"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
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"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
Breaking Generational Patterns: Why You Keep Becoming Your Father Despite Your Best Intentions
Authentic Masculinity
9 minutes
3 months ago
Breaking Generational Patterns: Why You Keep Becoming Your Father Despite Your Best Intentions
You swore you'd never repeat those patterns, yet here you are—responding to your children exactly as your father did to you. This episode explores the powerful force of generational patterns that pull us into behaviors we've explicitly rejected. Through the biblical story of Isaac unwittingly repeating Abraham's exact sin, we discover why awareness alone isn't enough to break the cycle. These inherited patterns aren't your fault, but they are unmistakably your responsibility—especially as you...
Authentic Masculinity
"I grew up going to church. And I hated it." That's not the testimony most dads share with their kids. But the sanitized version—the one that skips the doubt, the boredom, the moments you thought everyone around you was crazy—leaves your children alone when they hit their own wall of unbelief. Here's the problem: you've got a 90-minute documentary's worth of spiritual formation crammed into a 22-second elevator pitch. And you're delivering that same thin version to your five-year-old, your fi...
