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 | Book 2 CH 4 | Healing
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Think about it. We are all broken and need some kind of healing. But we can't do it alone. We are made for community. Think about it... Jesus took 12 men with him on his journey. Why do we try to go it alone. We need to find our community.
Start with a mentor: If you don't have a mentor FIND ONE, here's how:
- Identify someone you respect and ask them
- Set realistic expectations. They may say no for a ton of reasons that have nothing to do with you and that's OK
- Remember, he is a mentor, not your dad. Don't expect him to fill that void in your life
- Develop a plan for your meetings: How often, How will the be structured?
- Do some activities together: hunting, fishing, camping, golfing
Pray for God to send you some teammates into your life
Spend quality time together and seek to go deeper conversationally. Avoid the surface level conversations.
Learn to ask meaningful questions....
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 18:1 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgement.
Proverbs 13:20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
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
