Malachi is a graduate of the Rise Discipleship home. Before he got there, his whole life ran on one thing: respect. "It was all about being the biggest one out there, the hardest one out there. I wanted everyone to know me, all eyes on me." He got it, too. And then he found out it was hollow. "After I got it all, there was no feeling. It wasn't that, oh my gosh, yeah. It was nothing." The Day His Mom Just Knew It ended the morning he pulled up to school. His mom felt something in her spirit,...

Circumstances change. People change. A 15-year-old is not a 50-year-old. I get that. But how God works, how the Bible works, how addiction works, those principles stay the same. And after 15 years and thousands of conversations, the same questions come up over and over from parents, spouses, and siblings trying to help someone break free. One thing before the questions. Recovery homes, programs, accountability, all of it is vital. But I've watched people give up and lose hope, and when that...

Over the last 15 years, I've had hundreds of conversations with families in crisis. Parents fighting to get a child into the program. Kids trying to get a parent in. Siblings fighting for someone they love. And the question I hear more than any other is this: How do you know when someone is ready, and how do you convince them to get help? Because everyone can see it, except the one person who actually needs it. People will tell you two things about that. Both are half-true. Let me push back...