This week is about weight. The kind you carry in your body, your mind, your calendar — and the kind you don’t realize you’re dragging until something small breaks. A house issue. An elbow twinge. A single sentence that sticks with you longer than it should.

Things feel full lately. Not loud, not chaotic — just dense. There’s a deeper focus settling in. More awareness of time. More desire to get things right. Not for perfection’s sake, but because certain things matter more now.

This episode moves between the personal and the planetary. Reflections on work, value, and why making something doesn’t always mean it gets seen. A few quiet thoughts on Charlie Kirk, responsibility, and why “Here I am, Lord, use me” keeps echoing. Golf makes an appearance. So does the baby registry. So does abortion, drones, pickleball, and coffee cake. Somehow, it all connects.

Nothing in this hour is random. It’s just life, noticed. And when you really notice life — the humor, the heaviness, the hidden clarity — it starts to feel lighter. Not easy. But lighter.

Let’s keep walking.

I sat down for this episode with a heart full of reflection — and a brain that’s finally feeling clear. There’s something stirring lately. A new kind of energy. Not frantic or performative, but grounded, honest, and intense in all the right ways.

This week, I process the shape of belief. I reflect on the death of a public figure whose words challenged me. I talk about the shifting terrain of fatherhood, legacy, and the war for attention. And I ask some hard questions: What do I want my voice to do in the world? Who am I becoming? What kind of man, father, and creator do I want to be?

There’s breathwork in this one. A bit of planning. A bit of confession. A bit of the usual spiral. But mostly, it’s just me — trying to stay present, trying to stay clear, and trying to listen for what God is really asking of me right now.

These episodes are recorded raw. Unfiltered. But they are not chaotic. They’re carved. Composed. Breathed out, then breathed back in.

Welcome to the practice. Let’s keep going.

Four years ago, I stopped recording this podcast. I didn’t quit — I just... stepped away. And for a long time, I told myself that no one noticed. That maybe it didn’t matter. But lately, I’ve realized something: I noticed.

My voice missed the microphone. My heart missed the rhythm. And even if this whole thing is mostly just me talking to myself, it’s the most honest form of therapy I know.

This episode is not polished. There are no edits. No intro music. No fancy segment structure (yet). Just me, sitting with my thoughts and pressing record. I talk about where I’ve been, what’s changed, and what this show is going to become moving forward.

I also explain why I pulled it off YouTube. Why it’s behind a paywall now. Not to chase exclusivity — but to preserve intimacy.

This isn’t for clicks. This is for continuity. For consistency. For the kid version of me who always believed a mic could hold truth.

Welcome back. Or if you’re new — welcome in. Either way, I’m here now. Let’s see where this goes.