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Jeff Zaugg steps behind the microphone in this episode to share his personal fatherhood journey and how he adds adventure and intentionality to the dad life. Interviewed by Dr. Michelle Canfield Watson, Jeff shares powerful encouragement and insights for fathers in any stage of parenting.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Tell your children you love being their dad.  Challenge yourself to step into the unknown with your whole heart.  You can gamify every stage of fathering.  Most fathers rank themselves worse than average, but you can flip the script.   Jeff Zaugg   Jeff Zaugg is the founder of dadAWESOME and FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS, two ministries that resource and rally dads through engaging podcasts and 100-mile bike rides. Jeff and his wife, Michelle, have been married for seventeen years and are parents to four daughters.   Key Quotes   14:00 - "I call it the intentional 40. I turned 40 about 14 months ago, and I said, Hey, if I could get more intentional moments with my wife, that would that would be good in so many levels, more intentional moments with my girls, more intentional moments with friends and more intentional moments with mentors. The drift, I want to be a dad, a man, a follower of Jesus who is dreaming and not drifting. And our dreams, often we have to take action to spark bigger dreams, and we have to stretch ourselves and be a little bit vulnerable and do something that's hard." 39:02 - "I'll give away more of me, in my heart, that I think most of us dads, the same way we give all of ourselves to the stranger and a fraction of ourselves to the little precious gifts."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield's Website Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield's Books DadAwesome, Episode 277 (Part 1), with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield DadAwesome, Episode 278 (Part 2), with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield Ephesians 3:20   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

As a father of seven, Moses Ehambe’s passion and energy is remarkable. His message will inspire and equip you to elevate every area of your life by pursuing excellence and finding a brotherhood that will support you.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   You need an Aaron and a Hur to hold up your hands on your fatherhood journey.  Visualize yourself giving your problems to God.  Don’t sit on the bench when you get home from work.  You can’t be perfect, but when you strive for perfection, you land on excellence.    Moses Ehambe   Moses Ehambe is an experienced professional basketball player, coach, former NBA apprentice, and personal development coach known for his energy, authenticity, and leadership skills. He and his wife, Sarah, have seven children and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.    Key Quotes   17:29 - "A fantastic way to exercise that is visualization. You as a man think it, so is he. Whatever you think you'll be, whatever you speak, you become. So if you think, lay it at His feet and you actually visualize you in front of His throne with all your problems, you put it in a bag and you just throw it at His feet. Like, good bye and just walk away. I think that does something powerful to you and alleviates any weight from you. 28:31 - "As fathers, as providers at home, we put so much emphasis on I'm the provider, I got to go out, I got to do what I got to do, so I can provide for my family with the money. And, nah, it's twofold, bro. You got to provide financially, but you also got to provide emotionally as well. The only way you could provide emotionally is if you take those two shifts. And those two shifts are you're going out to work, but you're also coming into work." 31:11 - "Knowing that we still strive for perfection, our job is to be more and more like Jesus and He was perfect. We will never, ever become perfect, but guess what happens when you strive for perfection? You land on excellence. Being able to land on excellence as a father, as a husband, as a professional. Dad, there's no better feeling."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  DadAwesome episode 118 with Moses Ehambe Follow @mosesehambe on Instagram Aleph Holdings Honour Capital Pactimo   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

Before Lisa Max was a parenting coach or ministry director, she walked her own journey of brokenness. She experienced a childhood of hurt and later witnessed her own children face the emotional pain she had once endured. However, God redeemed her family's story. In this episode, she provides fathers with tangible wisdom and practical solutions to walk in authority and partner with the Holy Spirit in parenting.   Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Your children are your ministry team.  There's no such thing as passive fathers; your behavior can be passive, but your influence is not.  Model your earthly home after the Father's.  Fear is a welcome mat, so don't fear the things you must take authority over.  Teaching your children how to hear God's voice is essential.    Lisa Max   Lisa Max is the director of Let the Children Fly, a ministry that empowers families around the globe to partner with the Holy Spirit in their parenting. Lisa and her four children love playing in the Kingdom and igniting fires in others to do the same.   Key Quotes   36:06 - "We welcome what we fear. Fear is a welcome mat. So there can be no fear over [what is going on in our society] there has to be authority." 47:08 - "I'm a firm believer that we need to be teaching our children how to go to God's voice in the time of peace before we go to His voice in the time of need."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Let The Children Fly Website Papa's Pocket Code for $15 off your first box: awesome Conversations with our Creater EBook Code for free EBook: hear4you   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

Jeremy Pryor is back in Part 2 of this conversation to share how dads can create intentional spaces in their home for meaningful family memories. He also encourages fathers to carry the spirit of Elijah by loving and zealously defending the multigenerational family.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Your house is a theme park for the values of your family.  The spirit of Elijah seeks to restore families, while the spirit of Jezebel aims to destroy them. In today’s culture, the new “ideal” father is the traditional mother.  There’s too much at stake to abdicate your role as a visionary, leading father.    Jeremy Pryor   Jeremy Pryor is a business owner, creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and builder of multiple movements with family at the core. Jeremy and his wife have five children and reside in a multigenerational home near Cincinnati, Ohio.   Key Quotes   8:50 - "I want to be able to someday walk around a city and just see in the houses and the neighborhoods and and the businesses and the different expressions. I wish they were all just expressions of family values." 21:20 - "One of the reasons why Elijah is a multi-generational father or patriarch is that he was the first prophet to set up schools of prophets. He was the first prophet to have a successor that he had trained and gave a double portion, which is the sons, the firstborn sons portion of his spirit. This is why I believe it's really important not to pinpoint a patriarch or fatherhood to married men. He had sons all over the place. And now, he represents the multi-generational father spirit in the scriptures."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Jeremy's Podcast Jeremy's Books Family Team's Website Elijah, Jezebel, and the Battle for the Household YouTube Video   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

Jeremy Pryor once wondered what would happen if parents, rather than aiming to ensure their children’s happiness, aimed to raise children that would be great parents to the third generation. Now, as a grandfather himself, Jeremy is witnessing the rewards of multigenerational family bonds firsthand and teaching others how to create the same.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Aim to make your children excellent parents to your grandchildren.  Masculinity is typified by mature fatherhood.  Everything you do in the workplace should flow out of your role as a father.  Work together to build assets as a family.  A peer-oriented childhood is not psychologically or historically usual.    Jeremy Pryor   Jeremy Pryor is a business owner, creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, and builder of multiple movements with family at the core. Jeremy and his wife have five children and reside in a multigenerational home near Cincinnati, Ohio.    Key Quotes   6:24 - "One of the intuitions that shifts when you think this way is when you're parenting your kids, the default in our culture is to parent your kids for their happiness. That creates a terminal generation." 8:43 - "The most practical thing to build for your children is a multi-generational root structure. So they are grounded in their identity from day one. They know who we are. They're not just an individual now. They are an individual. And we want to honor all of the unique ways that God has made them. But what we've been experimenting with as a culture is that, that is primary and that's almost entirely where identity comes from, is it's all individual."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Jeremy's Podcast Jeremy's Books   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

In the second part of this conversation, Jay Heck reaffirms his encouragement for fathers to take risks, invite their children on adventures, and actively listen to God. He also explores the necessity of community and the courage needed to be curious.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Masculinity bestows masculinity.  Learn how to dialogue with Jesus instead of monologuing. There are questions you can only get answered when in community with others.  Curiosity takes courage.   Jay Heck   Jay Heck is the founder and director of Being Songs, a ministry helping men discover that authentic, fearless, God-designed manhood begins by being a son.    Key Quotes   10:34 - "Jesus had the entire Scripture memorized and better understood than any human being in all of human history. If that's all that He needed, then why did God break all the rules at the River Jordan and say to Him, You are my beloved son, out loud so everybody could hear. I mean, if He needed it, I need it." 16:45 - "He asks questions to disrupt us. We're not intended to have the answer in that moment, we're intended to flush the answer out. And I realized very quickly, I cannot discover the answer to this question in isolation. It has to be, can only come through other men. Because in that moment, not only was He helping me realize the root of all of my anger. He was helping me understand the root of all men's angers and fears and pornography and in addiction to liquor and all this other stuff is just because life is hard, because it's up to me."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Being Sons Website Being Sons Podcast Being Sons Blog Being Sons Upcoming Events   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

As a teenager, Jay Heck watched his father take a risk for God that changed the trajectory of their lives. Jay reached a similar crossroads when he became a husband and father: he could continue to live in fear or take a risk and trust God completely. He wants every father to know that they can choose the latter.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   Three questions to ask your kids: How am I doing as a dad? What’s one thing I do really well? What’s one area that I can improve upon?  Your child’s lens of what it means to be a believer comes from the risks you take.  You can only be honest and vulnerable with God when you believe he is kind. If you believe lies about your identity, you’re always going to be angry no matter how perfect your life appears.   Jay Heck   Jay Heck is the founder and director of Being Songs, a ministry helping men discover that authentic, fearless, God-designed manhood begins by being a son.    Key Quotes   9:45 - "God has Fathered me, and that's a term that I throw out quite frequently... Just the worldview change, that God's actually Fathering us and initiating us in the uninitiated places." 18:32 - "Truth be told, my journey, as a son, from God's perspective, has been since before the foundations of the earth... even before He knit me together in my mother's womb. He's always had a plan. He's always had, in His heart, throughout the course of history, to create me, to create you, to create every one of you who's listening to this, to be the object of His affection, to be the object of His love, and to bring us into maturity. That's always been His goal."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Being Sons Website Being Sons Podcast Being Sons Blog Being Sons Upcoming Events   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

In this episode, Ken Canfield shares the remaining behaviors from The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers, plus how to uncover a bonus secret. He provides actionable advice for grandparents who want to leave a great legacy, mend broken relationships, and be involved in their grandchildren’s lives.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers There is a ripple effect when a dad takes faith seriously.  You will discover an eighth secret on your fatherhood journey, and you need to share it with others when you do.  Grandparents have an important role in preserving heritage, pursuing reconciliation, and passing along knowledge to their grandchildren.   Dr. Ken Canfield   Dr. Ken Canfield is a nationally known leader, scholar, and author committed to strengthening fathers and families. He founded the National Center for Fathering and the National Association for Grandparenting in 1990 and 2016, respectively. Ken is blessed with five adult children and 14 grandchildren.   Key Quotes   5:26 - "If you are affirming and lifting up the woman who gave you the privilege of becoming a father and you're caring for her, as we see in Ephesians 5, Colossians 3 and other places, that bride is going to not only inform your fathering, but have the tight marriage that we need our children and grandchildren to see as models." 18:27 - "When we get this, what I call generational strength and solidarity, it brings a joy not only to you as a grandparent, but you can feel that you're getting ready to get promoted and at that promotion, you're going to see somebody that will say, you did the best you could. Well done, my son."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Grandkids Matter The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers: Becoming the Father Your Children Need National Center for Fathering — Fathers.com   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618  

Dr. Ken Canfield has dedicated decades of his life to discovering the secrets of extraordinary fathers. In this episode, he examines the state of fatherhood worldwide and emphasizes the importance of connecting with other fathers and mentors. He also uncovers the first three characteristics you need to be an effective father.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   An abundance of resources makes it one of the best times to be a father, but the rates of abuse, fatherlessness, and addiction make it one of the worst.  You need a battle buddy in your fatherhood journey.  Recognize that vulnerability is winsome.  When you fail, humble yourself before the one perfect Father.  The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers   Dr. Ken Canfield   Dr. Ken Canfield is a nationally known leader, scholar, and author committed to strengthening fathers and families. He founded the National Center for Fathering and the National Association for Grandparenting in 1990 and 2016, respectively. Ken is blessed with five adult children and 14 grandchildren.    Key Quotes   11:44 - "There are no perfect fathers except one. And if he is tightly in your heart and your household, and you're just humbly submitting to Him, He's going to bless you. You know why? He's invested in your name. They call him Father." 21:32 - "If you're predictable, if your children know what to expect of you, if you keep your promises and this is a subsection of the importance of discipline and giving guidance. Consistency is that benchmark. Think of yourself as the Rock of Gibraltar. And before we had GPS, they used landmarks to mark a course. Your kids are going on a journey. You're a landmark relationally, spiritually and emotionally. And so that consistency is the predictability in who you are and your follow through."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation The 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers: Becoming the Father Your Children Need National Center for Fathering — Fathers.com   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618

Three years ago, Ben Calhoun gave up fame and status as a touring musician. Instead, he wanted to be around for his family. In this episode, he encourages fathers to realign their priorities with what God has called them to do.    Full SHOW NOTES for today's conversation   Key Takeaways   5 Fs: Faith in Jesus, Family, Friends, Food, Fun You have to be present to win.  Obedience is consistent, faithful steps in the same direction.  Your priorities dictate your decisions.  Practical ideas for how to help your children memorize Scripture.   Ben Calhoun   Ben Calhoun is a musician, children’s book author, husband, and father to three girls. He is the founder and frontman for the contemporary Christian band CITIZEN WAY. Ben and his family reside in Franklin, Tennessee.   Key Quotes   00:45 - "The best thing I could do is teach them [to love God's Word] and enjoy it myself. If you're enjoying it yourself, they will naturally follow you. Just open the Word as a family, pick a verse and memorize it. Put it on your wall, have every kid write it on a little thing and put it in their mirror or whatever. Do something." 33:12 - "There's a security that only comes with the father. That's the way it was supernaturally designed from the Father. And it does not work any other way."   Links From Today's Conversation   Full Transcript of the Conversation  Follow Ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bencalhoun/  Follow Ben on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bencalhoun   Follow Ben on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DoB8IT5SRyA12rBhSqVkW?si=-yUbC3q1T--zHYm7-fSBNw   Buy Ben’s book: https://www.bencalhoun.com/product-page/savannah-s-pajamas   Connect with dadAWESOME   Learn about our FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS events in 2023: https://f4f.bike/ Follow @dadawesome on Instagram Make a Donation to dadAWESOME (tax-deductible) Join the dadAWESOME Prayer Team Receive weekly encouragement by texting "dad" to 651-370-8618