Why I Hope You'll Subscribe

I’m not here to tell you what to think. I want to tell stories.

Mine, mostly.

I’m still sorting this out.

I’ve spent most of my life inside the church—loving it, working in it, and being shaped by it. And somewhere along the way I found myself outside it, or at least outside where I was, trying to figure out what’s true and what I actually believe and what wholeness even means.

I’m writing because I think I’ve found some things worth sharing. And I’m nowhere near done. I’d love for you to come along, push back, change my mind, tell me what I’m missing.

And I’d love for you to celebrate with me.

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Who I Am

I’m Mike Davis. I grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia. I was a typical white-upper-middle-class-SUV-driving-Southern-Baptist. I accepted Christ at eight years old and meant it. In seventh grade I accepted a call to ministry. I meant that too. I was in the adult choir and the first teenager to have a church credit card issued to them.

I spent nearly twenty years working in ministry, most of it at one of the largest churches in the country. I got an MDiv from Fuller Seminary in 2020. I’ve been married for twenty years to my favorite person. I have two kids I’d do anything for (including fight you if you say they are not the best kids in the world). I currently live in Atlanta.

I also struggled with depression throughout my childhood, and the church caught me when I was falling. All the heroes of my early life are Christians leaders, and to this day I’m thankful for them all (and likely still here only because of their interventions). Some of the most important moments of my life happened there. I am who I am in part because of what the church gave me.

Something shifted. I'm still working out what to call it. I'm more myself than I've ever been, and I think that's worth writing about. I'm still here, still grateful for where I came from, and genuinely unsure where I'm going. Come find out with me.

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Say something. The comments are open. I mean it when I say I want you to push back, ask questions, tell me where I'm wrong. That's not a disclaimer — it's the whole point. Come be part of the conversation.

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