When you lose $26 Million in work, it affects everything.  Payroll changed significantly. Benefits took a huge hit and if we started laying off employees, margins would stabilize quickly. And that is exactly what financial models would recommend for us, and in business what most analysts would applaud. Our path had been made clear and …

Trusting God with resources is one thing. Trusting Him with timing can be much harder. When progress feels slow and results seem delayed, faith is tested in a different way. The first twenty years were not glamorous. Growth was steady but slow. Progress rarely made headlines, and many seasons felt quiet compared to the rapid …

My first tithe check was $1.70. Financially, it was insignificant. Spiritually, it was defining. I remember those early years clearly. Nothing was extravagant—just steady responsibility and modest income. Every dollar had a purpose before it even arrived. There wasn’t margin, just careful management. And when that’s your reality, generosity doesn’t feel natural. It feels… noticeable. …

Are your convictions pre-decided — or do they fluctuate when money is tight? At seventeen, I was running a small landscaping business and beginning to expand my services, adding patio slabs, patio roofs, and masonry barbecues. With every new service came greater responsibility and greater exposure to how the industry actually operated. Checks I received …

When you feel outnumbered, do you adjust to survive — or anchor to who you are in God? Long before business pressures tested my convictions, identity was already being formed in quieter ways. By sixth grade, I had attended seven schools across several states. Each move meant new hallways, new teachers, and new faces. Starting …

When the version of you no one sees is suddenly exposed for everyone to see, will your faith anchor you, or will the pressure reveal what you’ve been leaning on all along? Early in my career, I assumed success would make leadership easier. More experience would bring clarity. More growth would bring stability. Greater recognition …

When success grows, does your identity grow with it — or does it become more firmly rooted in Christ? Early in my career, I measured success the way most builders do — by visible growth. Larger projects meant progress. Stronger revenue meant validation. Recognition felt like confirmation. If the business was expanding, I assumed I …

This is not a question meant to accuse—it is a question meant to clarify. Every leader, believer, and decision-maker eventually answers it, not with words, but with patterns. Is faith the governing force of our lives, or is it something we carry alongside everything else? A side hustle “faith” fits neatly into leftover time. It …

“Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.” This quote is often attributed to my friend Dr. John C. Maxwell For years, that made me smile. But my perspective has shifted. Life does not feel faster because we are getting older — it feels …