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These five essays are one story. A child’s body learns the world is unsafe. A child’s faith asks where God goes on Mondays. A man’s fatherhood shatters his last illusion of control. A man’s vocation is reborn from his own wreckage. And every quiet night, the tension remains — not resolved, just held.

Read them in order. They are the spine of everything else on this site.

The five stories

  1. The Playground

    At seven, a missionary kid learns that being good and smart will not keep him safe.

  2. The Dog in the Lake

    On the walk to school, cruelty raises the question that still shapes his faith: where is Jesus on Mondays?

  3. The Ceramic Floor

    As a father, the last illusion of control breaks—and theology runs out of words.

  4. The Weight I Couldn’t Carry

    Decades of proving worth give way to a simpler calling: tell the truth about what happened.

  5. Trust at 4AM

    The wound is not healed. It is held—and that ongoing tension is part of the testimony.

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