How I got here…

First off, I’m by no means an expert. I didn’t go to a Bible college or seminary school. I’m not looking to be a pastor. This is God speaking to and through me as I study His Word and relay what He reveals to me in the best way I can.

I’ve known for basically my whole life that I was going to be a writer. I was a reader since I first learned how in preschool, and I’ve never put books down since. After a few years of elementary school, I decided I wanted to share stories for kids to read like I did one day. Since then, my passion for reading and writing has grown far beyond the fantasy fiction I once stuck to for entertainment, and I’ve found a calling to write about a number of things pertaining to my faith in Christ.

I developed a thirst to teach and explain ideas of the Christian faith in new ways, exploring rarely used verses, and providing enlightenment on some of the more nuanced topics God has given to us to study and know deeply. Unfortunately, I have avoided this for a long time because speaking in front of people scares the ever-living daylights out of me.

It took me forever to connect my writing skills to teaching, but I did thanks to a bit of advice from a podcast I listen to that said something like “the gift of teaching manifests itself in a variety of ways. Not all teachers have to be pastors. They don’t all have to speak in front of crowds. Some do because they’re afraid others will mess up what they intended, but many teachers are content with just writing their studies and publishing them for others to see and use.”

Then I pulled myself up and finally realized what God has been calling me to do for so long: teach. So, this is my endeavor to teach the Word of God as He reveals Himself to be known to me. It’s going to be different. It’s going to be unique. It’s going to be notoriously me.