by David Cote | Jun 4, 2025 | Faith, Legacy & Fatherhood, Mind & Identity
Spiritual leadership? I’m still figuring it out. No one handed me a manual when I became a husband or dad. No checklist. No script. Just the weight of responsibility and a quiet sense that I didn’t want to screw this up. And honestly, some days I feel like I’m getting...
by David Cote | Jun 3, 2025 | Faith, Mind & Identity
When we met, I didn’t have a lot going for me.No real money. No clear direction. I wasn’t walking closely with God. I was just surviving. Treading water in life. Masking pain more than building anything solid or meaningful. But somehow, she saw something...
by David Cote | Jun 3, 2025 | Discipline, Faith, Mind & Identity
Let me be straight with you: You will never shame yourself into becoming the man God made you to be. I tried. Hard. For years. I thought if I felt guilty enough about my failures, I’d finally fix them. If I beat myself up long enough, maybe I’d wake up one day and...
by David Cote | Jun 2, 2025 | Addiction & Escape, Faith, Mind & Identity
There was a time when I didn’t want to face God. Not because I didn’t believe in Him—but because I didn’t feel worthy to even approach Him. And if I’m being honest, that feeling still shows up sometimes. Even now, as I grow in faith and walk closer with Christ, there...
by David Cote | May 30, 2025 | Addiction & Escape, Faith, Mind & Identity
I got saved when I was just a kid. Third grade, maybe. Life was rough—poor family, moving all the time, barely scraping by. But there was a church that stepped in. They gave us a house. A little blue one off a dirt road. Every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and...
by David Cote | May 30, 2025 | Addiction & Escape, Discipline, Mind & Identity
If you’ve ever looked in the mirror and thought, “Why can’t I just get it together? Why am I so lazy?” — you’re not alone. But I want to push back on something: You’re not lazy. You’re tired. You’re wounded. You’re overloaded. You’re surviving. And deep...