For most of my early adult life, I was chasing something I couldn’t quite explain. I built a business, set big goals, and surrounded myself with mentors. From the outside, things looked successful, but internally I felt restless. No accomplishment seemed to satisfy the deeper sense that I was meant for more. I struggled with pride, self-reliance, and destructive habits I couldn’t seem to break.

In my early twenties, I survived a nearly fatal carbon monoxide accident that doctors called a miracle. That experience planted a question in my mind: maybe there was more to my life than what I had been pursuing. Years later, through a simple conversation with a pastor who shared the gospel, I came face to face with the truth that Jesus was the “more” I had been searching for all along.

Following Christ didn’t suddenly make life easy, but it gave me a foundation I never had before — peace where there had been striving, and purpose where there had been pressure. And He’s still reshaping me every day.

One of the clearest places I’ve seen that change is in my marriage. My wife Ashley and I were married in May 2025, and being her husband continues to teach me what it means to love sacrificially, lead humbly, and die to myself. I don’t do that perfectly, but I’m learning what it looks like to follow Christ not just in theory, but in how I live.

I started Integrate because I know I’m not the only man who has felt stuck, unsatisfied, or unsure of his purpose. Many of us claim faith on Sunday but struggle to live it out the rest of the week, especially in our work. My heart is to walk alongside men who are in that tension. I haven’t arrived — I’m simply committed to pursuing Christ and growing alongside other men instead of trying to figure it out alone.