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I Built That Fence: A Memoir of Grace, Redemption, and the Choices That Define Us
I Built That A Memoir of Grace, Redemption, and the Choices That Define UsWhat happens when a pastor's son builds a fence between faith and rebellion, then spends years falling off both sides?
In this gripping memoir, the author takes readers on a raw, unflinching journey from childhood faith through devastating falls to miraculous redemption. Starting as a basketball-obsessed twelve-year-old in a pastor's home, he chronicles how boredom, betrayal by a youth pastor, and teenage rebellion led him to construct an invisible fence one side representing the safe path of faith and family values, the other beckoning with excitement and dangerous freedom.
What follows is a harrowing five high schools in eighteen months, drug dealing, two suicide attempts, and a catastrophic car accident that should have killed him. Thrown eighty feet through a closed truck window, a physical impossibility that defies explanation, he awakens from a two-week coma to begin an unlikely journey toward redemption.
But grace, he discovers, operates in the most unexpected places. When his pregnant wife Shannon suffers her own devastating accident, landing in the ICU where she gives birth while unconscious, their story captures national media attention. Through crisis after crisis—brain injuries, financial struggles, and eventually his father's battle with brain cancer the author learns that some fences aren't meant to be balanced upon but torn down entirely.
Written with the hard-won wisdom of someone who has stared into the abyss and lived to talk about it, "I Built That Fence" offers hope to anyone who has ever felt too far gone for redemption.
This memoir is perfect
Parents watching their children navigate dangerous choicesAnyone wrestling with addiction or past traumaThose seeking authentic faith in an often-disappointing worldReaders looking for compelling recovery storiesIt's a testament to the persistent nature of grace, the power of community during crisis, and the truth that our worst choices can become the raw materials for our greatest transformation.
This is more than a recovery story it's a blueprint for recognizing the fences we all build between safety and risk, between faith and doubt, between who we are and who we could become.
The fence may be of our own construction, but we don't have to fall alone. And by the grace of God, we don't have to stay down.
"Compelling, honest, and ultimately hopeful, 'I Built That Fence' reminds us that no fall is too far, no choice too destructive, and no life too broken for grace to redeem."
Download now and discover that redemption is always possible.
In this gripping memoir, the author takes readers on a raw, unflinching journey from childhood faith through devastating falls to miraculous redemption. Starting as a basketball-obsessed twelve-year-old in a pastor's home, he chronicles how boredom, betrayal by a youth pastor, and teenage rebellion led him to construct an invisible fence one side representing the safe path of faith and family values, the other beckoning with excitement and dangerous freedom.
What follows is a harrowing five high schools in eighteen months, drug dealing, two suicide attempts, and a catastrophic car accident that should have killed him. Thrown eighty feet through a closed truck window, a physical impossibility that defies explanation, he awakens from a two-week coma to begin an unlikely journey toward redemption.
But grace, he discovers, operates in the most unexpected places. When his pregnant wife Shannon suffers her own devastating accident, landing in the ICU where she gives birth while unconscious, their story captures national media attention. Through crisis after crisis—brain injuries, financial struggles, and eventually his father's battle with brain cancer the author learns that some fences aren't meant to be balanced upon but torn down entirely.
Written with the hard-won wisdom of someone who has stared into the abyss and lived to talk about it, "I Built That Fence" offers hope to anyone who has ever felt too far gone for redemption.
This memoir is perfect
Parents watching their children navigate dangerous choicesAnyone wrestling with addiction or past traumaThose seeking authentic faith in an often-disappointing worldReaders looking for compelling recovery storiesIt's a testament to the persistent nature of grace, the power of community during crisis, and the truth that our worst choices can become the raw materials for our greatest transformation.
This is more than a recovery story it's a blueprint for recognizing the fences we all build between safety and risk, between faith and doubt, between who we are and who we could become.
The fence may be of our own construction, but we don't have to fall alone. And by the grace of God, we don't have to stay down.
"Compelling, honest, and ultimately hopeful, 'I Built That Fence' reminds us that no fall is too far, no choice too destructive, and no life too broken for grace to redeem."
Download now and discover that redemption is always possible.
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Published August 19, 2025
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