I wrote these from the other side of having everything come into the light.
I did not write these books from a place of having it figured out. For years I kept things hidden beneath the surface. I was active in church, functional in life — and quietly leading a double life.
When it collapsed, what followed was not just a season of recovery but a process of discovering what I had believed about myself, where those beliefs came from, and what it actually means to be defined by Christ rather than by what I have done.
That process became The Apology You Owe. The system it produced became Living in the Light. The third book — Beside, Not Above — is being written now, with my wife Cindy contributing a chapter in her own voice. My work is not built on theory. It is built on lived experience and the unfailing faithfulness of God to complete what He begins.
I live in the Dallas, Texas area with Cindy. I am active in recovery ministry and Bible study, and everything I write is aimed at one thing: helping men move from managing their lives to living in truth.