I started the year with a plan to read all the prophets. It sounded ambitious in January. By February, it felt almost funny. I was still in Jonah. Still in chapter one. Still lingering over verbs and maps and questions that refused to move on just because I wanted to. At the same time, I was reading Ted Dekker’s Circle Trilogy . I did not plan for those worlds to overlap. But they did. Quietly. Persistently. And instead of propelling me forward, they slowed me down. It felt l

During my striving years, I poured myself into business, long hours, and achievement—only to end up exhausted and spiritually empty. Getting fired felt like failure, but it became the freedom I didn’t know I needed. This is the story of how God used loss to reorient my life, showing me that true success isn’t found in what we build, but in who we’re becoming in Christ.