Allen is a storyteller who writes the way people talk when they finally relax—honest, unhurried, and unpolished in all the right ways. His reflections feel like sitting at a kitchen table with someone who’s lived a real life and still believes God is at work in ordinary days. He’s a longtime husband, father, grandfather, and former teacher who has spent decades paying attention to the quiet ways God meets people where they are.

He doesn’t chase big declarations. He pays attention to small things: a doctor’s waiting room, a holiday meal, a long drive home, a brief moment of irritation that reveals something deeper. Those everyday scenes become openings into Scripture, gratitude, conviction, and the kind of truth you don’t realize you needed until it’s right in front of you.

How He Writes

Allen’s style is plainspoken and warm—simple on the surface, thoughtful underneath. He usually begins with a clear, familiar moment and walks readers through what he noticed and why it mattered. By the end, you’ve moved from the everyday to the spiritual without feeling pushed or preached at.

He keeps things tight and focused. Each piece aims at one clear takeaway. His tone is candid about struggle but refuses cynicism; even heavy subjects carry a quiet confidence that God is not wasting anything.

Who He Is On the Page

Allen comes across as both teacher and fellow traveler. He owns his missteps easily, not for show but because honesty is simpler than pretending. He writes like someone who’s made mistakes, learned from them, and wants to help others recognize God’s faithfulness in their own stories.

His years in the classroom show in the way he explains things: one example at a time, steady and patient, meeting discouraged readers where they are. He has a soft spot for the tired, the grieving, and anyone who feels like they should be “further along by now.”

What Makes His Work Stand Out

Allen has a gift for spotting the sacred in the small. Traffic patterns, medical tests, family habits, old cars—nothing is too ordinary to reveal something about God’s character. His reflections land because they grow out of the same everyday ground his readers walk on.

More than anything, he keeps showing up. What I Know Today isn’t flashy—it’s faithful. And that consistency tells its own story: a man who believes today is worth paying attention to, Scripture is worth returning to, and God is closer than most people think.