The Audacity of Grace

It is only by an absurd type of grace that something like Swing For The King exists. A type of grace that surpasses human understanding.

Swing For The King didn’t begin with choreography or competition. It began with a broken man. A man battling shame, which led to self-destructive behaviors like addiction and loss of self-worth. Shame is such a powerful weapon against the human psyche. Shame isn’t an emotion; rather, it’s a conviction that whispers, one of three things:

I’m not enough. I don’t matter. There’s something wrong with me.

For years, I built my identity on something that was never meant to hold the weight of my soul. The Marine Corps gave me purpose, but eventually the uniform came off...and when mine did, I felt exposed. Uncovered. Like Adam and Eve when their eyes first opened to their nakedness.

Even though I had a beautiful family around me, I couldn’t bear to face my own fragility. Deep down, I believed I would never be enough for them, and that quiet lie led me to walk away. It was in the lowest valley stripped of strength, certainty, and pride that God met me. Not in my victories, but in my weakness. And in that place, I began to embrace the reality of the human condition and accepted an invitation to humility, honesty, and healing.

Is it really possible that God can take something as fragile as a human being, place His treasure inside them, and use their very weakness to do something extraordinary? I’m living proof that He can. Swing For The King was born from that truth: a calling to restore the broken, to move with purpose, and invite others into their eternal purpose and into a relationship with their Creator.

No matter what the world says—your title, your income, your status—we’re all just jars of clay: fragile, searching for meaning, and longing to be loved as we truly are.

The truth is, you are loved. Every part of you… Yes, even the parts you try to hide. It is a love deeper and fiercer than you could ever comprehend.