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296 | Reaching the Mountaintop, Retiring as a Rookie, and Being All-Out for God (Gaelin Elmore: Part 2) Sep 21, 2023

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In the second part of our conversation, Gaelin Elmore describes the spiritual awakening he experienced in his journey through professional sports. He also shares the lessons he learned by walking away from the things he idolized in order to be all-out for God.

Key Takeaways

There is an internal conflict between following the real Savior and the things you thought would save you.
Be all-out for God.
Never underestimate the power of being present as a husband and father.
What does your church do to actively engage the foster care community?

Gaelin Elmore

Gaelin Elmore is a leader, writer, and motivational speaker whose childhood was marked by foster care, abuse, and homelessness. Now, Gaelin advocates for youth with adverse backgrounds. He and his wife, Micaela, have two young daughters.

Key Quotes

19:49 - "We can never measure or fully comprehend the power of being with someone while they're going through the good and the bad. If you listen to this and you hear any consistency through my story, it's at the lowest low, at the highest high, I just wanted my people."
26:40 - "Foster care doesn't make sense if Christians aren't the ones leading it. Does not make sense. It is not a wisdom of this world. It is something that is such a greater calling in ministry that that only God could call us to and and support us in."

Links from Today's Conversation

SAVE THE DATE: October 19, 2023 at 7pm CT - Episode 300 Live Event: 30 Voices, 90 Takeaways
Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches by Russell Moore
The Reel Hope Project
The Forgotten Podcast - (The Forgotten Initiative)
GaelinSpeaks.com (Gaelin's website)

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295 | Entering Foster Care, Surviving Abuse, and Accepting Grace (Gaelin Elmore: Part 1) Sep 14, 2023

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Episode Description

Gaelin Elmore's childhood experiences included foster care, homelessness, and abuse. Now a father of two young girls, he reflects on how his past shaped his parenting and shares what other dads need to know about stepping up for children in foster care.

Key Takeaways

Children naturally give you grace.
You don't have to minimize what you've gone through.
Children in foster care are looking for someone to be looking for them.
What if God asks you to make room for another child in your home?

Gaelin Elmore

Key Quotes

Links from Today's Conversation

SAVE THE DATE: October 19, 2023 at 7pm CT - Episode 300 Live Event: 30 Voices, 90 Takeaways
The Reel Hope Project
GaelinSpeaks.com

294 | Sharpening Your Spirit, Getting One Ahead, and Balancing Activities (Roger Thompson: Part 2) Sep 07, 2023

Show notes

After 52 years of marriage, Roger Thompson has learned a thing or two about how to have a thriving relationship. In this episode, he shares his powerful tactic for keeping his marriage strong. Plus, he urges young dads to reconsider the way they prioritize their children's activities.

Key Takeaways

You often don't know who you are until someone else tells you who you are.
Get one ahead everyday.
Busyness is a concern for young parents and their children.
Don't forsake your spiritual development and brotherhood for your children's activities.

Roger Thompson

Roger Thompson is a passionate men's ministry leader and pastor at large based in the Twin Cities. He and his wife, Joanne, have been married for 52 years and have two daughters, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Key Quotes

5:55 - "An affirmation is, here's what you bring to the game. I saw your strength when... Or thank you for reminding me, in your behavior, of something you've done. So when we do that with other men, it's like a blacksmith's bellows, it heats up the fire, the coal is there, but we don't know who we are until somebody else really tells us who we are. And if we can build a culture of mutual affirmation and get out of the culture of sarcasm, a true affirmation cuts through all the shyness of really looking at another man in the eye and saying, Brother, I love you."
11:59 - "How can you stay married for 41 years? You just have to do your part and your wife is the only one who can do her part. But a lot of times men give up. Well, I'm not getting back what I'm putting in, so I'm going to quit. You think about the five love languages, I'm trying to love my wife in my language and it doesn't translate. I need to, I need to learn her language."

Links from Today's Conversation

IronWorks Website
YouTube: 40 Days of Wisdom Series
Book: Do The Next Right Thing: Wisdom For Your Next Step by Roger Thompson
Book: Love And Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

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293 | Investing into Brotherhood, Choosing Endurance Over Comfort, and the Rock Climbing Analogy (Roger Thompson: Part 1) Aug 31, 2023

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For Roger Thompson, discipling other men is life-giving. Between his father's salvation story and his own childhood, Roger has experienced the empowering nature of brotherhood firsthand. In the first part of this conversation, he highlights the role of endurance and fortitude to encourage you in your fatherhood climb.

Key Takeaways

God is reparenting us.
Your investment into brotherhood will leave a multigenerational impact.
Endurance is when you continue forward without seeing any finish line.
In the rock climbing analogy of life, there are eight handholds you must master.

Roger Thompson

Key Quotes

8:47 - "I'm an inheritor of that. I'm a complete recipient of a man with whom God broke the chain. So my dad's a first generation chain breaker. A New Testament disciple and look at what that has done. Don't look at me, but just look at what I got as a gift. I got a dad who loved me, who cared for me."
16:16 - "That's how manly affection was conveyed to me. I'm with you. We're in this together. I need you for this. And I certainly needed him, but [my dad] made it clear that he needed me."

Links from Today's Conversation

IronWorks Website
YouTube: 40 Days of Wisdom Series
Book: Do The Next Right Thing: Wisdom For Your Next Step by Roger Thompson
Book: Endurance by Ernest Shackleton

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292 | Passing on Advice, Sharing Fatherhood Resources, and Praying for Other Dads (Joe Ostrem, Tyler Van Eps, & D. Darezzo: Part 2) Aug 24, 2023

Show notes

In the second part of this campfire conversation, Jeff, Joe, Tyler, and Dago discuss fatherhood models, top resource recommendations, and advice for rookie dads. They conclude with powerful intercessory prayer for other fathers in the DadAwesome community.

Key Takeaways

Learn how to learn from the wisdom of others.
Pray generational blessings over your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and beyond.
Working on yourself and your marriage will make you a better dad.
Your greatest joys will come from your most challenging responsibilities.
Plus, top fatherhood resources, books, and apps.

Tyler Van Eps, D. Darezzo, & Joe Ostrem

Tyler Van Eps and his wife have four children and describe themselves as a quintessential Minnesota family. Originally from Brazil, D. Darezzo and his wife have two sons and enjoy being active as a family. Joe Ostrem and his wife met as kids and are now parents to four daughters.

Key Quotes

8:45 - "Parenting all girls, and my girls are interested in things that on my own I would not be interested in, but because they're interested in it, I'm interested in it."
9:42 - "Working on yourself and your marriage will make you a better dad."
26:31 - "Your greatest joys are ultimately going to become your heaviest responsibilities or the responsibilities that seem like the biggest challenges in your life… Celebrate responsibility, knowing that it's refining your character, knowing that it's strengthening you as much as it may feel like it steals from you in a season, steals capacity or steals energy, it just returns to you in so many more ways than it takes from you."

Links From Today's Conversation

NEW https://dadawesome.org website (DM/Text/Email jeff@dadawesome.org with feedback for a free gift - first 20)
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Pray First: The Transformative Power of a Life Built on Prayer by Chris Hodges
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Roar
The Pause App (John Eldredge)

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291 | Defining Family Values, Living Out Your Faith, and Following Gideon's Example (Joe Ostrem, Tyler Van Eps, and D. Darezzo: Part 1) Aug 17, 2023

Show notes

In this conversation, four fathers sit around a campfire to discuss all things fatherhood. You'll be inspired and equipped to live out your family values, lead by example, and engage in significant spiritual conversations within your brotherhood.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

Identify your family values, define them, and create "I will" statements based on your definitions.
You can know you are succeeding as a father when your kids ask questions about how you live out your faith.
Take note of the stories that demonstrate your child growing closer to Jesus.
Based on the example of Gideon, what beliefs do you need to tear down and rebuild in a way that pleases the Lord?
When did you last have a vulnerable spiritual conversation with your brotherhood?

Tyler Van Eps, D. Darezzo, and Joe Ostrem

Tyler Van Eps and his wife have four children and describe themselves as a quintessential Minnesota family.

Originally from Brazil, D. Darezzo and his wife have two sons and enjoy being active as a family.

Joe Ostrem and his wife met as kids and are now parents to four daughters.

Key Quotes

18:35 - "We want to take some time to re-articulate our family values. Shelly and I have gone through processes where we we identify our values, we define them in our own words, and then we really look at what behaviors support those. And we frame them as I will or I will not statements."
21:06 - "I know that I'm winning or I know that I'm being successful when my kids are asking me questions out of curiosity about different things I'm doing with my faith. When they're asking me questions about the way that I'm living out my faith, I know that's a part of being successful."
29:29 - "As men, we believe we don't need [male] friendship. We believe we're too tough for that. Or we don't need to go deeper. We don't need to be vulnerable. We don't need to be authentic. We don't need to share struggles because that will make us less of a man. It wasn't until a few years ago that I started getting more into this community and having the consistency of connecting, the consistency of sharing and listening and getting deeper and intentional and that started transforming my life. My parenting, my marriage, you name it. My physical health, mental health, everything."

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290 | Being Present Over Perfect, Gamifying Fatherhood, and Staying Curious (Jeff Zaugg) Aug 10, 2023

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Jeff Zaugg steps behind the microphone in this episode to share his personal fatherhood journey and how he adds adventure and intentionality to the dad life. Interviewed by Dr. Michelle Canfield Watson, Jeff shares powerful encouragement and insights for fathers in any stage of parenting.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

Tell your children you love being their dad.
Challenge yourself to step into the unknown with your whole heart.
You can gamify every stage of fathering.
Most fathers rank themselves worse than average, but you can flip the script.

Jeff Zaugg

Jeff Zaugg is the founder of dadAWESOME and FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS, two ministries that resource and rally dads through engaging podcasts and 100-mile bike rides. Jeff and his wife, Michelle, have been married for seventeen years and are parents to four daughters.

Key Quotes

14:00 - "I call it the intentional 40. I turned 40 about 14 months ago, and I said, Hey, if I could get more intentional moments with my wife, that would that would be good in so many levels, more intentional moments with my girls, more intentional moments with friends and more intentional moments with mentors. The drift, I want to be a dad, a man, a follower of Jesus who is dreaming and not drifting. And our dreams, often we have to take action to spark bigger dreams, and we have to stretch ourselves and be a little bit vulnerable and do something that's hard."
39:02 - "I'll give away more of me, in my heart, that I think most of us dads, the same way we give all of ourselves to the stranger and a fraction of ourselves to the little precious gifts."

Links From Today's Conversation

Full Transcript of the Conversation
Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield's Website
Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield's Books
DadAwesome, Episode 277 (Part 1), with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield
DadAwesome, Episode 278 (Part 2), with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield
Ephesians 3:20

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289 | Living with Zeal, Laying Down Burdens, and Taking Two Shifts (Moses Ehambe) Aug 03, 2023

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As a father of seven, Moses Ehambe's passion and energy is remarkable. His message will inspire and equip you to elevate every area of your life by pursuing excellence and finding a brotherhood that will support you.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

You need an Aaron and a Hur to hold up your hands on your fatherhood journey.
Visualize yourself giving your problems to God.
Don't sit on the bench when you get home from work.
You can't be perfect, but when you strive for perfection, you land on excellence.

Moses Ehambe

Moses Ehambe is an experienced professional basketball player, coach, former NBA apprentice, and personal development coach known for his energy, authenticity, and leadership skills. He and his wife, Sarah, have seven children and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Key Quotes

17:29 - "A fantastic way to exercise that is visualization. You as a man think it, so is he. Whatever you think you'll be, whatever you speak, you become. So if you think, lay it at His feet and you actually visualize you in front of His throne with all your problems, you put it in a bag and you just throw it at His feet. Like, good bye and just walk away. I think that does something powerful to you and alleviates any weight from you.
28:31 - "As fathers, as providers at home, we put so much emphasis on I'm the provider, I got to go out, I got to do what I got to do, so I can provide for my family with the money. And, nah, it's twofold, bro. You got to provide financially, but you also got to provide emotionally as well. The only way you could provide emotionally is if you take those two shifts. And those two shifts are you're going out to work, but you're also coming into work."
31:11 - "Knowing that we still strive for perfection, our job is to be more and more like Jesus and He was perfect. We will never, ever become perfect, but guess what happens when you strive for perfection? You land on excellence. Being able to land on excellence as a father, as a husband, as a professional. Dad, there's no better feeling."

Links From Today's Conversation

Full Transcript of the Conversation
DadAwesome episode 118 with Moses Ehambe
Follow @mosesehambe on Instagram
Aleph Holdings
Honour Capital
Pactimo

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288 | Partnering with the Holy Spirit, Walking in Authority, and Raising Righteous Children (Lisa Max) Jul 27, 2023

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Before Lisa Max was a parenting coach or ministry director, she walked her own journey of brokenness. She experienced a childhood of hurt and later witnessed her own children face the emotional pain she had once endured. However, God redeemed her family's story. In this episode, she provides fathers with tangible wisdom and practical solutions to walk in authority and partner with the Holy Spirit in parenting.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

Your children are your ministry team.
There's no such thing as passive fathers; your behavior can be passive, but your influence is not.
Model your earthly home after the Father's.
Fear is a welcome mat, so don't fear the things you must take authority over.
Teaching your children how to hear God's voice is essential.

Lisa Max

Lisa Max is the director of Let the Children Fly, a ministry that empowers families around the globe to partner with the Holy Spirit in their parenting. Lisa and her four children love playing in the Kingdom and igniting fires in others to do the same.

Key Quotes

36:06 - "We welcome what we fear. Fear is a welcome mat. So there can be no fear over [what is going on in our society] there has to be authority."
47:08 - "I'm a firm believer that we need to be teaching our children how to go to God's voice in the time of peace before we go to His voice in the time of need."

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Full Transcript of the Conversation
Let The Children Fly Website
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287 | Creating Intentional Spaces, Carrying the Spirit of Elijah, and Fighting Against the Destruction of Fathers (Jeremy Pryor: Part 2) Jul 20, 2023

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Jeremy Pryor is back in Part 2 of this conversation to share how dads can create intentional spaces in their home for meaningful family memories. He also encourages fathers to carry the spirit of Elijah by loving and zealously defending the multigenerational family.

Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation Key Takeaways

Your house is a theme park for the values of your family.
The spirit of Elijah seeks to restore families, while the spirit of Jezebel aims to destroy them.
In today's culture, the new "ideal" father is the traditional mother.
There's too much at stake to abdicate your role as a visionary, leading father.

Jeremy Pryor

Jeremy Pryor is a business owner, creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and builder of multiple movements with family at the core. Jeremy and his wife have five children and reside in a multigenerational home near Cincinnati, Ohio.

Key Quotes

8:50 - "I want to be able to someday walk around a city and just see in the houses and the neighborhoods and and the businesses and the different expressions. I wish they were all just expressions of family values."
21:20 - "One of the reasons why Elijah is a multi-generational father or patriarch is that he was the first prophet to set up schools of prophets. He was the first prophet to have a successor that he had trained and gave a double portion, which is the sons, the firstborn sons portion of his spirit. This is why I believe it's really important not to pinpoint a patriarch or fatherhood to married men. He had sons all over the place. And now, he represents the multi-generational father spirit in the scriptures."

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