My Lunch Break
Trials, lessons, and honest reflections from a regular man trying to do something with his life.
If you read my posts, you'll learn what I'm learning — and I hope it helps you as it's helping me. Topics span faith, leadership, manhood, mental training, and the daily opposition that comes when you pursue good things.
Poem: Those Peaks
Jan 26, 2026
I have climbed high mountains, scaled rock cliffs, oared powerful rivers. Yet never have I seen something so grand, so captivating, so demanding of attention that I cannot turn away.
Read on WordPressJesus Christ: Not Just a Savior, But an Advocate
Aug 6, 2025
He suffered pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind, and took upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people.
Read on WordPressGreat People Experience Great Hardship
Mar 8, 2024
Ever since I started my blog, I have questioned my credibility as a writer. What makes me special? There's nothing about me that will make people want to hear what I have to say — or so I thought.
Read on WordPressThe Greatest Responsibility of a Leader
Feb 26, 2024
The greatest responsibility of a leader is to instill and cultivate a desire for growth within their followers. My mom put me in piano lessons when I was eight. I absolutely hated it.
Read on WordPressOpposition In All Things
Dec 18, 2023
When we pursue good things in life, opposition comes knocking at the door. Being a Christian, I believe in God — which means I also believe in an adversary who knows who I am.
Read on WordPressWelcome to My Lunch Break
Nov 13, 2023
Hello. Welcome to the blog I've been wanting to start for the last four years. Lots of things kept me from starting: fear, laziness, stubbornness.
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