The Healing & Freedom Journey

Discover a side of God’s mercy in a way you may not expect—within the context of His glorious presence being revealed in the Old Testament. See how the people were overwhelmed by the goodness and mercy of God! In this message, I explore a powerful Old Testament moment: when God’s glory filled the temple and […]

When you think of discipleship and mental health, we often think of them as seperate subjects and areas of our journey. We often think “I get discipled within the church and I work on my mental health somewhere else.” But what would happen if you realized that your mental, emotional and relationship health journey IS […]

We embark on a Bible Study of the book of Philippians (Philippians 1:2), focusing on “Grace & Peace”—how the FOUNDATION of the Christian life must be rooted in God’s grace and sustained by His supernatural peace. In this study, you will gain understanding of how grace and peace impact our lives and how they are […]

If I ask you this question, “What is mercy?” What comes to mind for you? Does it connect you to the nature of God in a way that transforms your heart, how you relate to God and how you relate to others? Or is it just a nebulous word that gets said in church here […]

Do you ever feel emotions so intensely that it’s overwhelming? You may be a highly sensitive person. In this video, I open up about my own journey with high sensitivity, sharing why emotions can sometimes feel like too much to handle and how I’ve learned to approach this part of myself with compassion and grace. […]

What does it look like to live with an empowered state of mind as a believer—especially when life feels overwhelming? In this Sunday Live, I kick off a brand new Bible study journey through the book of Philippians, exploring what it means to think and live as an overcomer in all things. After the Bible […]

Do you struggle with OCD and wonder what medication’s role can be? Are you struggling with not believing enough, questioning your faith or calling out to God with great desperation, while finding yourself angry and disappointed? When you have had a life of severe neglect and trauma and find yourself struggling with chronic illness, what […]

Is an arrival mentality infiltrating your thinking and actually hindering your healing and freedom journey when it comes to your mental, emotional, and relationship health? I find myself, over the decades, addressing the hinderance of an arrival mentality. It is one I have had to address in my own thinking. What I have learned has […]

Happy New Year and welcome back to Sunday Live! We’re kicking off 2026 with a packed episode full of your questions on salvation fears, guilt, anger, and so much more. But first—we have a Church Lady and Church Gentleman update you won’t want to miss. We also share what captivated our family over the holiday […]

I want to share some books I have been reading, while also encouraging you on your own reading journey. I talk about how I approach reading and how reading has impacted my life. I pray that what I share will empower your reading and learning journey. Books I Talk About: 📕 A History of Psychiatry: […]

Join us for a special Sunday Live as we celebrate Melissa’s birthday, share the Church Lady’s hilarious reading of “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” and dive deep into your most pressing questions about mental health, your faith walk and healing! Birthday Celebration: Melissa turns 53! We kick off with a heartfelt conversation about making decisions […]

In all the years of helping people who have experienced trauma in a variety of ways and a variety of intensity, there are two themes that have become very clear that are so important in the healing and freedom journey. In this broadcast, I want to show you the importance of these two words and […]

In this special Wednesday Q&A live, Melissa and I address your questions on a wide range of topics affecting mental, emotional, and relationship health from a biblical perspective. We share a bit of our struggles with family and especially watching our aging parents and how they deal and cope with their later stages of life. […]

Could somatic work be helpful in your healing and freedom journey, especially when it comes to trauma healing? Today I want to share some perspectives that I hope will bring clarity and practical insight to this often-misunderstood topic. “Soma” is simply the Greek word for “body,” and somatic insights encourage us to embrace our physiology […]

Do you find you need a new relationship with your thoughts and emotions? This live Q&A dives into a number of battles that many face with OCD, scrupulosity, perfectionism, phobias and more. We also bring an update about the church lady and the church gentleman, who arrive to share what they are “grateful” for in […]

What if the triggers you’re trying so hard to get away from or avoid are actually doorways to some of the deepest healing you’ll ever experience? Most of us have been taught to see triggers as the enemy—something to suppress, avoid, get away from or even pray away as quickly as possible. The problem is, […]

Welcome to another Sunday Live broadcast where we dive deep into one of the most critical issues facing marriages today: the silent epidemic of emotional disconnection. In this episode, my wife Melissa and I have a raw, honest conversation about why so many couples are living like roommates instead of intimate partners—and what you can […]

Do you know how to access nurture and practice healthy care for your heart? This is a critical healing skill that we all need to learn when it comes to receiving comfort and recovery through the difficult emotions that we experience hardship, trauma and the neglect that many experience in life. When mental and emotional […]

In our Sunday live, we start off our by talking about four common helpful ways people relate to their intrusive thoughts, while also diving into your questions on regret, religious OCD, scrupulosity, medicatoin and more! Are you exhausted from battling intrusive thoughts, salvation anxiety, and the endless cycle of reassurance-seeking? Do you find yourself stuck […]

How do we actually put new, empowering beliefs into motion? How do we move from just knowing what needs to change to actually experiencing that change in our daily lives? Today I want to explore your self-talk and show you how you can practically welcome new beliefs that affirm what God says about you. I’m […]

Do you find yourself battling loneliness and many of the struggles that stem from that? Are you battling compulsive thoughts about your faith? If so, this Wednesday live will be a blessing to you. In this episode, discover how trauma, isolation, OCD, scrupulosity and intrusive thoughts can create a lot of confusion and turmoil. Melissa […]

In 1 John 5:21, John ends his profound letter with a brief but significant warning: “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” This single sentence gives us an opportunity to address idolatry in a biblical manner, bringing clarity to a subject that has become deeply confusing for many Christians today. Through years of ministry and walking […]

There is a lot of empowerment found in making decisions, committing and taking a step forward into that decision. But many of us find ourselves paralyzed in this area. I want to talk to you about the fear of commitment, what’s behind it and how it prevents you from making a decision and moving forward […]

In this week’s Sunday live, we dive deep into critical issues facing Christians today—from childhood trauma and relationship fears to passive husbands, roommate syndrome in marriage, and questions about healing and miracles. We continue a Bible study on the book of 1 John 5, addressing that Sin is Not Who You Are! Q&A Topics Covered: […]

Today I want to get into the subject of self-discernment, specifically the ability to discern what’s going on in your heart and what you need for healing, especially when it comes to healing from trauma. It involves addressing how you see yourself, and I pray that what I share here will help you see yourself […]

I tackle one of the most challenging and anxiety-inducing passages in Scripture, the sin leading to death in 1 John 5:16-17. This is NOT a passage meant to send you unnessary condemning spiraling—it’s meant to equip you with discernment and sobriety for the spiritual battles we face. In this deep dive, I bring out eight […]

When it comes to trauma healing, we often search for special techniques or magic solutions, but we overlook one of the most fundamental and powerful healing experiences available: the simple act of having an fruitful, loving and effective conversation. In this episode, I dive into why “talking it out” is so essential for mental, emotional, […]

Struggle with a lack of confidence in prayer or constant spinning about whether you’re “in God’s will”? This Sunday Live tackles the confidence crisis stealing your prayer life and the obsessive patterns that keep you paralyzed. I teach out of 1 John to dive into the struggle of confidence when it comes to our prayer […]

Join us for a special Tuesday live, where I address your questions on mental, emotional and relationship health. I share about my recent trip to Texas to officiate a wedding, while sharing the powerful experience I had visiting the region in Hunt, Texas that was hit with devastating floods this past July. Here are some […]

Do you find yourself in emotional flares, forgetting what you know to be true, where your emotions feel disconnected? Then allow this broadcast to be an empowerment to you. What about using your gifts and talents? Do you overthink your motives and live in fear that you will end up being the wicked servant in […]

Join us for an insightful and empowering Sunday Live, where we dive deep into the journey of mental, emotional, and relationship health from a biblically-based perspective, which we pray is rooted in the love of the Father, the grace of Jesus Christ and the truth that sets us free. In this episode, we address timely […]

Your nervous system needs the biblical call to “be still,” because when trauma hits, your mind and body get stuck in overdrive. You’re constantly on edge, hypervigilant, and unable to find peace. The last thing that feels safe is being still—yet that’s exactly what your traumatized nervous system needs most. In this episode, I dive […]

In this heartfelt Sunday Live broadcast, I open up about the recent national trauma and its emotional impact on individuals, families, and communities. I also share my personal journey of processing grief, anxiety, and shock in the wake of tragic events, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and offers compassionate, faith-based insights for navigating these […]

As I dive into important precepts for the healing of trauma, allow me to share with you the more important aspect of our healing journey–our connection to love. In this broadcast, I will share with you about the power of healing with TULA—Total Unconditional Loving Acceptance! I dive into revealing why true healing begins not […]

Are your expectations for marriage being hijacked by obsessive thoughts and compulsive checking? You might be dealing with relationship OCD without even knowing it. If you’ve ever found yourself constantly analyzing your feelings about the person you are dating, searching for “red flags,” or wondering if you’re with “the one” God has for you, this […]

Are you ready for breakthrough and empowerment in your mental health and faith? In today’s Sunday Live, I bring a strong exhortation from 1 John 5:1-5 about Faith that gets built up when you see yourself as an overcomer. Melissa and I share some of our day to day encounters and experiences, where we continue […]

Grieving has to do with significant loss and working through the emotion of it all. If you’ve ever struggled with loss, pain, or the overwhelming emotions that come with grief, I invite you to join me for this heartfelt broadcast. In this second part of my series on tears, grieving, and lamenting, I open up […]

I watched a short clip where Luke Combs, a well known singer, talks about his struggle with Pure O OCD. I wanted to share a fews thoughts to empower your journey. Pure O OCD is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder where the battles of compulsions take place internally, with mental compulsions and relentless rumination. I […]

In today’s Sunday live, I dive deep into the heart of what it means to love one another—drawing from 1 John 4 and sharing how God shows up in our everyday loving connections and interactions. I also open up about the real struggles many of us face with OCD, trauma, abuse, anxiety, and how our […]

Looking to experience greater healing from trauma and emotional pain that you have experienced? I want to share with you one of the simplest, very important, but also highly overlooked healing experience. It’s something you may have overlooked. It may even be something that you look down upon, but it is an aspect of healing […]

Struggling with difficult emotions like anxiety, anger, or sadness? There may be an emotional pattern you are practicing that is working against you. In this video, I want to highlight an unproductive mindset that keeps so many of us stuck and show you a new, empowering approach to your emotional world. If you desire to […]

Today’s Sunday Live broadcast was a heartfelt exploration of the real-life mental health challenges that so many of us face. We covered a whole bunch of topics, including, OCD, anxiety, heaviness, depression and narcissism. Melissa and I started out with talking about the intersection of cleanliness, order, and the influence of obsessive-compulsiveness. Where do you […]

God created us as human beings who think, feel and relate. He made us with emotions that help us connect and relate in powerful ways. And there are a variety of emotions that you and I will experience throughout our lifetime, some of them we welcome easily; others make us uncomfortable. But emotions involve a […]

In this broadcast, my Melissa and I open up about 19 years of marriage—sharing the honest challenges, the lessons we’ve learned, and the intentional steps we’ve taken to grow together in love and communication. I also dive into 1 John and cover the importance of receiving and giving out God’s love. Plus, we answer your […]

We all do it. We put things off, shy away from uncomfortable conversations, or find ourselves saying “I’ll deal with that later.” But for many of us, avoidance has become more than just procrastination—it’s become a prison that keeps us from the freedom and growth God has for us. If you’ve ever felt trapped by […]

Do you find yourself trapped in cycles of a negative and disempowering internal dialogue? If you’re struggling with persistent patterns of unhelpful self-talk that seem to work against your growth and healing, you’re not alone. Today, we’re going to explore ten common types of disempowering self-talk that may be hindering your journey toward mental, emotional, […]

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or just need some hope, this broadcast could be a great resource to your journey. Melissa and I had a great time addressing questions while having lots of laughter along the way. We unpacked a number of topics from questions that address: I also addressed a number of intrusive thought […]

When life hits us with emotional challenges, we typically respond in one of two ways: we either become overwhelmed, with our stress response kicking into hyperdrive, or we shut down and check out entirely. Both responses can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and unable to process what we’re experiencing in healthy ways. If you’ve […]

Do you ever find yourself caught in an endless loop of anxious thoughts? Do you replay conversations, worry about the future, or get stuck analyzing the past without ever finding resolution? If so, you’re not alone. While the term “rumination” might seem relatively new in our cultural vocabulary, the struggle with worry and repetitive negative […]

Join us for our Sunday live broadcast, as we share our lives with you to encourage you in your own healing and freedom journey. Based on 1 John 4:1-6, I share a Bible study to help us grow in our discernment, especially in treasuring who Jesus is. Yet in all our biblical perspectives, we must […]