Hi, I’m Brandon
writer | speaker | consultant
I’ve spent my entire adult life encouraging people. Over the last two and a half decades, I’ve been a pastor, communications consultant, writer, and coach.
I believe your life matters more than you know and that you can make progress every day toward becoming your healthiest, holiest, happiest self without pretending to have life all figured out.
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13 Words from a Father to His Son on His 13th Birthday
Sam, I know I say this often, but I'll keep saying it because I want you to keep believing it. I'm so glad I get to call you my son! I'm pleased with you. I'm...
At Least 10 Things Great Churches Are FOR
Is it just me, or has the Internet and social media seemingly been flooded lately by a whole lot of vocal people expressing just how many things they're...
Preaching About It IS Doing Something About It
I've written an article over on my Preaching for Change website encouraging pastors to keep on preaching about uncomfortable issues because preaching isn't...
Why 2022 Was the Year of My UNdoing (and Why I Want More Of It in 2023)
Let me backtrack just a bit. One would think 2020 might have been the year of my undoing. There was the pandemic and all of the ways it uprooted life for all...
In Seasons of Waiting, Learn to Love People
We're often so busy looking forward to the next thing, we forget to look around at the people alongside us on the journey. I'm writing this in the middle of...
How Your Faith Can Make You Whole
When Jesus says, “Your faith has made you whole,” what does he mean? Among most Christians today, there are two competing interpretations. On the one hand are...
What Does it Mean to Be Fully Committed to God?
This is a question I've been pondering over quite often lately. What does it actually look like to be fully committed to God? A fully devoted disciple of...
13 Ways Church Leaders Can Serve Those Struggling with Mental Health Issues
It's inevitable. If you're in ministry long at all, you will absolutely find yourself ministering to people who struggle with mental health issues. And rather...
Preaching a Church Vision Sermon Series? 4 Principles and 4 Tips
When the temperatures cool down and the kids head back to school, life resumes a sense of routine and normalcy. (Of course, for my friends in the southern...