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Mel Ellenwood shares about trusting God while moving their young family to the Czech Republic to be youth ministry missionaries. This conversations builds upon our monthly WISDOM theme while adding a powerful perspective of doing hard things as a family. Mel unpacks the power of humility and asking for forgiveness in the moments of messing up as a father. God takes pleasure in us. God loves us bec...

Edrin Williams joins dadAWESOME for part 3 of our monthly WISDOM theme. This conversation challenges us to enjoy the journey and love our kids from a place of being loved by our Heavenly Father. Edrin is a pastor at The Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis and with his wife Shanequa they have two beautiful girls, Taylor 8 & Harper 2. Give the the gift of your presence to your family Step in an...

Mark Matlock is back for part 2 of a conversation about Growing in Wisdom . This episode unpacks the seven marks of a wise person and explains how the hero's journey applies to helping our kids find wise influencers. Mark walks us through cultural changes with how we pass down wisdom followed by practical ways we can accelerate wisdom acquisition for our kids. Seven Marks of A Wise Person: Trusts...

Mark Matlock joins dadAWESOME for part 1 of our Growing in Wisdom monthly theme. The conversation explores the benefits of letting our kids fail along with valuable insights around us as dads needing to grow in wisdom before we can lead our kids towards wise choices. How can we accelerate the acquisition of wisdom in our kids? How can we encourage strength and confidence to help our kids stand on...

This is part 4 of Father Family Rhythms and we're outlining five steps to put this month's theme into action. We're joined by Nate Puccini who shares insights into living with daily disciplines to support his family rhythms. FIVE ACTION STEPS: Take a day or a half day - Be intentional about slowing down and listening for the voice of your Heavenly Father. Reflect, Read, Worship, Exercise, Rest, et...

Special appreciation to Joshua Davis (website) with  Smart Web Ninja , Tyler Van Eps (episode summary writing), Brent Haglund (podcast music) and Brian Roland (sparking the genesis moment of the podcast). Paul Stine joins dadAWESOME for part 3 of Father Family Rhythms. This conversation focusses on critical take-away points from the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less  by Greg McKeo...

Kevin Klaas joins dadAWESOME for part 2 of Father Family Rhythms. This vulnerable conversation explores trusting God, supporting his wife through a miscarriage and small steps towards new impactful family rhythms. Asking questions instead of lecturing Trusting God for more children Responding in love instead of anger Seeing children as a gift from God 30-mins per day cuddling with a child after di...

Mentor, author and cliff chaser Tim Bohlke joins dadAWESOME to kick off our January theme; Father Family Rhythms. Here's a quote from Tim's book Thin Places: "One of my hopes was to wake up leaders who were coasting, who were settling, or backing away from dangerous pursuits. When the faith of a leader loses its edge, when we doze off and get bored, or forget what it was like to take risks and pur...

Jeff Zaugg explains the 50-week vision and heart for dadAWESOME >> Live fully alive as we lead our kids to God's awesomeness Why call this podcast dadAWESOME? Who is this podcast for? What is the goal? Why should you take time to listen to this podcast? 1) Live Fully Alive It's obvious when someone is really living John 10:10 "The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to...

Competitive obstacle racer, trauma surgeon and father of seven Patei Iyegha joins dadAWESOME to discus 5 ways to put this Moment Maker Dads theme into action.   In case you missed the first Patei Iyegha interview on Episode 25, here's the link:  https://dadawesome.org/25-patei-iyegha/   FIVE WAYS TO TAKE ACTION:   1. Power of Words - what words are we speaking over our kids? The words we speak are...

Part 3 of the Moment Maker Dads month features a book conversation with Ross Manders...  " Never Say No " takes you on a personal journey to learn first-hand how Mark & Jan Foreman raised Jon and Tim of Switchfoot. They share practical advice for instilling wonder in a media-saturated culture, cultivating specific gifts, and balancing structure with individual choice. Our purpose as parents is the...

This second part of the Moment Maker Dads conversation with Carlos Whittaker explores waking ourselves up to living our life rather than letting life live you. To disturb and disrupt will be the place we are most awakened Why don't we disturb and disrupt ourselves on purpose so that we can continue to grow and mature. In order to show our kids wonder, we must go backwards and slow things down. The...

Carlos Whittaker joins dadAWESOME for a 2-part interview to kick off the Moment Maker Dads theme for the month of December. This vulnerable conversation explores the power of words, living as a Great Commission reflecting family, the powerful example of his father and finding freedom through identifying lies hidden deep in our hearts.  Praying for a double portion of God's wisdom Steeping our deci...

Drew Shepp joins dadAWESOME to discuss 10 action steps to move past good intentions to intentional living. This is part 4 of the November 2018 4-part Inside-Out Dad Life series. "Good intentions will never take you anywhere you want to go. Only intentional living will get you the things you want in life." -John C. Maxwell Ten Intentional Ways to Step Into This Inside-Out Dad Life: Brotherhood : Do...

Tyler Sevlie joins dadAWESOME to discuss the monthly Inside-Out Dad Life theme through the book "Spiritual Slavery to Sonship". Find Security, Freedom, and Acceptance by Resting in the Father's Love People are always looking for identity and acceptance. Sadly, the search often leads to wrong places, wrong people, and wrong messages about who they are.   These restless journeys ultimately lead us t...

Join Matt Keller for Part 2 as he dives deeper into Inside-Out Dad Life and inspires us to lead and parent from a full and vibrant heart. Are there past pains or labels that you find yourself carrying into your parenting? What excuses are disqualifying your ability to lead your family? What are you afraid of and how close are you to burnout? In this interview: Tilling the soil of your heart Your p...

What relationships are you fostering around your family? Do other men have enough access to your parenting to encourage or challenge you? What prayers are you constantly praying over your kids? Join Matt Keller as he inspires dads to lead and parent from a full and vibrant heart. In this interview: Leading from a full heart Examined experience is the best teacher Who you do life with shapes who yo...

We're on our second week (here's the link for week 1 ) of looking back over the past 40 weeks of dadAWESOME. We'll once again highlight six short clips from the fathers that we interviewed. These are the 12 takeaways for this second round of Forty Weeks Of AWESOMENESS: Challenging Our Kids To Do Hard Things (025 Patei Iyegha) Loving People Through Action as a Family  (025 Patei Iyegha) In Life Peo...

This week we're looking back over the past 40 weeks of dadAWESOME and highlighting six short clips from the fathers that we interviewed. These are the 12 takeaways for this first edition of Forty Weeks Of AWESOMENESS.  1) The Powerful Voice Of Dad - Speaking Truth, Identity and Value ( 014 Nick Foulks ) 2) Your Kids Real Father Is God - You Are Entrusted To Raise Therm For A Season ( 014 Nick Foul...

  Eric Iverson joins dadAWESOME for a vulnerable conversation about leading his family in Bible reading, the importance of paying attention to his wife, and the tendency to focus on behavior-change instead of dealing with heart issues. What rhythms can you set up to connect to the heart of your family? Are you facilitating a heart connection with your kids and wife? Are your words building up and...

Paul Hurckman is our first-ever repeat guest on the dadAWESOME Podcast. If you missed his first time joining us, please click here to listen to Episode 15. Paul and his wife, Candace, have 4 children (2 bigs and 2 littles) and they live in Minneapolis where they love to bike, run and host popsicle extravaganza gatherings for their neighborhood. Paul is the Executive Director at Venture Expeditions...

Introducing our first ever dadAWESOME Book Summary Episode!  Fearless Parenting: How to Raise Faithful Kids in a Secular Culture  (George Barna & Jimmy Myers)… Jeremy Brookins joins dadAWESOME to share his book summary along with processing how he's working to implement these challenging take-aways in his parenting.