The Journey of a Christian Dad Podcast

Brett Snodgrass joins us today and we talk about The Secret War Within. I really enjoyed reading this book.

Brett's had a lot of business success as a real estate investor. He says, "Success shouldn't be the end goal. It should only serve as a platform to make a greater impact in the world."

I love interviewing Christ-Following Entrepeneurs like Brett.

On this episode we talk about Isolation vs Solitude, our desire to know and be known, vulnerability, daily habits and so much more.

-How do you go with God and others?

-What's the difference between Isolation and Solitude?

-How did Christ spend his time?

There is a challenge for you to do at the end of this episode designed to help you get better this week!

Connect with Brett at his website Iron Deep 

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Husbands, we should encourage our wives to do things that make them come alive! And that's why I promote my wife's children's books. Nate Saves the World is the Funniest Dad Joke kids book ever. Check Cori Luigs's books out on Amazon HERE

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Britt Lee and Brad Williams are fellow podcasters and fathers united by a common passion for helping young athletes become the best version of themselves in sports and life. From this passion, their Pure Athlete podcast with former MLB player Jeff Francouer, came to life.

Britt is married and has 4 kids, one played Division 1 tennis. He runs his own brand messaging/consulting business since 2007 and is the Author of "Parenting the Pure Athlete".

Brad Williams has a career in the sports industry, working for a major sports agency before running his own successful sports marketing business. Brad has worked as a high school Athletics Director at a private, Christian school in Atlanta. Brad is married and has six kids.

Today, we talk about Championing our kids to develop critical skills to success in sports and life, connecting with our kids through sports, developing competive athletes on the field and off, navigating the complex culture of youth sports and more!

-What are some mistakes parents make?

-How can we make the most of our relationship with our kids during their sports career?

-Listener question: How can we get our kids to practice outside of scheduled team practices or with a private coach?

-What is the worst part of the week for a lot of kid athletes?

-Should we do our best to get rid of challenges our child could encounter?

-What is the antidote to Selfish Pride? Philippians 2:3-4

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Check out my wife's kid's books and also here Exodus 90 Journal HERE

Are you doing Exodus 90? I'd like to hear about your thoughts about it and also this show. My email is TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com 

 

 

 

Giji joins us today to talk about the Father/Child Relationship and how to heal and restore those relationships. 

You could think of this as how to repair relationships with your parents, your kids or even have a mindset to prevent damaging in these relationships.

Giji met her dad when she was 17. Of course she had many unresolved issues from not growing up with her dad and now she's helping others develop great relationships by showing them the way to heal small and large relationship fractures.

Today we talk about Manhood missing in churces, how to break free from generational patterns and much more.

-How are we called to love our wife?

-What are some characterists of a healthy leader?

-What are 3 Principles that are necessary to heal and restore?

-What does it look and feel like to identify as a Son of God?

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Welcome back from Christmas Break! Hope you had a great time with family and celebrated Jesus birthday!

Jared Haley joins us from Strong By Design Podcast and Critical Bench. He's got 4 children and been married for 14 years. Jared has a Master's Degree in Transformational Leadership and Spiritual Formation, and has been in professional ministry for over 20 years.

Here are some questions we talk about and I'd love to hear your answers too! Email me at TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com

 

-What are some Christmas traditions in your household? What would you like to start?

-What are some of your favorite books to be a better dad/leader/Christ Follower?

-How can you make your home a Sanctuary? (What is a Sanctuary and Why is that important?)

-How have you and your wife made each other feel like a priority?

-What are some habits you have that help you grow closer to Christ?

 

And check out The Challenge at the end of the podcast! Can you do it???

 

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As always; thank you for listening, sharing, commenting and posting reviews on Apple Podcasts and your favorite podcast players! God Bless you and your families!

Don Ross joins us today to talk about helping our sons understand what it takes to be a man. He saw that boys don't know what it takes to become a man. Often, they have the wrong understanding and are confused.

Don's created Manhood Tribes to help dads and sons connect with others through his First Tribe: Path to Manhood community. He designed a Right of Passage kit that is easy to use with your family.

On this episode, we discuss what it takes to be a man and the 5 Traits of a Man.

-What are some common misconceptions of what a Christian Man is?

-What are the 3 things a boy needs?

-Why do you use Traits of a man instead of Roles of a man to help boys know what they need to become on their road to becoming men?

-What's an example of a challenge for a sont to do inside of First Tribe?

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The 100th Interview Episode!!! We've interviewed 100 people to help us on our Journey as a Christian Dad. Grateful you are with us on the Journey!

On this episode; Dr Gary Chapman joins us to talk about his new book, 5 Traits of a Healthy Family and also about applying The 5 Love Languages in your life. 

The 5 Love Languages book has sold over 20,000,000 copies so far and every year it sells move books than the year before. Serious momentum! If you haven't read that one, I highly suggest that book.

We talk share some stories about challenges we face and how to have a healthy family by developing 5 traits. You may feel encouraged that you are doing well in some areas and also find some areas of opportunity to grow when you listen to this one.

- Is your wife your #1 Priority? And should she be?

- What is Creative Teaching/Training and how did Paul Goldschmidt (2022 NL MVP) use this recently?

- How can we discipline without anger?

- Key question: What if my kids turn out like me? Think this one through in each area of your life.

Of course we finish the episode with a challenge from Dr Gary Chapman and there is some bonus content at the end of this episode!

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(By the way, Nate Saves the World is hilarious! Check it out on my wife's Amazon page)

Jay Hewitt joins us today. He received a devastating brain cancer diagnosis and had a decision to make. Turn to God or walk away from Faith?

In this episode we talk about his IRONMAN triathalon experience while undergoing cancer treatment. His race was a grand gesture of love for his young daughter - and a call of resilience for us all. 

We talk about how to turn your obstacles into opportunities and allow God to transfrom your weakness to strength.

-What's it like to be diagnosed with brain cancer?

-Why is a Resilient Life important?

-How did you accomplish your big goal of running a full IRONMAN while you had cancer, had physical challenges and had your body shut down at the 120 mile point of the race?

-What mantras and prayers did you use in your journey?

Miracles do happen. The miracle that Jay tells us about is incredible!!!

Take a listen to this one and email me your favorite parts! My email is TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com .

 

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Dr. Gary Lawrence and his wife Sylvia have spent their lives successfully leading others to "indentify, isolate and eliminate" the root cause of the emotional turmoil in their lives. Dr Gary has coached over 6,000 people in his counseling practice.

Today we talk about performing Emotional Surgery and removing the Root Cause of Bitterness.

What is Bitterness and How does that affect us and our Families?

What is the difference between an Escaper and a Survivor?

What are the Two Types of Rejection?

How can we disrupt the generational passing down of bitterness?

How can we start the Forgiveness Process?

What is Poverty Syndrome?

What can we learn when we listen to our wives?

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Thank you for listening to the podcast and becoming a better dad. This week we have Dave Brown on. He's the author of new book Servant Selling and he is a partner and founder of a coaching company that coaches thousands of leaders around the world. He is married to his wife Emmy and they have 3 young children.

As dads, we serve our families and we sell ideas to our family everyday. 

Today we talked about ways that we can become better leaders of our family and how we can become more valuable to our family and friends.

What are your daily habits?

Why is energy important and is there anything you can do to have more of it?

How can you build a connection with people and become memorable when you meet someone?

What's WYDFLI and why is it important?

This week's challenge: Watch your self-talk and correct it! What are some of your mantra's or power statements that you say to yourself and/or your family? I'd love to hear yours, please email me at TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com

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I think my wifes' book Nate Saves the World is the Funniest, Dad Joke kid's book ever!

 

 

 

Dr Kim is back with us again! He has a new book coming out called Love, Intimacy and Sex in the Second Half. Of course we talked about tips for having and Awesome Marriage and why it is important to let your children see you modeling this so that your kids see it. His adult children are really good at the things they saw Dr Kim and Nancy do really well and his kids struggle in the areas that Dr Kim and Nancy struggled. Some questions that we talked about: How can us guys get the fire going in our marriage? How important is it to have fun with your wife? How many close guy friends does Dr Kim have that he can share everything with? What is a major red flag in marriage? What are some things that we should model for our kids? And how do you do it? Do you have a Covenant Marriage or a Contract Marriage? And Dr Kim shared some advice to have an Awesome Marriage now and also in the Second Half! Challenge: Pursue your wife everyday this week! There is an Online Marriage Retreat in a couple of weeks. I am blessed to be a speaker at the retreat. Below is info about the retreat, buying Dr Kim's new book and to join our Free Facebook Community. Register HERE for Dr Kim's Online Marriage Retreat: Refresh Break Through the Barriers To an Aweseome Marriage Buy Dr Kim and Nancy's book Love, Intimacy & Sex in the Second Half HERE Join our FREE Facebook Group The Journey of a Christian Dad HERE PLEASE rate this podcast and write a review on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Audible! Thank you for your help! Rating, reviewing, sharing with a friend and sharing a link on your social media are ways you can help me and also other guys around the world!

R.A. is back and he tells a couple stories about a couple desperate times. Once, he felt like it would be better if he were not alive and another that he risked his life to make a name for himself. 

We do talk about life lessons that R.A. learned while he endured so much failure and ultimately became a knuckleball artist. 

Lessons:

-Let it Go

-Control What I Can Control

-Live the Next 5 minutes well

-Ichiro and Ichiro's translator explanation of the Japanese tradition of "Kaizen".

We talk about a question that kids ask. "Do I have what it takes?" R.A. says that it is his job to show his son that he does NOT have what it takes. This was an interesting and with explanation I totally agree with R.A. What are your thoughts about this? Email me at TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com and let me know.

 

-What are some ways we can coach our children without directly correcting them?

-How can sharing our past stories of success be harmful to our kids?

-What does God say about comparison?

-How does the tone of our voice affect how hear what we are saying to them?

We talk about the movie and theme of the movie Sound of Freedom. Take a listen, pray and ask what God is calling you to do.

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Challenge: Spend 30 minutes becoming more Self Aware of your strengths and weaknesses by writing it down and keep this copy. And then become vulnerable with another guy and share how you can help others with your strengths and where you can use some help to become better.

 

 

 

 

2012 CY Young Winner, RA Dickey joins us on the podcast today. He came from a low-income, broken home. He learned how to survive through extreme adversity, trauma and abuse. Sports Illustrated wrote a review of his book and said, "The finest piece of nonfiction baseball writing since Ball Four."

We had a great conversation about his life and what he's learned, especially what he learned through failure. He's a deep-thinking guy who know's how to tell a story. We had a lot of laughs, excited to share this one with you. God uses all things for the good, even when it's a NY Met winning the CY Young.

How do you get the Ego out of your way and develop a posture of humility?

What was winning the 2012 Cy Young like?

What is the difference between stubborn and relentlous?

Why is it imortant to learn from failure?

How can you use your influence to change someone's life?

There is an old saying, the teacher will appear when the student is ready. RA shares many examples of God bringing men into RA's life and picking him up and guiding him. So many little lessons in this one!

Check out RA Dickey's Book, Whereever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball HERE

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Stephen Arterbrun is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and host of the number one nationally syndicated Christian counseling talk show, New Life Live! He's got over 15,000,000 books sold and is listened to by over 3,000,000 people a week.

He's got two new books coming out August 1st. "Understanding and Loving Your Child in a Screen-Saturated World" and "Understanding and Loving Your College Student" are two topics I love to learn more about.

Sometimes our first response as men is to react with Anger. Today we'll talk about ways to Protect and Connect with your child.

When it comes to the internet, it is important to have a plan for your family and implement it. 

Here are a few questions we talk about:

-How can we respond with something other than Anger?

-What are some strategies for Protecting our children from the dangers that can come from screens and the internet?

-Why should our kids learn how to say NO?

Fair is where Pigs Win Ribbons! I love this line from Stephen. Great, funny dad response for when my daughters tell me "Dad, that's NOT FAIR!"

 

Here is an Amazon link to order Understanding and Loving Your Child in a Screen Saturated World 

Here is an Amazson link to order Understanding and Loving Your College Student

Here is a Link to Stephen Arterburn's Website

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AND my wife has two new children's books out! Check them out HERE! They make great gifts.

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We have been blessed to have Jay Millar hanging around this community for a couple of years. He founded My Virtual Dad and just released his new book, Be A Hero in Your Home: The Ultimate Playbook for Men to Succeed at Home, Work and Life.

The Air Force has hired Jay to coach their Cadets to learn and implement this Playbook so that they are successful in all areas of life.

Jay grew up without a great homelife or a great dad. Abuse, bankruptcy, alcoholism and anger issues are some of what Jay grew up with. 

He knew that he did not want to be a dad like his and it was up to him to figure out how to be a great dad!

And now he vulnerably shares his mistakes and what he has learned about being a great father in his book. 

-Who are the 5 people you spend the most time with?

-What are the daily, consistent actions you do that contribute to your success?

-What is THE measure of being a successful man? Great story about how University of Colorado coach Bill McCartney answered this question and retired from being the coach of one of the top football teams in the country.

Here is a link to Jay Millar's Book, Be a Hero in Your Home CLICK HERE

Check out the Warning Label Episode that Jay was on before. The episode is called The Four Pillars of Successful Men. Here the Link CLICK HERE

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And my wife has a new childrens book that just released. So proud of her! If you'd like to see it CLICK HERE

 

 

Mark Hancock shares his story of how and why Trail Life got started, differences between boys and girls and what boys are looking for.

Mark has 2 Masters Degrees in the Mental Health Counseling field, had his own private practice, and was a youth and college Pastor. He's been a guest on Focus on the Family, James Dobson's Family Talk and is a speaker at conferences across the country.

He's been married over 30 years, lives in Greenville, South Carolina and has 2 sons. And he has a great sense of humor! He keeps myself and those around him laughing all the time.

His son wrote a note explaining why he left the Boy Scouts. It was 3 words. "You weren't brave."

We talked about the 3 questions that boys want answered when they are in a group: Who's in Charge? Who's with Me? What is our Mission?

Boys are wired for risk and competition. Boys learn empathy by let our sons lose. We must not shield them from the opportunity to learn from losing. Boys need to learn language so that they understand their emotions and can learn empathy.

Boys are hungry for people that pay attention to them. This generation of kids are:

• Unguided
• Ungrounded
• Unappreciated
• Uninspired

And that leads to them being "Unproductive Narcissists". Trail Life USA focuses on Character, Leadership and Adventure. It is Christ Centered and Boy Focused.

As a girl dad, this conversation helped me understand more differences between boys and girls and also helped me understand some things about how I grew up.

Men: we need to be Brave, not passive. 

GOD spoke of this 6,000 years ago.

From the Book of Genesis: Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry?" Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it." (NOT DOING what is right is a Sin of Omission)

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

Weekly Challenge: Find something to connect with your child on this week. 6 Bonus Points if you can also find an emotion to walk through, sit with it and ask Jesus to sit in it with you.

 

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The last few episodes I've shared how I had 3 angry responses to my wife in the same week. I was shocked that I had done this once, much less 3 times in the same week!

I was searching Audible for a new book and Audible suggested "Marriage Triggers". What a cool God Wink. So I downloaded the book and asked the author to join us on the podcast!

Excited to share my conversation with Amber Lia, author of Marriage Triggers, Parenting Scripts, Food Triggers and Triggers: Exhanging Parents Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses.

Some highlights from this episode:

-"Holy Pauses"

-"What are you making an Idol in Your Life?"

-H.A.L.T.

-"Overwhelm is a choice"

-"Is it Worth it?"

-"Lovingly tell me something that you would like to see improved."

And there is a GREAT CHALLENGE at the end or this one!

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Joe and Mell Hashey join us this week to talk about 7 Elements of the Strong Family Path. Joe played college football and is a business consultant. He realized he was spending more time on his business than his family and he needed to re-balance that fast.

His wife Mell has a Masters in Social Work from New York University and she counseled families in abusive situations. 

After many friends asked for help and mentorship to help them have a high powered family. So that's how the Strong Family Project Podcast got started. They strive to help families use their framework that any family can use to establish values and stress free family leadership.

-How can you use Kill, Keep or Combine to establish core values and make decisions with your family?

-What are Tough Truths and how can your family use them to become a stronger family team?

-Who must you rescue first if you are stuck in the mountains 8 hours from the nearest town?

What are some of the catch phrases you use with your family? I'd love to hear and share them on the podcast. Email me at TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com or post on our Facebook Page.

Here are a few that were on this Podcast:

-What's memorable is portable - Be Where Your Feet Are -We Do Hard Things!

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Listen in to a very real conversation with Dan Laure. He has a wonderful family, is a great leader and is a close friend of mine. It's been exciting seeing him focus on what's important and going after it.

He never had a great father figure growing up. His biological dad left when he was three. His mom continually made poor choices. The men in her life were heavy drinkers and abusive. Dan had every reason to harbor anger and be resentful. 

Here are some questions that we talk about and maybe you have asked in your life too:

-Why should I forgive someone who does not deserve forgiveness?

-How am I so bad that I caused my dad to leave?

-Why do I keep doing more, but yet still feel like something is missing in my life?

-Am I doing enough?

Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy times seven times."

Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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John Ruhlin, author of Giftology: The Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Retention,  joins us this week to talk life and relationships. John is a public speaker and gets to speak on some of the biggest stages. And he grew up in a small town in Ohio. His life changed when he became Christian at 16 and changed again when he learned a key lesson about generosity and growing a business.

With that lesson, John quit going to school to become a doctor and he become the #1 sales out of 2,000,000 sales people at Cutco. And his self-published book has sold over 100,000 copies.

 

How did God create the Heavens and the Earth? Through speaking. Words are powerful.

What does the Devil do to limit our potential?

Why should we humble ourselves and ask for help?

How can you help your children and others in your life have confidence and be able to grow into their God given potential?

Why can asking Why help or haunt us?

How can we pray for you this month? Email me at TheChristianDadPodcast@gmail.com or shoot me a message on FB with your prayer request or any feedback about the podcast. 

 

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Joel Penton won the National Championship at Ohio State University. He was a Defensive Tackle and won the Danny Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian Heisman). He is now a widely-sought after speaker and the author of During School Hours. He is the CEO of LifeWise Academy, which is a groundbreaking program providing Bible education to students in Public Schools during School Hours across the country. This program is growing like wildfire. He talks about how generations go through cycles of Believing, Accepting and Rejecting faith. On this episode we talk about how Joel incorporates his family in his daily life, football, leadership, responsibility, prayer, and lots more. "It's impossible to be depressed when your heart rate is up!" - Joel Penton -What kind of work should I do? -How do I get more authority? -What are some practical things I can do with my wife to help us grow as Christians? -Is it a Root Issue or a Fruit Issue? Sign your school up for religious education During School Hours Here at LifeWise Academy Join our Free Facebook Community The Journey of a Christian Dad HERE Would you take a moment to rate my wife's children's book, Nate Saves the World? Here is the link to rate the book. It's the funniest Dad Joke Kids book ever! Seriously, it is! Thank you for supporting my wife's passion. Do you homeschool? Or are you curious about homeschooling? Classical Conversations is our sponsor and Joel Penton talked about his family using Classical Conversations with his homeschooling family.Click HERE for more info