Grace, Grit & Grounds

What started as a simple Friday afternoon project turned into a lesson I won't soon forget. In this episode of Grace, Grit, and Grounds, I return to one of my favorite woods: cedar. There's something special about...

In a world that constantly pushes us to do more, achieve more, and produce more, we've quietly forgotten something important: how to delight in simple things. In this episode of Grace, Grit, and Grounds, I step into the...

Woodworking. Friendship. Faith. A cedar bowl, a hickory tabletop, and a conversation about the people God places in our lives. What if the friendships that have shaped your life were never accidents? In this episode of...

In this episode of Grace, Grit & Grounds, we step into the shop with a simple piece of cedar and a simple plan… and discover again that life rarely asks our permission before changing the script. What started as a small...

There’s something about cedar that keeps calling me back. In this episode of Grace, Grit & Grounds, I head into the shop with a pile of cedar logs, a chainsaw, and a determination to finally figure out why this...

Sometimes the shop isn’t about finishing a project. Sometimes it’s just about showing up. In this episode of Grace, Grit & Grounds, there’s no bowl turning, no polished tutorial, and no pretending to be a master...

Sometimes the best days are the quiet ones. In this episode of Grace, Grit, and Grounds, I turn a simple curly maple bowl with a cauldron-style shape and reflect on slowing down, finding peace in ordinary work, and...

Sometimes the most important work happens before the turning ever begins. In this episode of Grace, Grit & Grounds, we spend time in the quiet preparation stages of the shop. Filling cracks with epoxy, working through...

There are moments when life gets quiet… and the question shows up. What if? What if I had chosen differently? What if I had taken the chance? What if I could turn back time? In this episode of Grace, Grit, and Grounds...

Some mornings, before the world gets loud, God gives us a quiet reminder that we’re still capable of building something good. In this episode of Grace, Grit & Grounds, I step into the shop early with a simple goal...

Some men spend their whole lives believing they are defined by their worst moment. Genesis tells a different story. Before the fall, before the curse, before the sweat and struggle, Adam was given purpose. He was placed...

Some things don’t break all at once… they fade. This piece of spalted wood was already on its way out. Left alone long enough, it would’ve softened, crumbled, and eventually turned to dust. That’s what spalting is… the...

Some projects don’t fail at the end… they reveal what was wrong from the beginning. In this episode, I take a mix of scrap hardwoods and epoxy resin and try to turn it into something meaningful. What started as an...

Some pieces don’t look like much at first. In this episode, I take a discarded board from an Indiana sawmill… something headed for the chip pile… and turn it into a simple plate. But the real story isn’t just in the...

Some cracks don’t show up until you start applying pressure. In this episode, I take a large piece of walnut and begin shaping what I thought would be a simple bowl… only to discover a significant crack along the rim...