200 Books, 1 Purpose
A Gospel Centered Mission for Coaches, Fathers, and Young Athletes
Across the country, a quiet crisis is shaping the lives of young men. More than 18 million children in the United States live without a biological, step, or adoptive father at home. In African American communities, that number rises to over 60%. Fatherlessness affects everything—identity, confidence, discipline, and a young man’s sense of belonging. Coaches often become the only consistent male voice in their lives, stepping into roles they were never formally prepared for. My own story was shaped on courts and fields where my coach was also my father. His discipline, expectations, and belief in me helped form the man I would become. Some lessons were hard to receive as a teenager, but they became the foundation God used to shape my character, my faith, and my calling. Over time, I came to see that God was fathering me through every moment—through my dad, through coaches, through hardship, and through grace. For the past year, I’ve been sharing this story with teams, students, families, and recovery groups. I’ve given each person who heard me a free copy of my book, Dad Gospels. While past partners have helped make that possible, I am in need of additional support moving forward. The message remains simple: God is your Father and nothing in your story is wasted. I have two upcoming speaking engagements focused on reaching coaches, fathers, and young men with this gospel centered message. Before I step into those rooms, I want the message to already be present. I’m inviting a small circle of supporters to help place 200 copies of Dad Gospels into the hands of students, fathers, and coaches. Not as promotion, but as preparation —so they can be encouraged and reminded that what feels small or unseen is still being shaped by God. If this resonates with you, I’d be grateful for your partnership. Whether you purchase one book or several, it helps put truth where it’s needed most.
Dad Gospels" is Hillbilly Elegy meets Dreams from My Father—but told through the bruised knuckles of the Gospel. It’s a parable in cleats, a memoir in psalms, a spiritual coming-of-age story forged in the fire of a father's discipline and the whisper of a heavenly Coach.
Like J.D. Vance’s Appalachian reckoning and Barack Obama’s search for paternal meaning, Dad Gospels explores the raw formation of identity—except this time, the lens is unapologetically Christian. This book isn’t afraid to name pain or laugh at it. It tells the story of what it’s like to grow up under tough love that felt more like war than nurture—and yet discover, years later, that the war made you a warrior.
It’s for coaches and sons. For addicts and athletes. For anyone who ever mistook correction for rejection. It asks: What if the very blows that broke you were also heaven’s blueprint to build you?
This isn’t soft faith. This is theology that trains. Redemption that runs suicides. A Father who doesn’t just forgive—but fortifies. And a son who learns that sometimes the only way to become more than you imagined is to be pushed past what you thought you could endure.
Dad Gospels is not just a story. It’s a strategy. Because sometimes the pain that shaped you was the only language love had—and God was speaking the whole time.
Dad Gospels is Available on Amazon and Kindle, Free for Kindle Unlimited