The Long
Way Home
"Where we believe you're forged, not fixed."
A show for men who've stopped looking for the shortcut. We focus on foundational faith, strength through adversity, helping others in need and leaving a biblical legacy. Hosted by a guy who fervently strives to live out these principles while navigating life from a wheelchair. Join the movement as we discuss how nothing gets fixed overnight. It gets forged with every strike on the anvil, and one mile at a time.
"Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me."
My injury isn't a sidebar, but rather a catalyst for what galvanized my faith and focused my determination for the forging required for the road ahead.
What to Expect:
Seven things we keep coming back to
No single-note episodes. Every week rotates through this ground, so the show stays honest to the whole of a life, not just one corner of it.
Philosophy & applied wisdom
Existentialism, Stoicism, Nihilism, and others juxtaposed with Christianity — discussions where ancient thought gets it right and where it falls short.
Christian life & spiritual disciplines
Suffering as sanctification, not punishment or glitch — practiced, not just believed.
Biblical masculinity
Headship, humility, and strength under control — the biblical definition versus the cultural cosplay of it.
Anti-trafficking & humanitarian action
Field notes from the fight against trafficking and support for orphan care — one uncomfortable conversation at a time.
Fatherhood & family leadership
Leading a home you're proud of — the discipline of presence when you're tired.
Fitness — general & adaptive
Training the body you have, not the one you lost. SCI-specific and general strength work, side by side.
Living well with permanent injury
What actually changes — and what doesn't — when "fixed" stops being on the table.
45–60 minutes, every other week
Rotating between solo teaching, guest interviews with pastors, trafficking advocates, and adaptive athletes, and straight-answer mailbag episodes.
| Segment | Focus |
|---|---|
| From the Chair | Disability, suffering theology, and daily adaptation — unfiltered. |
| Field Notes | Updates from anti-trafficking and orphan-care partner organizations. |
| Leading the Home | Practical fatherhood and marriage leadership. |
| Under the Bar | Fitness, including adaptive training — the body you have, not the one you lost. |
| One Idea, One Application | The closing segment — every episode ends in a single actionable step. |
Where the road starts
Get the resources that don't fit in an episode.
Workouts. Reading lists. Prayer guides. The stuff that started this whole show — straight to your inbox, no noise.
That's a quick-fix mindset — stepping back to what it was like before, undo it, reverse it, get it fixed, then move forward. I chased that expectation for a long time. Turns out that's not how it works with a permanent injury. Not with a faith that has the ultimate sacrifice at the center, with unmerited favor and an eternal friend that is with you every step of the way. Also not in our closest relationships such as marriage, fatherhood, or even as a child as you overcome the grief of a "New Normal."
Being forged was never about going back to the raw material or what you were before. It's the heat of the flame until your true color shows. It's the pressure of getting hammered on the same spot, over and over, until something stronger than what you started with comes out the other side. And it's being tempered and quenched to solidify who you have become so that you can move forward as a new creation.
This is The Long Way Home — where we focus on being forged into who you must become for your best road ahead."
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."