“… That summer conversation would become one of the most important memories of my life. It felt like a final moment of understanding and reconciliation before the world grew even more chaotic.”
— excerpt from What Was Meant for Harm
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“It felt like every institution was being exposed at once. Hollywood, politics, media, and the rules of public judgment were changing overnight…”
— excerpt from What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth
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“At twenty-nine, sitting outside the MEPS station in Phoenix in front of a Burger King, I prayed a desperate prayer. ‘God, if I do this, my life is in Your hands.’…”
— excerpt from What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth
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“If you’ve ever felt disoriented by the world around you…
if you’ve ever watched institutions crumble and wondered what to trust…
if you’ve ever walked through loss and found your faith sharpened in the process…
then this story is for you.”
— excerpt from What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth
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What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth drops on May 8th.
This book is for anyone who has watched the world fall apart and wondered what God was doing in the midst of it all. It’s my honest account of navigating media chaos, personal loss, and spiritual reckoning… and finding that God uses every season — even the strangest ones — for the good of those who love Him.
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For the past couple months, I’ve shared this memoir in the open — chapter by chapter, as it was written. It has been one of the most meaningful creative seasons of my life.
If you’ve been reading along and want to finish any chapters before they’re removed, this is the window.
Thank you for walking this road with me.
This closing segment reflects on my journey through the season of pruning that brought me to today.
Surrendering my life to God when choosing to join the military ended up giving me new perspectives, a new filter, and a new life in which to view the world, the media, and my future.
Reintegrating into society had me looking to how He had used video production, journalism, news, and social media to build my identity.
Looking back at the voices I followed, the losses that reshaped me, and the events that moved me, I see the discernment God provided to guide me through the noise… and the hope He restored.
👉 Read Epilogue: The Next Step now.
The next chapter of What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth is now available.
This chapter marks the point where external noise met the internal quiet only God can provide.
As I continued to work through my grief, I learned that Scott Adams – the man whose work had helped me understand the media landscape – had passed away. His death felt like a reminder that anchoring one’s life in Christ is the only way to withstand the chaos.
The next week unraveled in a way I did not see coming, and the undeniability of the Holy Spirit changed everything in a series of moments.
The media world was accelerating, but something in me had changed.
I stopped looking for independent voices and started to become one…
👉 Read Chapter 16: The Point of No Return now.
The next chapter of What Was Meant for Harm: A Media Memoir of Faith, Fracture, and the Fight for Truth is now available.
This chapter steps into the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination – not just the collective shock, but the spiritual, political, and personal unraveling that followed.
There were vigils and memorials. Then debates and accusations. As the official story began to deteriorate, the media landscape turned on itself.
While traveling with family, I would have meaningful conversations – about loss, scripture, politics, life – but our return home brought troubles that would test my resolve, including a loss that shattered our home and filled it with absence.
Grief layered upon grief, but God was still moving. The only place left to turn was Him.
👉 Read Chapter 15: The Breaking Point now.
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