Books and prayers
for the man
still in the fight.
You don't need another sermon. You don't need a five-step plan.
You need to know another man has been in the pit and climbed out.
Brother, you are not alone.
Where do you want to start?
“I'm tired.”
Then don't start with a book. Start with a letter I wrote for the man who has nothing left.
Read the letter“I want to pray.”
Four movements. One prompt at a time. No account, no audience, no one watching.
Start the prayer“Give me the book.”
Book One. The battle begins on your knees, long before it reaches your hands.
See the booksFree, and yours to keep
Become a Stronger
Man with God
Pray · Stand · Lead
A 30-day path. Fifteen days learning to pray, ten learning to stand, five learning to lead. One short thing a day, a read, a verse, a prayer, a step.
The Guided Prayer
AdorationConfessionThanksgivingSupplication
No account. No signup. Nothing to buy. One prompt at a time, at your own pace. Just you and Him.
“On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent.”
Isaiah 62:6
01
Get on your knees first.
Prayer isn't what a man does when the plan falls apart. It's what he does before he has one, and skipping it just means fighting on your own strength until it's gone.
02
Tell the truth, especially about yourself.
The thing you're hiding is heavier than the thing you're afraid of. Say it out loud to one man and watch how much of its power was in the silence.
03
Guard your house.
Nobody else is standing at your door. The people under your roof don't need you perfect, they need you awake, and most of what gets in gets in while a man is looking at his phone.
04
Carry the man next to you.
You were never built to hold the line by yourself, and the man beside you is losing worse than he lets on. Ask him the second question, the one after he says he's fine.
The Books
Plain words for men
who are done pretending.
From the men reading
“This book sat in my truck for a month before I opened it. I wish I hadn't waited.”
M. · Ohio
“First thing I've read that didn't talk down to me or around me. He just says it.”
D. · Texas
“I hadn't prayed in eleven years. I prayed in the parking lot this morning.”
R. · North Carolina
Series
All writing →Series · 7 posts
The Church Rome Could Not Kill
Rome had a word for the first Christians. Cannibals. It had another one. Atheists. Both were a true thing seen wrong, and both got men killed. That…
Series · 9 posts
For the Man in the Dark
These are nine letters for the man in the dark. Not the man with a question about a verse. The man who is barely hanging on. Each one takes a single…
Series · 7 posts
Things the Bible Never Said
Everybody carries around a few Bible verses that turn out not to be in the Bible. Some came from a hymn. Some from a poet. Some are real verses…
Latest Writing
Raw reflections on
Christ and prayer.
God Already Knew You Would Disappoint Him
Here is the lie that keeps a man on the ground after he falls: he thinks he surprised God. He did not. God knew before you were born, and He chose you anyway.
4 min read
How to Find a Good Church
Leaving a church is easy to want. Knowing what to walk toward is the part nobody teaches you. Here are the marks of a healthy one, and what to stop shopping for.
3 min read
Weak Men Feel Safe. Strong Men Keep People Safe. Which One Are You?
There are two kinds of men, and the difference is not size or income. It is one question: who is your strength for? Weak men feel safe. Strong men keep people safe.
3 min read
Guided Prayer
The knee in the dirt
before sunrise
No account. No signup. Nothing to buy. One prompt at a time, Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. Just you and God, before the day starts swinging.
Begin the prayerThe Watch List
One letter a week,
for the man on watch.
Nothing to buy. Nothing to join. One honest letter, and a prayer you can actually pray. Unsubscribe whenever and I will not chase you.