The Journey of a Christian Dad Podcast

Who is the Spiritual Leader of your Family? Is it you? Your Pastor? Your spouse? Do you know? I did, and sadly, no one was taking responsibility to lead our family. Well friends, someone needs to take that job, and THAT MAN IS YOU! You may not feel qualified; some days I don’t! With the help of God and a community of Dads helping each other on our walk, we welcome you to The Journey of a Christian Dad Podcast! To connect with other Christian Dads on the Journey check out our private Facebook Group, The Journey of a Christian Dad.

The Road Home featuring Grammy award winning musician John Michael Talbot; musician, author, monk 04/15/2024

The Road Home featuring Grammy award winning musician John Michael Talbot; musician, author, monk 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 Jesus Revolution. He studied many different religions including Buddhism, Muslim, and mystical ones. We talk about why he chose Christianity and how he became a monk. -What seperates Jesus from other religious leaders from other religions? -What does it mean to be contemplative? -What is a big problem when Christians form communities? -What does the daily life look like in a monaestic community? -What did John Michael learn from Dorotheus of Gaza that made a huge difference in his life and his community? Part 2 dives deep into the anti-dotes for the Cardinal Sins, a near death experience and how to control your thoughts and pray without ceasing. Thank you for sharing The Journey of a Christian Podcast with dads you care about! Check out John Michael Talbot's website Join our Free Facebook Group Please rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Amazon Podcasts. This will help other dads find the podcast and become better leaders of their family! Support my wife and check out the Funniest Dad Joke Kid's Book Ever, ***What's your plan to talk to your children about Sex? Are you equipped? Do you have confidence to talk to your kids about this topic? Can you empower your kids with wholesome Christian thinking? If you'd like some help, check out . This is a great course that will help you. Use Discount Code: THEJOURNEY10 to receive 10% off.**** /episode/index/show/thejourneyofachristiandad/id/30826133

The Sex Talk! with Nick Liberto, Executive Director of Proven Ministries - Episode 108 04/01/2024

From Broken Boy to Mended Man - Patrick Morley, Best-Selling Author of The Man in the Mirror Episode - 107 03/18/2024

The Secret War Within Brett Snodgrass, Author and Host of The Iron Deep Podcast - Episode 106 03/04/2024

Parenting The Pure Athlete: Help Your Athlete Maximize Performance, Achieve Their Goals, Build Lasting Character with Britt Lee and Brad Williams - Episode 105 01/22/2024

Hungry for Wholeness with Giji Dennard, Father/Child Relationship Healer, Author and Speaker - Episode 104 01/08/2024

3 Disciplines to Build Your Foundation with Jared Haley, Co-Host of Strong By Design Podcast - Episode 103 12/27/2023

What Does It Take To Be A Man? (Rights of Passage) with Don Ross, Founder and Creator of Manhood Tribes 12/11/2023

5 Traits of a Healthy Family with Dr Gary Chapman, Author of The 5 Love Languages - Episode 101 11/27/2023

I Am Weak I Am Strong with Jay Hewitt - IRONMAN finisher, Author, Pastor, Husband and Dad - Episode 100 10/30/2023

Remove the Root of Bitterness with Dr Gary Lawrence, author of Rejection Junkies 10/09/2023

"Are You the Thermometer or the Thermostat in your Home?" with Dave Brown, author of Servant Selling and elite-level Sales and Leadership Coach - Episode 098 09/25/2023

Love, Intimacy & Sex with Dr Kim Kimberling, founder of Awesome Marriage, book author and Christian Counselor - Episode 097 09/10/2023

Be Not Afraid with R.A Dickey, 2012 MLB Cy Young Winner and author of Wherever I Wind Up - Episode 096 08/19/2023

Be Not Afraid with R.A Dickey, 2012 MLB Cy Young Winner and author of Wherever I Wind Up - Episode 096 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 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. If you want to take immediate action, sign up with F3 Gateway and log miles you walked, ran, or biked. The goal is to get 24,901 miles logged by 8/26/2023. An anonymous donor will donor $25,000 if we hit mileage goal. The goal is to log enough miles to run around the earth. Your financial donations help also. This charity helps victims of Human Trafficking. We greatly appreciate your support! Check out Immediate Action Step to benefit The Covering House, Click Starts 8/20/2023 Run/Bike Signup Join our Free Facebook Community 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. /episode/index/show/thejourneyofachristiandad/id/27798129

"Unveiling the Humble Heart: Embracing Intimacy, Leadership and Growth through Failure" - an inspiring conversation with RA Dickey, 2012 MLB Cy Young Winner and Author of Whereever I Wind Up - Episode 095 08/09/2023

Understanding and Loving Your Child in a Screen-Saturated World with Stephen Arterburn, founder and chairman of New Life Ministries - Episode 094 07/24/2023

Be a Hero in Your Home with Jay Millar, Founder of My Virtual Dad, Marathon runner and author of Be a Hero in Your Home - Episode 093 07/05/2023

Creating Good and Godly Men with Mark Hancock, CEO of Trail Life USA - Episode 092 06/26/2023

Creating Good and Godly Men with Mark Hancock, CEO of Trail Life USA - Episode 092 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. Download Trail Life's booklet, "Raising Godly Boys" JOIN our FREE Facebook Group, Check out our sponsor Classical Conversations /episode/index/show/thejourneyofachristiandad/id/27267768