TheFather’s Path

Who this is for

Most fathers live with a quiet, ongoing tension. On one side is the desire to do this well. On the other is the daily reality — work that keeps demanding more, energy that runs short, and a nagging sense that you’re managing your household instead of leading it.

This book doesn’t pretend that tension away. It walks straight through the first five books of the Bible and asks one question the whole way: what does God actually say about the kind of father a man is called to be?

You don’t need to be a pastor or a theologian to read it. You need to be willing to open Scripture and be honest about what you find.

Written with these men in mind

• The dad who’s present but not leading. You show up, you provide, you’re there — and you still have the nagging sense that the spiritual part of your household is somebody else’s job.
• The man whose wife carries the faith at home. She prays with the kids. She brings up church. You’re grateful for it, and somewhere underneath, you know it was supposed to be both of you.
• The new or expecting father. Starting at Genesis means starting at the beginning — before habits harden and patterns set.
• The father of grown kids. If you’re wondering whether the window has closed, chapter two and the conclusion were written for you specifically.
• Men’s groups and small groups. Five discussion questions and a prayer close every chapter, and there’s a section on working through it together.
• And wives looking for a gift. This isn’t a book that tells a man he’s failing. It’s written by one who was, honestly, in the middle of figuring it out himself.

Where the path leads

The Father’s Path walks the whole Bible in order — five volumes, book by book, from Genesis to Revelation. Every volume stands on its own. Together they trace one question across a man’s entire life.

1. Vol. I
   Releasing 2026

   Foundations

   The Books of Moses — Genesis through Deuteronomy. The assignment a father was given, the first failures, and the mercy that kept working through both.

2. Vol. II
   In progress

   The Historical Books

   Joshua stepping into a role he didn’t choose. Gideon leading from deep insecurity. Eli’s passivity with his own sons. David’s failures as a father set beside his real heart for God.

3. Vol. III
   Planned

   The Wisdom Literature

   The inner life of a father — his fear, his fatigue, his need for a wisdom he didn’t manufacture himself. Job, Psalms, and what Proverbs actually says about raising a son.

4. Vol. IV
   Planned

   The Prophets

   What it costs to lead a household faithfully inside a culture in open rebellion — and the promise the Old Testament closes on: hearts of fathers turned back to their children.

5. Vol. V
   Planned

   The New Testament

   The perfect Son living out perfect trust in a perfect Father. The pattern completed — and made available to every imperfect father who turns to Him.

Why I wrote this

I’m not a pastor. I’m not a theologian. I’m a dad with four kids, a long commute, and a schedule that mostly runs me.

The past year was a hard one. Money got tight. My dad died. My wife and I took on a project that ate most of what we had left. Somewhere in the middle of all of it I noticed something I didn’t like: I had stopped leading my household and started just managing it. Getting everyone where they needed to be. Keeping the schedule from collapsing. Calling that leadership.

The commute is where it caught up with me. Two hours a day alone in a car eventually turned into two hours of praying, and the praying turned into a question I didn’t have a good answer for — what am I actually leading these people toward?

So I went looking. Not in parenting books. In Scripture, start to finish, asking one thing the whole way: what does God actually say about the kind of father I’m supposed to be?

What I found was uncomfortable. I saw where I’d been passive. Where I’d let my wife carry the spiritual weight of our home while I told myself it was covered. Where I’d confused providing with protecting. And I caught myself asking the question I think a lot of men ask quietly: is it too late for me to start? Will my family think it’s strange if I change now?

I’m wired so that once something matters to me, I go all the way in. The research became notes. The notes became chapters. The chapters became this.

So I’ll be honest with you about what this is. I’m not standing on the other side of it telling you how I fixed my family. I’m still in it, working it out, writing down what I find as I go.

This series isn’t written from the finish line. It’s written from the middle of the road.

If that’s where you are too, you’re in the right place.