Having been born without arms, there are many things that offered quite a challenge when it came to trying to do them with my feet. Often people will ask me, “What is the hardest thing that you have had to learn to do with your feet?” That is a question that I can answer without an […]
Recently I had the opportunity to preach at Redeemer Church in Rocky Mount, NC which is pastored by my good friend Dayton Hartman. He asked me to preach on discipleship as they were ramping up for their kickoff to all their fall church ministries. I chose to preach from Deuteronomy 6, as we looked at […]
The recent podcast series The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill has sparked conversation about the church on a number of fronts: leadership, accountability, abuse of power and the rise of Christian celebrity. The podcast has broached a number of theological subjects through its 6 episodes so far, but one of the most common topics […]
Many of us have had times in our life where everything seems to go wrong at the same time. Every choice you make is the wrong one. You can’t seem to make enough money to pay all the bills. You lose a loved one. All within a month. The world is closing in around you. Yet, […]
There have been many stops along the way where I have been pushed to the side or overlooked simply because of who I was. I showed up to the first day of kindergarten as excited as could be. I was pumped to meet new friends and to learn new things. Yet, I left the first […]
As far back as I can think, there has always been a chip on my shoulder. That chip solely coming from being told all the things that I would never in the early days of my life: He’ll never feed himself. Never write. Never go to a normal school. Never graduate. Never be a fully […]
After months of hard work, I am excited to be able to share my new website with you! Here you can get to know me a little more, watch some of my speaking and see where I am speaking next. If you want to start a conversation about brining me in to speak to […]
We fall into a big trap when trial comes and we say, “I’ve got this” when in reality we don’t “have it.” Those times are meant to clearly show us something about ourselves but they also clearly reveal the character of God.
I was born without arms and spent the majority of my life being told that I was a hopeless mistake and woefully insufficient to lead a full life. Yet, at the age of 15, God used a preacher to tell me of God’s love for me and that I was “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm […]
Being born without arms immediately placed my physical appearance in the forefront of people’s first impression of me. That first impression ran a wide range of opinions from people thinking that I was interesting and inspirational all the way to being considered odd and a freak. I lived the first 15 years of my life […]
