My Books

These books were written to help people explore faith honestly, understand Scripture more deeply, and discover what it means to follow Christ in everyday life. They aren’t built around quick answers or shallow encouragement, but around the belief that faith should shape the way we think, live, struggle, grow, and relate to the people around us.

Whether you’re beginning to ask questions about God, returning to faith after time away, or looking for a deeper and more practical understanding of what you already believe, you’re welcome here. Each book is an invitation to examine faith carefully, confront difficult questions honestly, and take the next step toward a life grounded in truth.

Practical Christianity

Book 1 of 5

Pages: 284

Faith can’t stand long on a weak foundation.

Many Christians know the right words. They’ve heard the sermons, read the verses, repeated the phrases, and learned the language of faith. Yet when pressure comes, when relationships fracture, when temptation returns, when suffering exposes what’s hidden, many discover that recognition isn’t the same as formation.

Foundations is the first volume in the Practical Christianity series, a five-book journey through discipleship, spiritual formation, obedience, endurance, and eternity.

This book doesn’t offer shallow encouragement or quick religious answers. It returns to the core realities of the Christian life: forgiveness, faith, love, repentance, fellowship, discipleship, worship, wisdom, obedience, humility, stewardship, holiness, justice, mercy, grace, prayer, identity in Christ, spiritual warfare, temptation, endurance, fruitfulness, and hope.

Each chapter is written to move beyond information into formation. The goal isn’t simply to explain Christian truth, but to help the reader examine whether that truth has taken root deeply enough to shape daily life.

A strong structure can only stand on a strong foundation.

The same is true of the Christian life.

Whether you are new to the faith or have walked with Christ for decades, Foundations invites you to slow down, examine what lies beneath the surface, and begin building a faith capable of enduring every season of life.


Book 2 of 5

Pages: 311

God is not merely improving your behavior. He is transforming you.

Most people want the finished product. Few want the process that creates it.

We admire courage, patience, wisdom, faithfulness, and perseverance. We celebrate men and women whose character remains steady when life becomes difficult. Yet those qualities are not inherited. They are forged.

The Forged Soul is the second volume in the Practical Christianity series, a five-book journey through discipleship, spiritual formation, obedience, endurance, and eternity.

This book explores the refining work God performs within every believer. Through seasons of growth, correction, discipline, surrender, and spiritual formation, God shapes His people into the image of Christ. This process is rarely comfortable and seldom quick, but it is essential to becoming who He created us to be.

Drawing from Scripture and practical application, The Forged Soul examines the often-overlooked realities of sanctification, exposing the difference between outward religion and inward transformation.

The Christian life is not simply about believing the right things. It is about becoming the person God is forming you to be.

The fire is not evidence that God has abandoned you. Sometimes it is evidence that He is still at work.

Whether you are experiencing growth, struggle, correction, or renewal, The Forged Soul invites you to discover how God uses every season of life to shape a faith that is genuine, enduring, and transformed.


Book 3 of 5

Pages: 373

The true strength of a foundation is not revealed on sunny days.

It is revealed during the storm.

It’s easy to trust God when the path is clear. It’s easy to believe when prayers are answered quickly. It’s easy to speak about faith when life is comfortable.

But every believer eventually faces seasons of uncertainty, suffering, disappointment, temptation, loss, and trial. Those moments don’t merely challenge faith. They reveal it.

Under Pressure is the third volume in the Practical Christianity series, a five-book journey through discipleship, spiritual formation, obedience, endurance, and eternity.

Throughout Scripture, God repeatedly uses difficulty to refine His people, strengthen their faith, expose hidden weaknesses, and draw them closer to Himself. Through biblical examination and practical application, this volume explores how believers can endure seasons of pressure without surrendering to fear, bitterness, despair, or compromise.

Faith that has never been tested remains largely unproven. Faith that endures pressure becomes something far stronger.

The pressure you face today may be preparing you for responsibilities you cannot yet see.

The trial may not be evidence that God has abandoned you.

It may be evidence that He is preparing you.

Whether you find yourself in a season of hardship, uncertainty, waiting, or struggle, Under Pressure offers a biblical perspective on enduring life’s greatest challenges while remaining firmly anchored in Christ.


Book 4 of 5

Pages: 327

Every generation faces a choice.

Will we be shaped by the world around us, or by the God who created us?

The pressure to conform is not new. The values, priorities, and beliefs of every age stand in constant tension with the truth of God. While the names and circumstances change, the challenge remains the same.

Confronting the World is the fourth volume in the Practical Christianity series, a five-book journey through discipleship, spiritual formation, obedience, endurance, and eternity.

Faith was never intended to be hidden. It was meant to be lived.

From questions of truth and morality to influence, leadership, service, and witness, this book explores what it means to live as a disciple of Christ in a culture that often moves in the opposite direction.

Scripture calls believers to stand firm without becoming self-righteous, to speak truth without abandoning love, and to remain faithful without withdrawing from the people God has called them to reach.

The goal is not isolation.

The goal is faithful presence.

Every believer will leave a mark on the world around them. The only question is what kind of mark it will be.

Whether you are navigating cultural pressure, difficult conversations, opposition, leadership, influence, or everyday opportunities to reflect Christ, Confronting the World offers a biblical framework for living faithfully in a world that desperately needs truth, grace, and hope.


Book 5 of 5

Pages: 458

Every story begins with a question.

Why are we here?

For generations, humanity has wrestled with questions of purpose, meaning, creativity, progress, suffering, death, and eternity. We build civilizations, create technologies, pursue knowledge, and leave our mark on the world, yet the deepest questions remain.

What were we created to become?

To understand where we are going, we must first understand where we came from.

Creation, Innovation, and Eternity is the fifth and final volume in the Practical Christianity series, bringing together the themes of creation, human purpose, stewardship, innovation, culture, mortality, and the eternal kingdom of God.

These are not disconnected subjects. They form a unified story that begins in Genesis and culminates in the restoration of all things. Throughout Scripture, God reveals not only who He is, but also who mankind was created to be and how our lives fit within His larger plan.

The Christian life is not merely preparation for death.

It is preparation for eternity.

The story of Scripture does not end with escape.

It ends with restoration.

The God who created the heavens and the earth has not abandoned His creation. He is redeeming it, renewing it, and preparing a future greater than anything humanity could build for itself.

Whether you are wrestling with questions of purpose, innovation, culture, mortality, or eternity, Creation, Innovation, and Eternity invites you to step back and view the Christian life through the lens of God’s complete story—from creation to new creation.


About the Publisher

These books are published by House of the Broken Bread, an independent publishing company committed to producing thoughtful, practical works that encourage readers to explore faith, confront difficult questions, and grow in truth.

Visit House of the Broken Bread to learn more about the publisher, its mission, and future releases.

Who am I?

I’ve walked a path I didn’t ask for, guided by a God I can’t ignore. I don’t wear titles well—writer, teacher, leader—they fit like borrowed armor. But I know this: I’ve bled truth onto a page, challenged what I was told to swallow, and led only because I refused to follow where I couldn’t see Christ.

I don’t see greatness in the mirror. I see someone ordinary, shaped by pain and made resilient through it. I’m not above anyone. I’m not below anyone. I’m just trying to live what I believe and document the war inside so others know they aren’t alone.

If you’re looking for polished answers, you won’t find them here.
But if you’re looking for honesty, tension, paradox, and a relentless pursuit of truth,
you’re in the right place.

If you’re unsure of what path to follow or disillusioned with the world today and are willing to walk with me along this path I follow, you’ll never be alone. Everyone is welcome and invited to participate as much as they feel comfortable with.

Now, welcome home. I’m Don.

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