My Story
“I’ve always believed that stories—especially sacred ones—aren’t just meant to be read. They’re meant to be lived, wrestled with, and passed on.”
I grew up in Coachella, California, and went on to earn a double bachelor’s degree in Theology and Philosophy. My journey has taken me through seminary halls and parish chapels, where I discovered not just doctrine, but drama—where the lives of the saints and the life of Christ became not just teachings, but stories I longed to share.
My first book, In the Shadow of the Cross, began as a parish play and grew into a prayer of light and shadow—a Passion retold not in spectacle, but in stillness and reverence.
My second, Blessed Are the Pure, was written for those who still dare to believe in virtue—those who feel the tension of the culture and long for something clearer, deeper, and more true.
And if you’ve come this far, maybe that’s you.
While the world increasingly claims the month of June to celebrate pride, I felt called to reclaim it—not in protest, but in witness. Not as a condemnation of people, but as a celebration of purity. Not a loud rebuttal, but a quiet procession of saints.
Blessed Are the Pure began with a simple question:
What if we filled June with the lives of those who chose chastity—not only in body, but in heart, intention, and purpose?
What if each day echoed not with slogans, but with stories of virtue that challenge, illuminate, and inspire?
This book was born from that desire. It is both a devotional and a declaration: that purity is not repression—it is strength. That chastity is not shame—it is clarity. And that in a time of confusion, the lives of the saints still speak, still shine, and still show us how to live freely under the gaze of God.
This is not a book of rules.
It is a book of love—love that is disciplined, intentional, and rooted in the heart of Christ.
If it stirs something in you, it is because it was written from the same place.
But my work does not end with devotional writing.
I also write fiction—most notably the growing Toll Booth Universe, a collection of interconnected stories centered around mysterious toll booths that trade something intangible—memory, identity, desire—for passage to moments in time and space. These stories explore the deeper questions of the human heart: what we long for, what we are willing to give up, and whether we truly understand the cost of either.
Different in form, but not in purpose.
Whether through reflection or story, the goal remains the same: to illuminate truth.
I don’t write because I have all the answers—I write because the saints did. They have shown me that holiness is often quiet, often costly, and always worth the price. So I offer what I can as a kind of lantern on the path, lit not by my own words, but by the ones I’ve received.
We are all walking toward the same Cross.
And there is still room in the shadow for one more soul.
Beyond my books and fiction, I write weekly through Salt & Light—where faith preserves and illumines.
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