The God Who is Close
Discovering a pattern of presence
Ben’s Substack
Connecting ideas and people in an effort to eradicate shame and increase purpose.
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The Larger Story
Living Between Purpose and Resistance
Identity Before Explanation
The Truth We Need to Hear Again
The Direction of the Heart
Where Spiritual Maturity Begins
Response: Episode No. 6
Staying Present Through Avoidance
The Life We Avoid
Why presence feels harder than productivity
Response: Episode No. 5
Shame, Anxiety, and the Call to Truth
Do Not Be Afraid
Learning to Obey with Fear Attached
The Hustle for Worth
A Conversation with Courtney Layson
Response: Episode No. 4
Formation in Suspense and Incompleteness
The Space Between
Learning to trust what’s not finished
The Man Who Comes Back
The Quiet Evidence of Real Change
A Five-Day Devotional Companion
Episode Three
The Long Walk to the Water
Obedience Carried Out Long Enough to Matter
When Healing Offends
Why God's Solutions Rarely Arrive the Way We Expect
Response: Episode No. 3
Pain as Insight and the Process of Transformation
The Medicine of Pain
A Conversation with Kane Childress
A Five-Day Devotional Companion
Episode Two
But He Was a Leper
Competence, Shame, and the Mercy of God
Response: Episode No. 2
Identity Fatigue and the Price of Vigilance