The Intentional Parents Podcast Special Intentional Fatherhood Feature: Your Fatherhood Needs You to Know Your Story, Facing Generational Sin, and Trusting God to Bless What’s Been Broken
Sep 3, 2025
Justin Whitmel Earley, author of The Common Rule, joins to unravel the profound connection between fatherhood and personal history. He and Brook candidly discuss how confronting generational sins can lead to healing. Justin shares his journey from inherited blessings to transformation, while Brook reveals the arduous process of grappling with a chaotic past. Together, they emphasize the need for self-awareness and faith in breaking destructive cycles, ultimately inspiring listeners to forge healthier family legacies.
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Past Shapes Present Fatherhood
- Your past shapes your present fatherhood in ways both visible and hidden.
- Facing the 'years the locusts ate' is necessary to receive God's restoration.
Grandfather's Abuse Set A Generational Pattern
- Brook describes a grandfather who was violently abusive and created multigenerational trauma.
- That abuse set patterns that affected Brook's father and then Brook's childhood environment.
Parents Who Escaped But Brought Scars
- Brook's parents married young, escaped their families, and had three kids by 23 amid poverty and alcoholism.
- He acknowledges they protected him from far worse even while the home remained chaotic.
