Coffee and the Cross: Love, Life & Money
Coffee and the Cross is a podcast for everyday Christian men who are trying to live out their faith in the real world—marriage, work, money, leadership, and the quiet pressures no one talks about.
This isn’t a show for pastors, theologians, or men who have it all figured out. It’s a down-to-earth, Jesus-centered conversation for blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth men who love God but still wrestle with fear, exhaustion, responsibility, and doubt.
Each episode feels like sitting down over coffee and talking honestly about:
- faith when you’re tired but still showing up
- money anxiety and the pressure to provide
- marriage in the middle miles
- leadership without control
- prayer when you don’t feel spiritual
- trusting Jesus in everyday life
If you’re looking for real talk, biblical truth without hype, and faith that actually works Monday through Saturday, you’re in the right place.
Coffee and the Cross exists to help men bring the gospel into real life—without shame, without pretending, and without shallow answers.
Pull up a chair. Grab a cup of coffee. Let’s walk this out together.
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Coffee and the Cross: Love, Life & Money
Authentic Manhood | BK 2 Ch 1 | Looking Back
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LOOKING BACK
- EVERYMAN has a story
- All too often, men don’t know how to deal with their hurts, hopes and emotions.
- But by looking back, every guy has been shaped nbc key moments in his life
- Too many guys are driven by the events in their past that they don’t understand.
- To be a real man, you have to look back and figure out what has shaped you.
- We will be uncovering somer sacred topics. But they are topics we need to tackle ignorer to move forward.
- So… what we need to do is take a balanced approach to analyzing our past.
- Remember the manhood definition.
- Reject passivity
- Accept responsibility
- Lead courageously
- Invest eternally
We are going to take the initiative to look back on our lives.
Now.. the concept of wounds. Understanding that the deepest wounds that men can experience are not physical wounds, but are wounds of the soul. The natural instinct is to simply pretend they’re not there. Thats not good. You know some guys compensate for the pain by learning not to feel. We put a lid on the wound. But they keep coming up when we lease expect it.
The definition of wound in this series is: Any unresolved issue where a lack of closure adversely impacts and shapes the direction and dynamics of a mans life now.
Here’s the bottom line guys. God is the author of your life. Romans 8:28 says, And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Think about your history… your past. Is there any reason you would hesitate to look back at the defining moment and key relationships in your life?
Do you tend to blame your past or ignore your past? Why might you do that? I want to encourage you to reach out and ask God to help you work through any past wounds, and find a small group of men to help walk with you.
Steve is married to his High School sweetheart Becky and they have four amazing kids and 4 equally amazing grand-kids.
Steve's prayer is to encourage men in their everyday lives, give them hope and direction to be Godly men, better husbands and better fathers.
I remember hearing the devotional every morning on the radio before school. But… If we heard Robert Cook saying, "Walk with the king today and be a blessing." we knew it was time to run, not walk out the door to catch the bus
