Talk with Toby: Real Life. Real Faith.
Oct 6, 2026 · 13 min · 9 segments
Why now? It's the question I get asked most. After 30 years in media, why am I suddenly so passionate about sharing God's work in people's lives? In this personal episode I share my own story for the…
I grew up going to church, but at some point in my early adulthood, probably late teens, it went to the back burner.
And that's where it lived.
[laughs] And then it became the universe.
It became self-help.
And, and what I think it, about it is that, and a lot of people do this, y- you look back at your life and you think everything kinda put you at the center, and it was all reliant on yourself to make all these things possible in your life.
And then what happens with that is if you don't achieve those things, you really come down hard on yourself, and the outcome of what you want is what you're rooted in.
It's kind of your idol.
It's what you worship.
And so I was constantly, constantly chasing things, and nothing ever, nothing ever made me happy.
It was like, "Oh, I'll do this, and then I'll be happy.
We'll do this, and we'll be happy.
The kids'll get to this point, and then I'll be happy.
Oh, they'll move out, and then I can do what I want." It doesn't work like that.
I grew up going to church, but at some point in my early adulthood, probably late teens, it went to the back burner.
And that's where it lived.
[laughs] And then it became the universe.
It became self-help.
And, and what I think it, about it is that, and a lot of people do this, y- you look back at your life and you think everything kinda put you at the center, and it was all reliant on yourself to make all these things possible in your life.
And then what happens with that is if you don't achieve those things, you really come down hard on yourself, and the outcome of what you want is what you're rooted in.
It's kind of your idol.
It's what you worship.
And so I was constantly, constantly chasing things, and nothing ever, nothing ever made me happy.
It was like, "Oh, I'll do this, and then I'll be happy.
We'll do this, and we'll be happy.
The kids'll get to this point, and then I'll be happy.
Oh, they'll move out, and then I can do what I want." It doesn't work like that.
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