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November 24, 2025

What If I Don’t Like My Church’s Music?

When visiting Crossway’s headquarters over the summer, the publishing team and I were chatting about how wonderful God’s timing is. Without necessarily planning to do so, Crossway ended up releasing several resources for musical worship within the same few months including The Sing! Hymnal, Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together, and What If Continue reading

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August 5, 2025

Platforms to Pillars: Trading the Burden of Performance for the Freedom of God’s Presence

I’m in the thick of researching platforms—digital and otherwise. As I do so, it is important to me to frame my research according to a biblical worldview. I do not just want to understand the operating systems behind digital platforms and the motivations behind personal platform building. Rather, I want to understand how platforms can Continue reading

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July 29, 2025

Thanks to My Endorsers

I spent 2023 learning about publishing and obsessively refining my book proposal for Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together. Then, when I had the joy of signing a contract with Crossway, I spent 2024 deep in drafting and revising my manuscript. Throughout 2025, I’ve had the delight of watching everything else come together—from Continue reading

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March 1, 2023

Make Christian Nonfiction Beautiful Again

Yesterday, several people asked me what I was reading. When I replied, “Abraham Kuyper’s The Work of the Holy Spirit” and showed them this thick treasure-trove of a tome, there were two basic responses: 1) nodding and backing away as though Reformed theology is contagious and 2) an appreciative nod accompanied by some comment that Continue reading

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