Dad Tired

Want to be a Dad Tired Parnter? Click HERE You can love your wife, love your kids, and still be afraid to admit the question underneath it all: Is this it? This week, Jerrad sits down with author Jared C. Wilson for an honest conversation about midlife, unrealized dreams, and the fear that your best years might already be behind you. Jerrad shares the restlessness he's feeling as he approaches 40—...

Do other people get a better version of you than your wife and kids get? Recorded outdoors in Guatemala during the first Dad Tired Family Missions Trip, Jerrad sits down with a group of dads for an honest conversation about the gap between the fathers they hoped to be and the men their families experience. They talk about replaying parenting mistakes at bedtime, struggling with emotional consisten...

Important Links: Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear You want to be a present dad, an intentional husband, a healthy man, and a faithful follower of Jesus. But does your calendar make room for the things you say matter most? Recording from Antigua, Guatemala, Jerrad Lopes shares an honest look at the gap...

Are You Sure You're Saved? Ask Yourself This. If you died tonight, how confident are you that you'd spend eternity with Jesus? A five? A seven? A ten? For many Christian men, that question brings up more anxiety than confidence. We believe in Jesus, but we still struggle with doubt, repeat the same sins, and wonder whether we're doing enough to be saved. In this episode of Dad Tired, guest host Pa...

What do you do when you want to lead your family toward Jesus, but your own failures make you feel like a hypocrite? Jerrad sits down with pastor, author, and Family Discipleship Podcast host Adam Griffin to talk about fatherhood, spiritual leadership, and learning to start again. They discuss the dad who loses his temper in the morning and feels unqualified to pray with his kids at night, why rep...

Important Links: Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear You want your wife and kids to grow closer to Jesus. But what happens when you don’t feel close to him yourself? With a cup of coffee on the back patio, Jerrad wrestles with a question that came up twice at men’s events this week—and one he’s faced in h...

Important Links: Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear You love your kids. But when they’re struggling, it’s hard to know what to do. Come down harder? Give them space? Make another rule? In this honest ramble, Jerrad shares what he’s learning while navigating a challenging season of parenting four kids. Fr...

Important Links: Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Learn more about Adventures in Missions Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Does your family know what to expect when you walk through the door—or do they have to figure out which version of you showed up? After a stomach bug leaves Jerrad and his son stranded at a Mississippi airport, an...

Important Links: Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear What are you carrying that you’ve quietly decided to take to the grave? Maybe it’s sin. Maybe it’s shame, pain, resentment, addiction, or something that happened to you. You’ve convinced yourself that keeping it hidden protects the people you love—but h...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Jonathan Almonte grew up in extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic, without a father in the home and believing that joining a gang might be his best path to a better life. But God began changing his story through a local chur...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Donate to Dad Tired. When was the last time you felt genuinely excited about your future? For a lot of men, life slowly becomes survival mode—work, bills, marriage, kids, responsibilities, repeat. Somewhere along the way, we sto...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Sin rarely destroys a man’s life all at once. More often, it slowly kills his joy, peace, intimacy, trust, focus, and spiritual health—and eventually, he gets used to living around the damage. In this episode, Jerrad asks a diff...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear What if sleep isn’t wasted time, weakness, or something to squeeze in after everything else is done? What if it is actually one of God’s most practical invitations to trust Him? In this episode, Jerrad sits down with Brett McCra...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear What is really happening when anger, discouragement, anxiety, or apathy suddenly takes over? In this raw solo episode, Jerrad processes his own battle with comparison and insecurity after watching other successful men in ministr...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear __ In this deeply moving episode of Dad Tired, Jerrad sits down with former country music star Granger Smith for a raw and hope-filled conversation about grief, faith, and true conversion. Granger opens up about the tragic loss...

Former Green Beret John Arroyo survived the 2014 Fort Hood mass shooting after being shot through the throat. But in this powerful conversation, John shares why the deepest wound of his life wasn’t the bullet — it was growing up without a father. John and Jerrad talk about father wounds, gangs, addiction, becoming a teenage dad, military life, trauma, and the healing power of realizing that God ha...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear In this episode of Dad Tired, Jerrad sits down with Kaleb and Chris for an honest conversation about one of the most common tensions Christian parents face: What do I do when my kid doesn’t want to go to church anymore? Together...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear ______ What does real friendship actually look like for men? In this episode of Dad Tired , Jerrad is joined by Kaleb Allen and Chris Hilken for an honest conversation about brotherhood, grief, betrayal, loneliness, and the kind...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Sponsor: VARA Safes. Promo code: DADTIRED20 In this episode of Dad Tired , Jerrad sits down with Dr. Kathy Koch , founder of Celebrate Kids , to talk about raising kids who feel fully known, deeply loved, and prepared for life....

Want to stay up to date? Make sure you're subscribed to the email newsletter .  __ Hey guys, quick update from Jerrad. As you’re listening to this, I’m currently in Alaska with my son and a group of Dad Tired dads and sons for a father-son rite of passage trip. This season is packed with Dad Tired events, including the Alaska trip, Family Camp, our family mission trip to Guatemala, the annual Dad...

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear When your soul feels anxious, restless, angry, or worn down, what do you do? In this episode of Dad Tired , Pastor Kaleb points men back to one of the most overlooked gifts God has given us for caring for our souls: the Psalms....

Important Links: Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear Sometimes the only way to see God do what only He can do is to stop trying to control the outcome. In this episode, Jerrad reflects on Elijah’s showdown with the prophets of Baal and the bold moment when Elijah poured water over...

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Important Links: Today's Sponsor: Heavenly Heat Saunas Dad Tired Annual Retreat Full Message from Kaleb HERE Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear In this devotional episode of Dad Tired, Jerrad walks through the story of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 18, where Abraham welcomes the Lord into his home with re...

Important Links: Today's Sponsor: Heavenly Heat Saunas Dad Tired Annual Retreat Host A Dad Tired Conference at your church Join the FREE Family Leadership Program Shop the Dad Tired store for best-selling gear What if the life you’ve built to survive is keeping you from the life God actually made you for? In this episode, Jerrad sits down with songwriter, worship leader, recording artist, and auth...