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187 | Jon Tyson on Skillful Manhood, Capturing First Moments & The Intentional Father Aug 19, 2021

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Jon Tyson

Jon Tyson is a New York City based Pastor and Author. Originally from Adelaide Australia, Jon moved to the United States over two decades ago with a passion to seek and cultivate renewal in the Western Church. He is the author of multiple books including his latest book, The Intentional Father.

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—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS Sponsors: Aleph Holdings, Alpha & Omega Wealth Strategies, Substance Church, River Valley Church
The Intentional Father book
4:29 - How the relationship with his kids has changed to building adult friendships with his kids.
5:21 - Weekly family meetings
7:33 - "Raising a son is real work, but we have to get this right, because if we don't teach our sons, the world will. If we don't teach our sons about women pornography will if we don't teach our sons about friendship, they'll live a life of loneliness. If we don't teach our sons about leadership, they'll be followers all their lives. Being a father is not about efficiency. It's about discipleship. Father is not about time management. It's about heart development."
9:37 - "A lot of good involved dads, but an intentional dad that goes that step further to consciously ask who is my kid? What at what time of history did they live in? What am I responsible to sort of give them that's going to tee them up for their future."
10:58 - Minimal manhood and skillful manhood
17:00 - Leaning into the "firsts" and making them intentional moments
17:22 - Quote from Jim Rowan - "Life is not measured by the length of our days, but by the intensity and frequency of beautiful moments ."
17:54 - The Power of Moments book 19:35 - Books/articles he had his son read when he got his first job: Your Money Counts; Total Money Makeover. ESSAY: Why Work by Dorothy Sayers
23:41- Ken Blanchard's One Minute Manager
24:05 - Exponential by Dave Ferguson
24:07 - "It's just the process of how to give away what you have and make sure it shows up in somebody else's life. It takes more time to do that. It takes a lot of time, but when you see the joy of somebody who owns something that's literally gone from your life into their life, they now have a deposit and this deposit can be given to somebody else's life. That, to me, is one of the greatest things you can experience as a dad."
25:16 - "I think this is the key here, because so often our culture is built on charisma and charisma is like that person possesses the magical gifts that none of us have. And therefore, it produces celebrity culture and consumerism. But when you codify the gift and you can show somebody, here's what I'm doing that is working, you then impart it to them and it creates contributors in confidence rather than consumption."
25:59 - Shop Class as Soul-craft
28:15 - "Men need a cause. A cause is bigger than a vision, more expansive than a strategy, and more long lasting than a season. It's larger than a fight." - From The Intentional Father
30:09 - On the power of a cause in men: "I basically want to infuse that a man has strength and that he should utilize it in a great fight. But the difference is it needs to be in the real world as opposed to just accomplishment. And it needs to be for the sake of others. It's never your strength. It's never to oppress others for self gratification. It is always to lift the oppressed for the sake of the other."
30:52 - "And a part of it is to try and help young men realize, don't give you a vigor and your strength to wasted things because you have no idea how you could participate in God's great cause if you channel them for the sake of others."
32:14 - Wisdom on relationships: "The circle of intimacy, the circle of impact in the circle of influence"
33:13 - Most important priorities in 2nd through 5th grade: (1)"maintaining the emotional bond and setting the family culture" (2) "understand the psychological development of what's happening in that age"
40:50 - "I just have a path of intentionality that sets up the odds in your favor. And again, you can't control your son's heart, but you can fight for it. And this is a plan to fight for your son's future. And I believe that when we do that, we activate the heart of God's divine favor comes through our way, the Holy Spirit, gets involved and we're not on our own. And without it, I think you're left to chance and you're left to the world."

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186 | Bob Merritt PART 2 | Don't Miss the Moments Aug 12, 2021

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Bob Merritt

Bob Merritt led Eagle Brook Church for 28 years. He retired in March of 2020 and lives in White Bear, MN with his wife Laurie. He joins us for this 2-Part podcast conversation on fatherhood themes ranging from leadership blindspots to fatherhood insights learned from his dog Blue.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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PART 1 of this conversation with Bob Merritt - Linked Here
2:33 - Dave Merritt speaking about his dad
5:58 - Asking his son, "Where do I screw up?"
7:24 - Jeff asks, "What have you learned about your Heavenly Father from your dog?"
9:37 - Parenting wisdom he sees in his kids
11:38 - Jesus in my weakness. Show yourself strong. It's not about me. I need you. It's a posture of kneeling, actually, as a physical posture of saying this is not about me delivering awesome. This is about me being average in desperate need.
13:03 - I was just driven by this this absolute fear and sense of responsibility that I had to say things to a congregation that were true and helpful and relevant to their lives. And if I failed at that man, what a what a failure. And I just I couldn't allow myself to do that.
16:07 - Sharing a significant parenting moment with his son.
22:01 - Quote from John Maxwell, "There's enormous magic in a tiny word, do. When we tell ourselves I'll do it, we unleash tremendous power. What is the number one catalyst for change? It's action. And if you take action, it will change your life."
23:13 - "I'll tell parents, you might not know what to do. You might say some things wrong, but do not bail. Don't walk away, don't.... ignore the issue. Pay attention to the right time and the right away, but stay in the battle. Don't just pretend there's not an issue. Don't pretend that it's going to fix itself . You might have to give it time to simmer down or whatever, but don't abdicate the responsibility of being a parent to the culture. You're the parent. God put you in that role for a reason and you might not know the exact thing to say or do.... but got to be there. You got to be present."

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185 | Bob Merritt PART 1 -- How Courageous Intervention Saved His Family and Career Aug 05, 2021

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Bob Merritt

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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3:44 - Bob's daughter, Meg, shares reflections on her dad.
7:54 - The impact of dads bringing their families to church
11:35 - Deuteronomy 6 - "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts [parents]. Impress these things on your kids. Talk about them when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, when you get up ..."
12:37 - "So the question I would have for dads: Do you know God's word well enough? Are God's commands on your heart? Because you can't teach your kids what you don't have."
14:28 - "Pain, I think can lead to passion or pain can lead to passivity." - Jeff Zaugg
16:01 - "You know, life is full of pain. We all have it. But what I would say is that God doesn't cause that pain. Right. But God can help you heal from that pain and put you on a better path if you'll be willing to allow him to do that."
17:23 - "Pain is a signal that something's wrong when it comes to life."
21:12 - "So if I've got an anger issue, but I'm not seeing it. Will I have enough humility so. Will I have enough strength, Jeff, to ask somebody, 'Hey, will you help me see some things in my life?' See it's a person of strength who's willing to admit I've got an anger problem or I've got a spending problem. People of weakness, will never admit they have an issue."
25:19 - "You got to be humble enough and self-aware enough to know that we all have flaws and weaknesses, that if we could just get somebody to help us look at that, you know, it could just open the world to us."
28:02 - Deuteronomy 30 - "I've set before you life and death, blessings and curses now choose life so that you and your children may live."

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184 | Fatherhood Face Plants (Troy Mangum) Jul 29, 2021

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Troy Mangum

Troy Mangum is an author, speaker, podcaster (The Kindling Fire), and men's advocate. He is a Lumbee Indian tribal member. Troy lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife Kathy. He has two sons, two daughters, and one son-in-law. A former YWAM missionary, hardcore punk singer, substance abuse counselor, busker, longboarder, exotic fruit farmer, vert skater, singer-songwriter, software engineering manager, traveling hitchhiker, and seminary dropout.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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2:14 - Troy Magnum is author of Fatherhood Face Plants
3:50 - How to be a difference maker/fire starter.
4:29 - "There are so many men that are dads that are fatherless and and they need to know that they can become amazing, incredibly amazing fathers with God training them as father."
8:25 - "So we all have a back story that God, if we're willing to let God take us there, he'll take your treasures out of you. That will be so deep and rich because it's a generations before you. It's not about you. It's about you inheriting something God put back way back in generations before you."
11:35 - "A lot of what the book is about is about, you know, that whole idea of getting back up and becoming the dad your kids need so much of the storyline with God is to get back up, to receive forgiveness, to seek reconciliation, to receive wholeness, to do whatever it takes to become a man that God wants you to be for your children and for your own self and marriage and et cetera. And so that is such a crucial crossing point because men so many times out of guilt and shame, they retreat and and the kids are just like, OK, I guess I guess this whole dad thing's over for you now, huh?"
13:04 - 1 Corinthians 1:27 - "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." - But God....
13:29 - Telling the story of a two year separation and then reconciliation with his wife.
15:04 - "You pass on as a dad, you pass on who you are more than what you know. You can know the right things to do. You can know the scriptures that say you should do this, you can know a lot of things, but you will pass on who you are..."
19:03 - A wall or wind - Are you going to be a wall your kids need to scale to get to what God has called them to be, or are you going to be wind in their sails?
21:50 - "You pass on who you are more than what you know you want to be the whole, the most whole, healed, healthy in every sense of the word, man that you can pass on."
22:29 - Stepping into the frontier and letting God teach the skills you need. ..."are you willing and aware that this is offered to you, this training module? You look in any scripture, any man in the Bible, you can say they went to training... And a lot of that training has to do with difficulty sometimes and challenges and putting yourself in the frontiers of 'I've never been here. I've never done this. I don't have the skill.' None of that intimidates God. And if you yield yourself to God, he will put you in situations that are above your head, above your pay grade, above your talent, above your skill intentionally to help you learn skills, talents, abilities, confidence, [so he can expand your influence.]"

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183 | Drifting to Dreaming (Jeff Zaugg) Jul 22, 2021

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Jeff Zaugg

Jeff and Michelle Zaugg recently celebrated 15 years of marriage. They live in New Brighton, MN with their 4 young daughters and their Goldendoodle Boomer. After 10-years of entrepreneurial non-profit ministry leadership, Jeff served as a pastor at Substance Church in the Twin Cities for the past 7 years. In Fall 2020 Jeff took the leap and went full-time fatherhood ministry. He is the founder and lead cheerleader at dadAWESOME & FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS. When he's not wrestling or playing hide and seek with his daughters, you might find Jeff out for a bike ride, making a pour over coffee, sitting by a fire with his wife or challenging some friends to a game of Spikeball.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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Story of boat drifting
- Dark
- Alone
- Drifting
- Sinking
- Embarrassed
- Terrified
- Taking on water
DRIFTING to DREAMING
Definition of DRIFTING: to be carried along by currents of water or air, or by the force of circumstances... To wander aimlessly
Drifting
- Lack of vision
- Lack of purpose
- Just trying to get through the day
- Numbing
- Stalled out
- Controlled by fear
John 10:10 shows us the two options - DRIFTING vs. DREAMING
The Thief comes to KILL, STEAL & DESTROY (Drifting)
But I have come to bring ABUNDANCE… LIFE to the FULL" (Dreaming)
Satan wants to kill, steal and destroy the work of God in your family, your work, your ministry, your friendships,your finances, your marriage, your parenting, and your health…
The Thief (satan) wants you to be a DRIFTER. DRIFTING is a WIN for satan
Remember our Bible Story?
- Saul was DRIFTING – he was the king and he was sitting under the pomegranate tree… (Meanwhile, Saul was taking it easy under the pomegranate tree) >> There were about six hundred men with him
- Jonathan was DREAMING – he was a CHANGE MAKER… As the son of the king, he had the option of relaxing like his dad. He could have played it safe…
There is a Gravitational Pull towards Drifting. Our brains are wired to Avoid Pain... Limbic Cortex = Lizard Brain - It's in charge of fight, flight, feeding, fear, freezing up... The lizard brain is the source of the resistance
Pain is One of the Primary reasons we DRIFT. Hurts, pains and past struggles lead us to avoid risk... PAIN >> Passivity… Pain can lead to PAUSE or a Plateau in our journey of trusting God.
PAIN >> Passion & Purpose
DREAMER - Kids don't worry about constraints or limitations... They think with a filter of abundance and possibility
Acts 2:17 "…God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people; your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams." (Joel 2:28)
Two Steps for each of us: We are going to Remember & Run
Remember You Are a Child of God - it starts with your identity… You are a LOVED child of God.
To live as a DREAMER, you must receive this gift and step into your identity as a Son of God… A Daughter of God
Run! Throw off the Weight and Run!
Hebrews 12:1 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us"
Pain leads to Passivity. Pain leads us to hit PAUSE on our DREAMS.
The pain of our past has stolen our FREEDOM and we are looking through the little rearview mirror and over our shoulder at what should be behind us.
The windshield of your life needs to be so much BIGGER than the rearview mirror
Experience the healing that your Heavenly Father wants for you.

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182| God as Father & Hip-Hop Culture (Marcus Montana) Jul 15, 2021

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Marcus Montana

Marcus Montana, known as TRU-SERVA to his music audience, is a passionate man whose mission is to help others find true life.

Growing up in a single parent home in Lacombe, LA outside of New Orleans, he was forced to raise himself while his Mom worked two jobs to provide for the family. Trapped in a materialistic society he chased after self-satisfaction, experiencing a void of true love. He was left broken after a long pursuit to fill that void, until one day....

At age 16, while TRU was at the end of his rope, drained from the emptiness of unfulfilling pleasure, he came face to face with Christ. He chose to take a spiritual step and committed to a personal relationship with Jesus.

TRU felt a calling to use his talent of hip-hop to help change lives. From a young age, hip-hop influenced his style, language and attitude and it felt natural to use this genre of music and way of life to help reach people. Through his rap lyrics, he portrays a powerful message of the cross and of a positive change. He sees himself as an over comer and example of hope to many, where he stepped above the trap of being an African American male dead or in jail by age 25.

A strong vision for connection is what this musician strives to accomplish each and everyday. TRU aims to make a connection between the streets and the church, saying "The walls of the church need to fall down and people need to get out of their seats and go out." He also wants to see the connection between generations, where he can speak to both kids and adults.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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4:03 - Marcus talks about growing up without a present dad. Learning how to be a dad from his mom.
10:27 - The difficulty of seeing God as a Father without having a father.
11:00 - "When we had Malakai, that changed my whole perspective because when Malakai was born, he just laid there, didn't do nothing, and I loved him. You know, he wasn't trying to get my attention saying, hey, look at me, he just laid there. And it gave me a perspective that I don't have to do anything for the Lord to love me, you know? And so that changed my whole life…"
13:17 - "The goal isn't perfection, it's his presence."
14:00 - "It's a thin line between using wisdom and stepping out on faith. You know, when you got other people who are responsible for you. But I've also learned that when I follow the leading of the Lord, he takes care of it."
23:30 - "You know, Martin Luther King said rioting, rioting comes as the voice of the unheard. And, you know, if your kids are trying to share with you and you're not listening, you're too busy. They're rioting."

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181 | Teamwork, Ownership, Dad-Wisdom & Embracing Sadness (Matthew Hooper PART 2) Jul 08, 2021

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Matthew Hooper

Matthew's personal and professional pursuit of holistic growth are at the center of his life and work with others. He holds degrees in Communication from Biola University (1994) and Christian Ministry and Leadership from Talbot School of Theology (2001). Spiritual Development and Pastoral Counseling were the specialized emphases of his graduate work. Matthew also received a certificate in spiritual direction from the Archdiocesan Spirituality Center in Los Angeles. Currently, he is studying to complete a doctoral program in Higher Education Leadership at Azusa Pacific University.

Over the past 17 years, Matthew has cultivated his vocation toward influencing the holistic development of emerging adults, leaders and professionals. In 2016, Matthew launched a professional consulting business (TRACK 3 Leadership Development) integrating insight from leadership, psychological, and theological perspectives for the purpose of holistic growth in individuals and groups. Recently, Matthew has excelled as a primary group facilitator for Growth Skills Foundation.

He finds unique inspiration for his work in creation, music, spiritual friendship and the daily pursuit of humility as the highest virtue for human growth and spiritual flourishing. Matthew, his wife, Sheela, and their three children, Annie, Breeana and Jarren, live, work and play in Sutter Creek, CA.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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1:07 - Check out episode 180 for the first half of the conversation with Matthew Hooper
2:26 - Travel tips for living in a trailer
4:12 - Everything is better as a team. Be a team in the routines of setting up and taking down.
5:00 - Recommendation: Stay at least two nights at each site.
5:28 - Expect that things will break down.
7:35 - "I would say having very consistent patterns with safety in mind, with consistency and structure in mind for your family, because there's going to be plenty of unstructured reality."
8:56 - Dad Wisdom #1: Own your role as dad. "No one can be a dad like you. No one. You're the dad in your family. So own it."
9:17 - Dad Wisdom #2 - Decide what you want to do as a dad. How do you want things to be?
10:34 - Dad Wisdom #3 - Listen to your kids
12:35 - A Grace Disguised by Sittser
13:36 - Listening to clues in the physical body to recognize grief
14:31 - How he handled tragic loss
17:18 - You need to pace your work with sadness, you need to move towards it with intentionality. Invite other people into that and then give yourself permission to take a break.
17:56 - Article: Navigating sadness on the journey of life "Facing the sadness, embracing the sadness, pacing sadness."
18:35 - "Please turn toward your heart, please. The more you're able to do that with you, the more you can do that with your wife and especially your kids. Your heart is the most important part of who you are, and that includes your deep feelings of thought willing and emotion coalescing in the heart. And so to be to be a man of heart, I think, is what I would what I would call dads to above all else."

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180 | Flourishing As a Family Begins With Dad (Matthew Hooper PART 1) Jul 01, 2021

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Matthew Hooper

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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5:51 - Traveling with 6 people to 48 states in 4 months
7:54 - Four principles to order our thoughts and decisions
8:58 - Principle #1: Missional - Bringing Christ's kind of love and and the peace and joy and life of the kingdom, wherever we went
11:07 - Principle #2 - Being Adventurous - meaning to kind of push ourselves to do things we weren't normally doing
11:31 - Principle #3 - Positivity - "if we're going to be missional and adventurous, we need to stay positive because we know that at some point this experience is going to be stretching."
12:11 - Principle #4 - Stretching - "Life is stretching and what we need to do is own that that is true and not live in an illusion that life is not that. So life is stretching. If we stayed here, there would be elements that would be stretching about that. If we go, that's going to be stretching and maybe even be more stretching. But the reality is life is stretching."
13:17 - "the daily pursuit of humility as the highest virtue for human growth and spiritual flourishing."
13:52 - Flourishing as a dad
13:58 - "When you tilt your mind and heart toward flourishing with your intense thinking and your intentions, you are aligning with the power of God's image in us and for Christ followers and the power of the Spirit in us and between us in terms of his his community as people."
16:41 - What is stopping dads from flourishing? Pride (lack of humility) and lack of vulnerability
17:08 - [Humility is] Seeing ourselves accurately in relation to ourselves, God and others."
20:46 - Book recommendations for flourishing, humility, ownership: John Townsend - Hiding from Love & Henry Cloud - Changes that Heal
22:17 - Tips and tricks to traveling as a family in a trailer

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179 | Mark Batterson – Win The Day (Part 2) Jun 24, 2021

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Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church (NCC) in Washington, DC. One church in seven locations, NCC owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, the Miracle Theatre, and the DC Dream Center. NCC is currently developing a city block into the Capital Turnaround. This 100,000-square-foot space will include an event venue, child development center, mixed-use marketplace, and coworking space. Mark holds a doctor of ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books, including The Circle Maker, Chase the Lion, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, and Whisper. He and his wife, Lora, have three children and live on Capitol Hill.

FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS

—MINNEAPOLIS, MN — August 28th, 2021

— DENVER, CO — September 18th, 2021

— PHILADELPHIA, PA — October 2nd, 2021

— NEW YORK, NY — October 16th, 2021

— PHOENIX, AZ — November 20th, 2021

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3:35 - The Circle Maker book by Mark Batterson - inspired by his father in law Bob Schmidgall
4:02 - Things Mark learned from his father-in-law - Fun surprise ideas for the family and setting boundaries with ministry.
8:21 - How Parkinson's law influences fatherhood
9:00 -So I am really challenging dads to establish boundaries. But I do want to recognize that life doesn't come in nice, neat boxes where every day or every week looks like every other day or every other week. I don't. It's really hard to challenge work and home or vocation and family. I would argue that you're never 100 percent balanced. You're always counterbalancing.
10:13 - Establishing boundaries in dad life
10:34 - Why set life goals?
10:40 - you won't accomplish one hundred percent of the goals that you don't set. And so faith is being sure of what we hope for, Hebrews 11. And I just think that goal setting can be an expression of faith.
11:54 - One thing I learned is you can't just set the goal, like you got to reverse engineer it and figure out what are the daily habits that are going to get you to those goals. And that's where the magic happens. That's where the hard work habits. And that really is the key to going after those goals.
15:42 - Seven kind of character traits of being the man, playing the man (Episode 146)
- Virtue #1 Tough Love
- Virtue #2 Childlike Wonder
- Virtue #3 Will Power
- Virtue #4 Raw Passion
- Virtue #5 True Grit
- Virtue #6 Clear Vision
- Virtue #7 Moral Courage
17:04 -prayer does turn parents into prophets and you can shape the destiny of your kids with your prayer life. And they're going to be moments in your life where that's all you've got.
16:22 - "The deepest desire of my heart to be famous in my own home and it's hard to be famous in your own home and you're never home."
18:13 - Draw the circle book - 40 days of prayer
19:21 - Prayer for healing for our friend, Brian.

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dadAWESOME Day Invitation (overview of the four challenges) Jun 21, 2021

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Today is dadAWESOME Day... It's a decision day and a declaration day that this coming year is going to include movement toward becoming more dadAWESOME for my kids. It's the first day of the dad year and we're offering four options for adding specific intentionality to your dad life. This video (https://bit.ly/DAdayVID) outlines the 4 dadAWESOME Day Challenges and we are praying that you step into this year saying YES to becoming dadAWESOME.

JOIN the dadAWESOME Day Challenge by texting one of these four keywords to (651) 370-8618

1) I am LOVED - text the word "loved" to (651) 370-8618

2) I am INTENTIONAL - text the word "intentional" to (651) 370-8618

3) I am FREE - text the word "free" to (651) 370-8618

4) I ENJOY my kids - text the word "enjoy" to (651) 370-8618

MORE INFO: https://dadawesome.org/day

--- learn about making a DONATION to dadAWESOME: https://dadawesome.org/give

--- Download the 2-page Mission/Vision/Invitation Overview for dadAWESOME: https://bit.ly/2021dadAWESOME