About The Rooted & Raw Journal

Rooted in truth. Honest about life. Learning what it means to care for people well.

Reflections on biblical care, spiritual formation, holistic wellness, and the slow work of becoming. Writing shaped by counseling, teaching, and everyday life.

Rooted & Raw started as a counseling practice. It has grown into this.

This is where I think out loud. About what I am seeing as a biblical counselor. About what I am learning as a professor. About what it means to care for the whole person while remaining rooted in the truth of Scripture.

It is not theory apart from practice. It is theology tested in conversation, in real stories, and in the real life tension of the now and the not yet.

I am grateful you are here.