Found & Crowned

Found & Crowned

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Found & Crowned episodes

  • Who are you God?

    From betrayal to blessing, this episode explores how God turns harm into purpose through the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. I share real-life testimonies of provision, lessons from Taoist wisdom, and the invitation of Jesus Christ in John 4 to receive “living water.” When life tests you, will you trust your own understanding—or surrender to divine grace?


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    9 min
  • If it’s not good, then He’s not done.

    A raw, faith-filled story of addiction, prison, and the fight for redemption. I read a real letter to a judge for a friend incarcerated since 16—9 years behind bars, 500+ books, three Bibles later, still battling change. This episode explores mercy, consequences, repentance, and hope, inspired by Erwin McManus’s idea that the most spiritual act is to choose. Can grace rewrite a life?


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    7 min
  • Prison, Pain, and Purpose: How Losing Control Led Me to Faith

    We all put our faith in something—science, success, ourselves. But what happens when self-reliance leads to anxiety, overthinking, and pain? In this episode, I share how prison stripped away distractions and taught me to trust God, not my own strength. Through Scripture, C.S. Lewis, and personal testimony, discover how surrender brings peace, purpose, and hope—even when life doesn’t make sense.


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    9 min
  • Dead Men Walking: Pain, Repentance, and Waking Up to Real Life

    Have you ever felt like you’re just going through the motions—working, sleeping, waiting for the next event—wondering if this is all life has to offer?


    In this episode, we explore what it means to be a “dead man walking.” Through personal stories, conversations with friends, heartbreak, and reflections on C.S. Lewis’ The Problem of Pain, we examine why suffering has a way of waking us up to reality. As Lewis writes, pain is not an illusion—it is unmasked evil, the moment when we can no longer pretend that something isn’t wrong.


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    7 min
  • Faith in Prison: How Prayer, Grace, and Trust in God Change Everything

    In this episode, I share a deeply personal testimony about faith tested behind bars—how daily prayer, unwavering trust in God, and the wisdom of a woman named Miss K reshaped my understanding of grace. For years, I prayed by name for my judge, prosecutor, and lawyer, believing Proverbs when it says that God turns the hearts of kings according to His will.


    When sentencing day came, mercy met justice in a way I could never have orchestrated myself.

    6 min
  • Chasing the Wind: Career, Envy, and the Quiet Life | A Reflection on Ecclesiastes

    In a world obsessed with success, hustle, and comparison, the book of Ecclesiastes offers a sobering and freeing perspective. In this episode, we reflect on Solomon’s wisdom—how envy often fuels our ambition, why endless striving can feel like chasing the wind, and why quietness may be more valuable than constant achievement.


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    6 min
  • Are All Religion the Same? Christianity, the Bible, and the Story of a God Who Walks With Us

    Is all religion the same? Are all gods interchangeable? And why does Christianity claim something different?


    In this episode, I share my personal journey of discovering faith without growing up in a Christian home—from Catholic school to reading the Bible while incarcerated, and later studying other sacred texts like the Quran and observing Buddhist and Hindu practices during my travels.


    This is not a debate or an attack on other religions. It’s an honest reflection on what I noticed while studying different belief systems: their origins, their teachings, their view of God, and how they shape the way people live. While many religious stories overlap, their essence is not the same.


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    7 min
  • It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set you free

    What does it mean to obey and to be free?


    I found out the hard way that sometimes it’s God making all the wrong things right, especially for those who remain loyal to Him. Of course He prefers obedience. Any sane parent would, but our loving Father continues to love us despite our disobedience, He just always calls us back home.


    And this is ultimately the freedom that Jesus is talking about.


    https://a.co/d/dmGxYMb


    The Prison Psalms Daily Devotionals for more Devos like this.

    6 min
  • The Worst Prison In America

    In this episode, I share what I experienced inside prison when we were in transit from one facility to another. It’s how we lived, survived and ultimately changed our perspective from the worst place we’ve been in our lives that changed us.


    It’s how God uses unlikely places to stretch our capacity to grow and know Him and others more.

    6 min

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