The best way to hear how I think is my podcast, The Dialog. It's a search for truth where ancient philosophy, history and theology meet modern life. Season 1 is a series of dialogs with my friend Nick Surface. Season 2 is on God and money.
The name comes from an ancient belief: when two people reason together honestly, a third, better perspective shows up that neither had on their own.
If you only listen to one, start with 39 lessons in 39 years. It's just me, and it covers most of what I speak on. Or see every episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube.
I speak to people who feel a gap between the life they're living and the life they were made for.
I take the oldest questions people have asked and look for answers in ancient philosophy, history and Scripture. Then I make them practical, so your people can use them the next morning. I speak at churches, companies, conferences and events.
Here's what I speak on most. Each one is a question someone in your audience is already asking.
The odds of you existing are 1 in 102,685,000. The odds of dying are 1 in 1. The question isn't whether you'll die. It's whether you'll live.
There has never been a you, and there will never be another one. Paul calls you God's ποίημα (poíēma), a one-of-a-kind work of art (Ephesians 2:10). And the thing that frustrates you most is often the sign you've found the problem God created you to solve.
Your people leave with an understanding that they don't find meaning, they create it.
Everything you have right now is a product of your thinking. Most of what you believe, you never chose. You picked it up. Jesus built his message on one word, μετάνοια (metanoia): change your thinking.
A thought becomes a belief. A belief becomes an action. Your actions become your life. There's a simple equation for it: Think + Be + Do = Have. Change the first part, and the rest follows.
Your people leave with intentionality behind the beliefs that determine their life.
Everyone in your room is facing something hard. Most people see adversity as punishment. Great people see it as training. Seneca saw hardship as a training ground. James says the testing of your faith produces endurance (James 1:2-4).
Adversity isn't an interruption to the life you want. It's the training ground for it. You don't get to decide if you fight. You get to decide how.
Your people leave with a new way to see the hard thing they're facing, and their next step through it.
I can also speak on any topic that would best serve your audience. Tell me about your people, and we'll build the message together.
Tell me about your event, and I'll get back to you.