It doesn't always have to be loud.
I help people live out their faith at work, talk about Jesus with the people they already know, and wrestle with the questions that come up along the way.
I'm Jake. I live in Orange County with my wife Kinsey and our four kids. My number is (858) 291-2054. Text me.
If any of this sounds like you, text me.
If you work somewhere and you want to be a better friend to your coworkers.
You've thought about how to talk about Jesus with the people you see every day, but it always feels weird or forced. That's most of what I work on. No scripts, no awkward openers, no making it your whole personality. Just figuring out how to actually befriend people and be the one they come to with the honest questions.
If you run a business and you want it to reflect your faith.
Some of it is quiet: how you treat your team, how you make decisions, how you handle a hard call. Some of it is loud. Both are valid. Let's talk about what fits your team.
If you have hard questions and nowhere safe to ask them.
About the Bible, suffering, science, the church, your own doubts. I'd rather hear the real questions than have you sit on them. I don't have every answer, but I've wrestled with most of the big ones and I know where the honest evidence is.
If church feels flat and you're not sure why.
You're not crazy and you're not alone. Church is a means to a mission, not the mission itself. If you're ready to stop watching from a pew and start living what we've actually been invited into, that's the conversation I love most.
Want to talk?
Text me, or leave a voicemail. I aim for coffee in person if you're in Orange County. I have a wife and four kids, so I'll usually get back to you within a day or two.
I've had hundreds of these conversations. Coworkers, neighbors, parents at pickup, strangers on planes. Yours is welcome too.
Not ready to text?
Read what I write every Monday at Having Killer Conversations. Short notes for people who want to get better at talking about faith in real life.
About
I'm Jake. I live in Orange County with my wife Kinsey and our four kids. I follow Jesus, and most of what I do flows from one conviction: faith isn't a Sunday compartment, it's how you show up Monday through Friday.
My day job is leading Search OC, a ministry built around creating safe places for people to ask honest questions about God. I write Having Killer Conversations every Monday for people who want to get better at talking about faith in real life.
Mostly though, I just like helping people figure this stuff out one conversation at a time. That's why my phone number is on this page.
Writing, start here
If you want a feel for how I think, start here.
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How to Share Your Faith with Friends and Still Have Friends
A practical guide to talking about Jesus with people you actually like, without losing the friendship.
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The Second Question
Most spiritual conversations die at the surface. Here's the small move that takes them deeper.
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How to Have Killer Conversations
The story of why this newsletter exists, and why every conversation deserves your full attention.
Read the rest at Having Killer Conversations.