By day I'm the general manager of a car dealership in Minnesota. On a lot of nights and weekends I'm with the fire department, where I help with training, equipment, and the calls nobody wants to get. Somewhere in between I'm a husband, a dad, and a guy who speaks at churches and events a handful of times a year.

I’m a layman, not a pastor. I read my Bible and get it wrong plenty. I spent most of my life trying harder when what I needed was to be closer.

The book came out of one ordinary afternoon when my four-year-old daughter was watering a thistle behind the house because she thought it was a flower. It was thriving, because she watered it every day.

That’s the question this whole site is built around: what are you watering?