T.A.P. IN

In my devotional time today, I found myself sitting in Exodus 33:12–16. In this passage, Moses speaks with God in a way that feels intimate, honest, and unfiltered. He isn’t performing. He isn’t pretending. He is speaking to God as one would speak to someone who is truly present. In the scripture the Lord spoke to Moses “face to face, as one speaks to a friend.” That stopped me in my tracks. I fell in love with that kind of relationship. Moses wasn’t approaching a distant de

I watched Deliver Me from Nowhere — Bruce Springsteen’s story — and, as a music lover who enjoys artists’ backstories, I had no idea it would hit so close to home. The film shows how a father’s demons and struggles can leave a child paralyzed if they aren’t addressed. As talented as Bruce was, he was lost in his journey, unable to release what held him back from truly thriving. Much of his pain traced back to his father; both shared a pattern of depression, but that was only

Hey Fellas Some of us are holding onto things we were never meant to carry. Unresolved trauma. Unspoken rejection. The silent weight of fathers plagued them with the inability to give us what we needed. If we’re honest, many of us learned how to survive… instead of how to heal. We move through life on autopilot. We suppress what we feel. We wear rejection like armor—calling it strength—when it’s really protection. And when the pressure builds, we explode… leaving emotional la

I had a conversation with a friend the other day about my book, The Fatherless Devotionals. He shared that the title made him pause. What he helped me see—clearly—is this: fatherlessness shows up in ways far beyond the “deadbeat dad” narrative we’re used to. His father was present… but emotionally unavailable. Wounded by his own trauma. Lacking the capacity to connect, love, or lead the way his son needed. And the truth is, many fathers are living paralyzed by circumstances b

Work Session 1 Preview Healing isn’t passive. It’s intentional. It’s a decision. It’s a moment when a man looks at his life, his story, and his scars and says, “I’m ready to do the work.” That’s what the T.A.P. IN work sessions are created for. It's one thing to read the devotionals and provoke thought that allows you to challenge yourself to accept a different perspective. So here is your invitation to be open to looking at yourself and your father differently. Let's dive in

Sitting with Anger, Searching for Healing “The absence of a father in our homes can sow the seeds of deep and complex emotions within us....

Sitting with Anger, Searching for Healing “The absence of a father in our homes can sow the seeds of deep and complex emotions within us....