Community Builder and Storyteller, Matt "Ralph" Crossman joins us on this episode to share with us some stories from his life and lessons that he has learned as a man and a dad. Loneliness is killing us, middle-aged men. And as a solopreneur, "Ralph" has intentionally help create community and connections by organizing workouts, adventure trips and challenges for men to engage in and connect at. "Ralph" is famously know for creating MABA, Make America Burpee Again. Over 400 F3 men...

Ever wanted to do something that you felt was impossible? Or wanted to do, but crippled with fear or something else stopping you? Or had so many speed bumps, potholes and locked doors in your way that you wanted to quit? Today, what felt impossible actually happened! Jason "Cherry Limeade" joins us on his book launch day! And mine! Yes, I wrote a chapter in this book that I am excited for dads to read. Excited to share this book with you. Jason decided years ago that he wanted to make a...

Davey Blackburn joins us and shares a story about the day his world fell apart. He vulnerably shares the details of that day and his thoughts. We talk about marriage, radical forgiveness, God's grace and mercy and virtues he works on with his kids. -How is God a good and loving God if he allows bad things to happen? -How did you keep your church going while you were disabled by grief? -Have you ever felt triggered? Where do those feelings come from? -What kind of questions do people ask...

Welcome back! Sorry for the wait for John Michael Talbot Part 2! He spoke about his Journey from RockStar to Monk on part one. He shares his thoughts about the world, Western Christianity and more on this episode. How important is it to confess your sins? In his community, they also confess their thoughts and temptations. What is a prayer that he says and recommends others say? The Jesus Prayer - "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy of on me." What is a tool that we can use to help us forgive...

Multi-platinum selling Grammy/Dove award winning Contemporary Christian Music pioneer John Michael Talbot joins us today. He was a country rock pioneer with his band Mason Proffit that was on track to be a Supergroup when their hit song was banned from radio stations. Mason Proffit opened up for the Eagles and Aerosmith.  We talk about his childhood growing up playing baseball, getting into to music, drugs, sex and rock n' roll. And we talk about how he was born again and his part in the...

Kent Evans connected me to Nick Liberto a couple of years ago and I've been wanting to have Nick on the podcast ever since. Finally! Nick has a course called The Sex Talk!  Catchy title, but I instantly thought that it's not just one talk you have with your kids.... Well, we get into that and more on this episode. He's collected some of the greatest Christian thought leaders and put their best into his course.  -Some parents think this is a topic that can easily be ignored. -Some parents...

Blessed to have Patrick Morley back with us again. He's the author of The Man in the Mirror: Solving the 24 Problems Men Face. That book has sold over 4 Million Copies. He is here today to share with us some insights from his new book, From Broken Boy to Mended Man: A Positive Plan to Heal Your Childhood Wounds and Break the Cycle. When Patrick was 53, his mom died and Patrick had no emotional reaction during that time. He knew something was wrong and he hired a  While reading this book, I...

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...

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...

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...

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 [email protected]   ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...