Being a leader is hard. Being a tired leader is harder. Most leaders I talk to feel like their brains have too many tabs open, and they can't find where the music is coming from. They love God. They love their families. They love their work. But they feel like they are running in mud. The "noise" in their head is too loud. When your mind is loud, you can't hear God. When you are stressed, you can't be a good dad. When you are tired, you make bad choices at work. It doesn’t have to stay this way. I spent a long time living in stress and anxiety. I always thought that peace was found in the absence of stress. I found that peace is not a feeling of no stress. Peace is a system for managing the stress. Think of your life like a garden. If you don't pull the weeds, the flowers won't grow. If you don't fertilize and water the soil, everything dies. This last year, I started helping Christian leaders "clean the garden" in 4 simple steps: Look: We find what is making you stressed. Breathe: We teach your body how to stay calm. Think: We change the way you talk to yourself. Plan: We build a simple list for your day so you don't have to wonder, which can lead to worry. The goal isn't just to do more work. The goal is to be Calm and Clear. When a leader is calm, everyone around him feels safe. When a leader is clear, the whole team wins. In a world of leaders who loudly talk about motivation and emotion, let's be quietly disciplined and thoughtful. Happy New Year. Let’s make 2026 the year of the Quiet Leader.

Hey guys, it’s been a minute. Life got crazy and a lot of changes hit at once. I’ve moved into a new place and am still unpacking, physically, emotionally, spiritually. God has been kind in the way he has shown me rest during this stress. I’m finding more free time as I set my house in order, so I’ll be updating and adding more here for us to share with others. How has God been kind to you this week?

Read through Psalm 51. This chapter has sat on me for the past few days. In reading this, I realized that I have lived in verses 3-5. While this is true, as I do continue to sin, I have to read this in context of my relationship with God, is found in the rest of the chapter. Satan loves to have us focus on our sin, the 3-5 section of Psalm 51, but God’s forgiveness, instruction, purification, mercy, and joy all are found in the remaining verses of the chapter. How much more of life do we miss because we listen to our enemy highlight 3 verses of an entire chapter? I have had to learn that when Psalm 51:3-5 comes to my mind, and my sin is paraded in front of me, I must remind myself that there is more to the chapter. —After reading Psalm 51– How does reading Psalm 51 impact how you tactically move through your day, and how can you combat Satan when he parades your sin in front of you? How did God speak to you through your time in this scripture?

Last week really did a number on me. I worked over 50hrs and felt exhausted. I 100% dropped the ball on working on this, which Satan was quick to point out as a reason for me to not be focused on this. But here’s the thing, sometimes we forget. We are human. The thing that helps us move forward is to return when we remember. My word for this week is return. I want to return to my goals and dreams if I get distracted. I want to return to my passions when work overtakes my schedule. Most importantly, I want to return to my savior when sin seeks to turn the lights out on my life. What is something you can return to this week?

As our week comes to a close and we step into Sunday, what is one thing you are thankful for this past week?