Zach grew up steeped in evangelicalism, where faith often came laced with fear and shame—but also planted a reverence for ultimate questions that never left him. After years in ministry and seminary, a season of panic and anxiety led Zach to practices outside his inherited tradition—especially meditation and Buddhist teachings—which opened him to a more grounded, embodied experience of the sacred. He now describes his spirituality as “unbundled”: rooted in love, presence, and liberation rather than dogma or belief. His influences include Thich Nhat Hanh, Ram Dass, Richard Rohr, Stephen Mitchell, Alan Watts, and anyone embodying a spacious, practice-based, liberation-minded spirituality.

 

Zach serves as a spiritual care counselor in a hospital setting, and also writes novels, offers coaching, and creates content to help people find language for their evolving spiritual experience. His work blends narrative, spiritual reflection, and soul-level coaching to support mystics, exvangelicals, and anyone longing for something real.

 

His writing has appeared in Braided Way, Flash Fiction Magazine, Baptist News Global, and Nurturing Faith. He holds a B.A. from The University of Alabama and an M.Div. from Baylor University. He is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

 

He lives with his partner, two kids, and very possibly the sweetest Cavapoo on earth. When not writing, he’s usually getting way too into a new series, reading, tinkering with theology, or DMing a D&D campaign for his kids.