The Balanced Male Podcast
1) Ep 211 Every Hero Has a Conflict: What Katt Williams, Donald Miller, and the Hero’s Journey taught me about resilience.
Sometimes the hardest seasons are the ones that make us. In this episode, I share a story I’ve never told publicly, the moment everything I’d worked for almost came undone during my student teaching. ...Show More
2) EP 210 Coffee Mug Theology: How we turned ancient hope into a slogan and what we lost along the way.
We love verses like Jeremiah 29:11. You know, the ones that promise a future and a hope. They’re comforting, clean, easy to print on a mug or a graduation card. But what happens when life doesn’t mat...Show More
3) EP 209 Slaying Dragons, Finding Bliss: Rethinking the dragon, the prize, and what it means to follow your bliss.
We grow up on stories that tell us life is about slaying the dragon and winning the prize. Disney fairytales, men’s groups, even church slogans repeat the same script: the battle is always “out there....Show More
4) EP 208 Into the Void: What Thunderbolts, Robin Williams, and Jesus Teach Us About Empathy
In this episode, I step into the shadows with Marvel’s Thunderbolts, a story of misfits, scars, and the power of presence. From Sentry’s battle with the Void to Yelena’s moment of recognition, the fil...Show More
5) EP 207 Golden Buzzer Gospel: Finding Joy, Awe, and Belonging in the Most Unexpected Places
What do you do when the world feels too heavy? When you're tired, discouraged, or just numb from the noise? If you're me… you watch America’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer moments on YouTube.And you cry. E...Show More
6) EP 206 The Village Is Sick: Grief, Belonging, and the Possibility of Healing Together
Sometimes a song finds you when you need it most. I had never heard Wrabel’s “The Village” until I stumbled across a dance group performing to it on Britain’s Got Talent. What started as a quick break...Show More
7) EP 205 Comfort, Not Bruises: God’s Discipline, Parenting, and Why Spanking Only Breeds Domestication
This episode started as a response to something I heard on a Christian podcast about God’s discipline. The words weren’t new, I’ve heard the same script my whole life, but they brought back memories o...Show More
8) EP 204 Off the Island: Thomas Merton, Mirrors, and Learning to Affirm Others
In this episode, I sit with the words of Thomas Merton, an American Trappist monk, writer, and mystic whose reflections on faith, identity, and community continue to resonate decades after his death. ...Show More
9) EP 203 Sanitizing Our Heroes: What We Lose When We File Down the Edges of Truth
I was on a plane recently watching the new Bob Dylan movie when a scene with Pete Seeger stopped me in my tracks. Why in the world would a folk singer be in court over a song? That moment opened up a ...Show More
10) EP 202: Who’s Right? And is that even the right question anymore?
This episode started with a reel: Two pastors, loud and confident, claiming they were standing in the footsteps of Jesus by resisting culture and government control. And while I disagreed with their ...Show More