Which chapter was hardest to write.
THE BEAT by Allen Parr
teaching
July 23, 2026
The hardest chapter for me to write was the preface.
It required me to open up parts of my life that I have never shared anywhere on the internet. My childhood. My time as a single man. Things I have carried privately for a long time.
I wrestled with how much I actually wanted people to know. This is going to be in print forever.
But I kept coming back to this. If I am going to ask you to be honest about your soul chains, I have to be willing to go first.
So I did. And I pray that as you read it, it gives you hope that you can break through whatever you are carrying too.












