**Jason Petty, aka Propaganda**, poet and activist, offers a brilliant dissertation on **identity.** We naturally take on our identity from our tribal affiliations (family, neighborhood, culture), yet he realized his definition of masculinity was nothing more than misogyny and patriarchy. As a m...

**Willie Alfonso**, chaplain of the New York Yankees, has a story that shows the power of God's redemptive grace, especially considering his upbringing. He was abused, abandoned, homeless, addicted, and rejected, yet God rescued him. A **transformation** such as Willie's can only happen through t...

**Sam and Emmanuel Acho**, NFL players, felt like everything they worked for was crumbling around them. There's a destructive myth that figuring things out on our own is our safest and best option. Underneath this is pride ("I don't need you"), and fear ("I don't want to be judged by you"), which...

**Jerry Quiroz,** professional soccer player, came to a crossroads in his life. God opened his eyes so he could see how his dream of becoming a star soccer player had become a self-destructive idol. Anything that is more important to us than God, that absorbs our heart more than God, that we seek...

**Clint Bruce,** US Navy Seal, helps us tie this whole series together by likening it to a *ridgeline.* A ridgeline is the place to celebrate the letting go of old ground and **reloading** to advance into new ground. To be one of the "elite" that get to the ridgeline, you have to make tremendous ...