From the outside, they looked like the perfect couple. Tyler was living the dream as one of the faces of the wildly successful trick-shot group Dude Perfect. He was traveling. He was hanging out with celebrity athletes. Bethany was a mom of three. They had a new house. Seemingly, no worries. Everything was good.  ..read more

I started this year writing down some phrases on my whiteboard. Not resolutions, but phrases.  ..read more

Until a few weeks ago, I had never watched an episode of “Holiday Baking Championship.” To date, I’ve binged six seasons. I can’t get enough!  ..read more

Ever wonder how some people can experience trauma and come out the other side stronger, while others never seem to recover? There are many factors, of course. But if you are a survivor of abuse, tragedy, or trauma, the first thing you need to know is that you still have choices. You can still make decisions. Trauma means certain decisions have been forced upon you; your life has been changed without your consent. That is the tragedy of trauma. But you can still make the decision to be healed and to come out the other side stronger.  This is the message of the most recent I Am Second film ..read more

I just recently watched the Monica Zuniga Bailey White Chair Film. The details of her story differ from my own, of course, everyone is unique. But one thing that’s the same for you, me, Monica, and everyone else: sometimes terrible things happen to us. And when those terrible, painful, or disappointing things inevitably happen we can either run away from God or run to him. But if we are really going to run towards God a conversation is going to need to happen. It’ll need to be honest. It’ll need to be real. And sometimes it’ll even need to be angry. Here’s how I’ve learned to talk angry with ..read more

“God saved my life that night for a reason. It wasn’t by accident. He didn’t make a mistake, but he had a plan and a purpose for me, and he just wasn’t done with me yet ..read more

You don’t feel guilty? Seriously, you don’t feel guilty? I definitely have at certain points in my life. I think it’s natural for us to look back and criticize the decisions we’ve made. I imagine that Second, No Malice did the same thing when he decided to leave the music industry.  One of the most impactful moments from The End of Malice is when Gene recalls a conversation with a close friend, “I remember talking to a friend of mine and I said, ‘You don’t feel guilty?’, and he said, ‘You are the only one who asks that question.” This moment of self realization was like an alarm inside ..read more

Released this week, I Survived, retells the incredible survivor stories of 5 people who didn’t just survive, they thrived. Here are their stories and where they are today ..read more

Darrin Ray—a pastor who ministers to seniors and those with disabilities—is familiar with pain. Born with a cleft palate and later enduring a car accident that left him severely injured, Darrin struggled to trust in God’s goodness. In his film, he tells his story about how he learned that God works in the pain and disappointment ..read more

Unforgiveness made my heart feel like two clenched fists, white knuckled and rigid. This grasp on my heart was the result of my anger toward someone who had hurt me deeply. My anger had left the fists clenched for so long that I thought it would be impossible to loosen their grip. But a simple analogy helped me learn how to do that ..read more