeah. We are just going to keep the streak alive with this one.

If your life never changed, would you be okay with it? It’s a question most of us don’t slow down long enough to ask. We spend so much time chasing what’s missing, fixing what’s broken, or obsessing over the few things that aren’t going right—while quietly overlooking everything that already is. This episode is an invitation to pause and take inventory. Not of what you wish was different, but of w...

Growing up, one of my favorite baseball players was Steve Avery , a dominant pitcher for the Atlanta Braves . Before injuries changed his career, he was electric—one of the best on the mound. Recently, watching old clips of his playing days stirred a deeper thought in me. All of us, at some point, have been hurt. Wounded. Spiritually injured. And the dangerous story we tell ourselves is this: I us...

The first episode in February. I am feeling good about the podcast so far in 2026. Please share with someone that may need or enjoy these episodes.

Everyone should have a file on God. A physical files of all the miracles He has preformed for you. It would help us in times of doubting and to always remember all thatn Jesus has done for us.

Found out that collectibles really aren't considered collateral. Kinda hurt my feelings.

I recently read a quote that said " Being rich is based on numbers. Feeling rich is based on how rich your neighbor is." MFM Pod

Because if you don’t plan your day, your day will happily plan you —and it’s usually terrible at it. Here’s the real, human reason planning before the day starts matters: 1. You wake up with intention instead of reaction Without a plan, the first email, text, or problem becomes your boss. Planning ahead lets you decide what matters before the noise shows up. 2. Your brain works better when it know...

We lost a wonderful Christian man this week from my home church. Just a few thoughts of Bro. Mike Lang

There’s a strange relief in knowing you’re not the final decision-maker. When you’re the middleman, you carry conversations, pass along details, and try not to waste anyone’s time—yet somehow, time still slips away. Sales calls turn into relay races. Questions get filtered. Answers get delayed. And you start to wonder if being helpful sometimes means stepping out of the way. In this episode, I tal...

We all know what it feels like to coast—letting momentum carry us instead of intentionally steering. In this episode, a childhood game of cutting the engine on a straightaway becomes a sobering metaphor for life and faith. Coasting feels safe… until the road curves. A reflection on the hidden danger of drifting spiritually and the quiet power of re-engaging our walk with Christ.