The Journey Behind the Pages

If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you may have noticed that things have been a little quiet lately. But I promise, it’s not because the fire has faded. It’s because something big has been brewing behind the scenes—something God called me to finish, even when it stretched me beyond what I thought I could handle. The last several weeks have been much more intense than I anticipated.

Over the past year, I’ve been writing a book. And not just any book—a story that has been living in my bones for a long time. A story that only God could write. I've heard others say time and time again, "You should write a book". And at many different points in my life I had actually begun writing and then scrapped the thing entirely countless times. What I didn't know then, but I know now, is that my story wasn't ready to be written.

The story is my story. My journey. My past, my pain, and ultimately, my redemption. It’s a story of running, failing, pretending, and then finally surrendering. A story of deep loss, divine grace, and a God who never stopped pursuing me—even when I had stopped believing He could love someone like me.

Writing this book has taken more out of me than I expected. Not just time and energy, but a level of honesty and vulnerability I wasn’t always ready to face. I've always been extremely transparent, but this book required an even deeper level of transparency. I’ve had to revisit some dark corners of my past—things I’d rather leave buried—but I knew if this story was going to carry any weight, I had to tell the truth. All of it. Not the polished version. Not the Sunday-morning-smile version. The real version.

But I’ve also had the gift of reliving the moments where God stepped in. The turning points. The miracles in motion. The times He met me in my mess and whispered, “You’re still mine.” There were chapters that I wept through while writing, and others where I laughed out loud remembering how far He’s brought me.

It’s been a sacred process. And now, it’s almost here.

On June 10th, my book Never Too Far: A Story of Redemption will be available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. It will also be available almost everywhere e-books are sold. Soon after on the 14th, I'm hoping Barnes and Noble is ready to relase the paperback online as well.

This book is for anyone who’s ever wondered if they’ve gone too far to be forgiven. It’s for the ones who smile in public but feel hollow inside. It’s for the person who has tried to clean up their life but still feels unworthy. And honestly, it’s for all of us—because no matter how long you’ve walked with God, there’s something powerful about remembering that His grace reaches deeper than our worst moments.

The title says it all: Never Too Far. Because that’s the Gospel. That’s the truth that saved my life—and it’s the truth I want to spend the rest of my life sharing.

When I set out to write the book I had a specific audience in mind. The lost. The one that felt too far gone. The one that felt too broken. But an interesting theme has been presented by the members of my launch team as they have provided feedback after reading the book. Slowly I started receiving emails about how impactful the book was for each of them. Differnet people, in very different points of life, but almost all people who have walked with Christ for a very long time. Most of them, very deep in their faith. Yet all of them expressing how deeply the book impacted them. One person even mentioned how a specific chapter is challenging them to go even deeper in their faith. This has been a very unexpected and very welcomed surprise. In writing a book for the lost, I found myself, without knowing it, crafting a playbook for anyone hungry to pursue Christ—one that speaks to growing deep roots in the local church, serving the King with purpose, and living unashamed in a relentless pursuit of more of Him.

I wrote this book with the idea that if I changed one life, it would all be worth it. It's crazy to think that even before the book has released, it has already changed several. I know it has changed mine. It has impacted my wife deeply. It has encouraged so many on our launch team. And one chapter, by itself, may have begun a restoration process I never dreamed would come to fruition. So to me, this book has already been a wild success. Now we will see what God has planned for it!

Some of you have walked with me through parts of this story. You’ve seen the transformation firsthand. Others only know bits and pieces. This book pulls it all together—every chapter marked by scars and grace, every failure met by the faithfulness of God.

To be honest, this season has stretched me thin. Between ministry, parenting two little ones, preparing for Zimbabwe, and working on this book, it’s been a marathon. There were plenty of nights I wanted to quit. I doubted whether I could really finish it. Whether I could tell the story well. Whether anyone would care. But every time I questioned, I felt that gentle nudge from the Holy Spirit: “Just keep going. This isn’t about you—it’s about what I’ve done.”

So if you’ve been wondering why the blog has been a bit quieter, now you know. I’ve been buried in pages and prayers, trusting that what God started, He would bring to completion.

And here we are. Almost there.

So here’s what I’m asking:

👉 Mark your calendars for June 10th.

👉 Grab a copy on Amazon—paperback or Kindle.

👉 Share it with someone who needs hope. Share it on Social Media!

👉 And most importantly, pray. Pray that this book would land in the hands of the prodigals, the skeptics, the brokenhearted, and the ones hanging on by a thread.

Thank you for sticking with me through this process. Thank you for the encouragement, the patience, and the prayers. I truly believe this is just the beginning of something greater—because when we’re willing to tell the truth about our brokenness, God shows off His power to redeem.

This isn’t just a story about me. It’s a story about a God who still rescues. Still heals. Still calls the unlikely. Still writes beauty out of ashes.

And I pray, more than anything, that it reminds you: no matter where you’ve been, no matter what you’ve done—you’re never too far.