Becoming theologically anchored and emotionally healthy, so we can love and disciple others well.
I write and podcast for Christians who want to faithfully represent Jesus but keep running into the real challenges, inside and out, of living a genuine faith. If you want the real thing and not just religion, you’re in good company here.
A welcome from Asher
I’m still learning this too.
I live in Cañon City, Colorado, with my wife, Teresa, and our six kids. Over the years we’ve helped plant a church in Los Angeles, served overseas, and walked through more than one season where following Jesus felt a lot harder than the sermons made it sound.
For a long time I thought I had a pretty good handle on faith. I knew the right answers. Only, knowing the right answers didn’t keep me from burning out, or from discovering I’d been living with depression for years without a name for it. What changed things was slower work: going back to Scripture with real questions, getting help for the parts of me I’d ignored, and letting a few trusted people walk with me.
That’s what this space is for. I share what I’m learning here, and I host a community for people who want to do that work together.
Everything here grows from three roots.
Theologically anchored
Beliefs and actions firmly rooted in a consistent, well-defined understanding of Jesus as revealed through the Scriptures.
Explore theology → TwoEmotionally healthy
The self-awareness and fortitude to process emotions in a way that fosters inner peace, healthy relating, and personal growth.
Explore emotional health → ThreeLove and disciple others well
Selflessly seeking another’s wellbeing through kindness, empathy, and truth, with the same grace God extends to us.
Explore loving well →Don’t try to grow alone.
The articles and episodes are free. The Unfeigned Christianity community is where they turn into real formation: real conversation, mentorship, and people walking the same road with you.
It’s shaped as a journey, so you can start wherever you are today.
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Recent writing.
What Shame Hides: Finding Healing in Our Broken Stories
Shame turns ordinary moments into verdicts on our worth. Why brokenness, not looking whole, is the healthy response, and what it means for our…
Awareness Fatigue, Abuse, and the Courage to Investigate
When someone raises a concern, why do we so often turn on the person instead? On abuse, cover-up, a BMA petition, and why leaders…
When the One Who Raises Their Hand Becomes the Problem
When someone names abuse in the church, why do we turn on them? A word to church leaders on curiosity, trauma-informed care, and letting…
Live Free: Making Sense of Male Sexuality
Have you ever been told you have a problem with lust because your desire is too weak? Me neither. Usually the answer we hear is more discipline.
But what if your sexual drive is good, something God wants to be powerful within you? And what if living free from lust has more to do with cultivating greater desire than with restraining it?
You don't have to do this alone.
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