Church From the Cab of a Big Rig

I drive for a living. Eighteen wheels, long hours, home when the schedule allows it. Like most drivers, I miss my family for at least five days a week, every week.

Along with that comes loneliness, depression, and what this job does to your health. Hardest of all is sowing the seeds of faith and watering those seeds while living on the road. No church on Sunday. No church on Wednesday. So that means church in the truck while headed down the interstate.

I'm not a pastor. I'm a man working out what it means to follow Christ from the cab of a truck, reading scripture in a bunk, listening to sermons between stops, figuring it out at 3 a.m. with nothing but headlights.

Who this is for

Men who can't make a service. Who have people at home who need them present and a schedule that makes it nearly impossible. Who've been told to hustle harder and are already worn out.

If you've ever read a devotional written by someone who's never been gone eleven days straight, you know why I started this.

What you'll get

Scripture, faith, and what the road teaches. Bible study, devotionals, and lessons learned, some of them the hard way. I write about what I'm actually reading, not what I've mastered. Usually once or twice a week.

I'm not writing from the finish line. I'm still out here.

Who I am

I'm Mark Keith. I drive for Walmart. Before that, twenty-plus years in supply chain and operations, the kind of work where you either fix the system or keep breaking your back on it.

I'm married to my amazing best friend, Meagan. Most of what I've learned about faith came late and came hard, and for a long stretch there was nobody around to teach me any of it. That's most of the reason I'm writing this now.

I read the NLT Life Application Study Bible in the bunk and listen to Through the Word when I'm rolling. Still working through more than I've got figured out.

Getting the posts

Every new post goes straight to your inbox. If you'd rather read in the app, the Substack app works better for that, and it does audio, which matters if you're rolling.

Everything here is free. There's no paywall and there isn't going to be one.

Come sit with me

The comments are open, and so is the chat. If something lands, say so. If you're having a hard week, say that too. That's the point of it.

And if you're out on the road and could use a conversation with another believer, hit reply when you're parked. No pressure and nothing to join.