Eighteen years ago, I launched a little WordPress site called KCCUPP.COM.
Eighteen years ago, I launched a little WordPress site called KCCUPP.COM.
No grand plan. Just a calling I couldn't shake, to write about Jesus and share what He means to me.
A lot of my early writing wasn't even overtly about Jesus. It was about leadership principles. Self-improvement. Growing into a better version of yourself. I thought I was writing to help others. Looking back, I think God was writing something into me.
The older I get, the more clearly I can see it. Those early years weren't just content. They were God shaping me, humbling me, and drawing me into deeper surrender to Him. What looked like personal development on the outside was sanctification on the inside. He was doing a work in me before He could fully do a work through me.
The road wasn't always forward. There were seasons I stopped writing completely, discouraged, burnt out, wondering if it was even worth it. But every time I stopped, God pushed me back. He wouldn't let me stay silent.
Eighteen years later, I can trace His hand through all of it.
Three books. One road.
2016 — Sponge Leadership
2022 — The Great Exploration: Discovering God's Great Adventure Called Life
2026 — Love Looks Like Murder
A journey that started in self-improvement and continues in surrender. And honestly, the surrender is where the real adventure with Christ begins.
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What I write about now
Most people who follow Jesus don't struggle with belief. They struggle with what comes after. They know what they believe. They just don't know how to live it out when a relationship is falling apart, a decision won't resolve, or the gap between Sunday morning and Monday afternoon feels impossible to close.
That gap is what I write about. Not from above it. From inside it.
I call it Everyday Obedience, the steady, daily choice to die to self so Christ can live more fully in the five areas where life actually happens: your thoughts, relationships, finances, health, and how you contribute to others. It's not about trying harder. It's about surrendering more specifically.
Everything I write is shaped by Scripture, local church life, real conversations with real people, and a conviction that following Jesus costs something but leads to real life. I don't have all the answers. I just refuse to pretend otherwise.
The Circle of Obedience
If something here has named what you've been feeling, the Circle of Obedience is the natural next step. It's an 80-question assessment that moves through the five domains of Everyday Obedience and gives you a clear, honest picture of where you actually are with Jesus right now.
Not a score. Not a verdict. A current picture and a real starting place.
Speaking and coaching
I speak to churches, leaders, and communities hungry for clarity and a deeper alignment between what they believe and how they live. If you're interested in having me speak, I'd love to hear from you.
A note to whoever needs it
Maybe you're in one of those early chapters right now and you don't yet see what God is doing in you. Trust the process and the Author and Perfector of our faith. He is writing something beautiful, even in the seasons that don't look like much yet.
He wastes nothing. Not even a small WordPress blog from eighteen years ago.