In this episode, I had the honor of sitting down with Jacob Coyne, founder of Stay Here, a suicide prevention organization that is quite literally saving lives all around the world.
Jacob carries such a deep burden for the brokenhearted, the weary, the suicidal, and the ones who feel like hope has become too far away to reach. Through Stay Here, he and his team are doing holy, practical, urgent work to help people stay alive, find support, and remember that their story is not over.
In our conversation, we unpack Jacob’s heart behind Stay Here, the sacredness of fighting for people in their darkest moments, and what it means to be a voice of hope in a generation quietly carrying so much pain.
We also talk about his newest book, The Secret Life of Christians, where Jacob invites readers into the beauty of the hidden life with Jesus. In a world so often obsessed with visibility, platforms, noise, and performance, this book is a tender call back to the secret place. Back to prayer. Back to intimacy. Back to the kind of life with God that may never be applauded by the world but is deeply known by Heaven.
Jacob walks the ancient road of the desert fathers and mothers of the faith and beautifully invites us to do the same. Not as a way of escaping the world, but as a way of being formed by Jesus in the quiet places before we ever step back into it.
This conversation is for the one who feels weary from the noise. It is for the one longing for a more intimate life with Jesus. It is for the one who needs to be reminded that hidden does not mean forgotten. Quiet does not mean insignificant. And staying alive, staying tender, staying with Jesus, is holy work.
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