
DadAwesome
ACTIVATING DADS TO LEAD WITH WONDER
Walking with dads as they lead and love their kids toward God's awesomeness.
We're on a mission to see dads fully alive and fully activated in their roles—leading with wonder to build intentional connection with their kids while experiencing God's awesomeness together.
We partner with dads at every stage of the journey by providing practical fatherhood resources to catalyze connection with their kids, and also with other dads.
Latest episodes

Jan 12, 2020 • 44min
104 | Surrender & Praying for Acceleration (Rick Glewwe Revisited)
Top 10 Revisited: Jeff sat down with Rick Glewwe and recorded this conversation in summer 2018. Originally released as Episode 32, this conversation is being revisited as part of our Throwback Winter Series. Rick Glewwe: Rick Glewwe joins dadAWESOME with a heart-wrenching message of fighting through “bigger than myself” moments and learning to surrender to God’s grace and hope. — Has pain and loss defined your perspective as a dad? — Do you desire a supernatural strength that is beyond your understanding? — Have you worked to build brotherhood that will be with you in the highs and lows? In this interview: — Dealing with pain and loss — We are not home yet — “Bigger than Myself” visions — All Fight, No Flight — If you invest in others, you will never be wanting Rick Glewwe is a father, pastor and leader. His deep commitment to his family inspires many to fight for “bigger than myself” visions, even when pain and loss have tainted our perspective. A Tale of three Kings: A Study in Brokenness by Gene Edwards

Jan 5, 2020 • 43min
103 | The Heart Matters. No Excuses. (Matt Keller Revisited)
Top 10 Revisited: Jeff sat down with Matt Keller and recorded a 2-part conversation in September or 2018. The dadAWESOME Episodes were released in November of 2018 as part of the Inside-Out Dad Life series. This conversation is the best of both episodes revisited. Matt Keller: Matt Keller is a people builder at his core. With more than twenty years in the people business, he is an authority on what it takes to build great teams and a great organization. Matt Keller is a Pastor, Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach. His insight on organizational and personal leadership helps businesses, nonprofits, and churches take their organizations to the next level. Conversation Notes: Leading from a full heart Who you do life with shapes who you become Parenting out of past pain Winning the first hour The 0-6, 6-12, and 12-18 parenting zones Tilling the soil of your heart Your parenting comes where you came from Words create worlds Counselors are not for crazy people Being alert to your excuses Being the dad YOUR specific kids need Questions for Time Alone With God: What am I afraid of? How Close am I to burnout? Where do I feel like I’m winning? Where do I feel like I’m struggling? Where do I feel like I’m out of balance? Am I over hobbying? Am I under hobbying? Am I under resting? How Am I doing with my Sabbath Day? How is my marriage? How’s my relationship with God? How Am I doing at sitting in my Heavenly Fathers lap and just receiving from Him? Books Mentioned: Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion (Wayne Cordeiro) God of the Underdogs: When the Odds Are Against You, God Is For You (Matt Keller) The Key To Everything: Unlocking the Life You Dream of Living (Matt Keller)

Dec 29, 2019 • 17min
102 | Finishing 2019 with Two Prayers (Jeff Zaugg)
Overview: Jeff Zaugg prays two impactful prayers over his family and every listener. These are prayers that have deepened his faith and our prayer is that by ending the year 2019 in prayer, we will enter 2020 to new levels of courage, freedom and faith. Prayer #1: Daily Declarations 2:05 - Jeff praying his daily declarations This list of declarations was inspired by Pastor Craig Groeschel’s List of Positive Affirmations to Renew Your Mind Here's Jeff's prayer Prayer #2: Kill The Spider Prayer 6:12 - Prayer of Freedom and Protection from Kill the Spider by Carlos Whittaker (Adapted from John Eldridge) Link to the book Kill The Spider Link to John Eldridge resources

Dec 22, 2019 • 27min
101 | Just Another Day in Paradise (Chuck Zaugg)
Chuck Zaugg: Jeff Zaugg recorded this special episode of dadAWESOME the day after his dad, Chuck went home to Heaven to be with Jesus. Chuck was 67 years old and after a 100-week battle with brain cancer and lung cancer, our prayers were answered and he is now healed completely in Heaven. Chuck loved God, pursued a passionate 43 years of marriage with his wife, Pam, and he lovingly cheered along all four kids and 11 grandkids. Chuck lived with wisdom and he had an amazing ability to have a vision or dream and see it through to completion. This episode of dadAWESOME is a tiny fraction of what could be shared about Chuck Zaugg and we pray it inspires all of us to live life with anticipation and keep our eyes shining with wonder. Episode Notes: 1:00 - My dad, Chuck Zaugg, moving from paradise to PARADISE 1:45 - "When we live live with anticipation, we live life with shiny eyes." 3:10 - We called my dad “Papa” 4:00 - Romans 8 - God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go! This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! That’s why I don’t think there’s any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens. 6:05 - Episode 100 talking about launching our kids further and faster than they could go on their own 6:25 - "Just Another Day in Paradise" 7:15 - Living life with anticipation of more of Heaven coming here on earth 7:42 - Here are 10 ways I want to be a dad like my dad: 7:55 - 1. Loved My Mom - he kissed my mom daily. He served my mom. He valued and deeply loved his wife. 8:26 - 2. Family Man - his eyes shined with love for his family… dinners together, sports together, vacations together, play together 8:42 - 3. Integrity - telling the truth and following through on commitments always 8:48 - 4. Dream Chaser - seeing the future and believing in faith that he could move past obstacles to get there 9:46 - 5. Hard Work - the hardest working man I’ve ever met 9:57 - 6. Excellence - he cared about the little things and he was always proud of his work. 10:05 - 7. Love For Others - he deeply cared about people and his care often led him to serving them 10:31 - 8. Problem Solver - the creative ability to not get stuck and find a way when there seemed like there’s no way 10:53 - 9. Generationally Generous - my dad built a family business that will bless his grandkids and beyond. He gave and has continued to give to his kids and his grandkids. 11:15 - 10. Surrounded by Praying Friends - show me your friends and I’ll show you your future… story of Jack kneeling in prayer 13:05 - Advice = "Keep reading the book of Proverbs and keep making wise choices" 13:35 - The Wisemen from the Christmas story (Matthew 2) 14:03 - Part 1 - When the star reappeared “they were so ecstatic that they shouted and celebrated with unrestrained joy." ANTICIPATION 14:26 - Part 2 - When they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, “they were overcome. Falling to the ground at his feet they worshiped him.” - EXULTATION 15:00 - Part 3 - After bowing in worship, they made a generous DEMONSTRATION of their faith… their response was to GIVE their resources. “Then they opened their treasure boxes full of gifts and presented him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” 15:46 - Part 4 - REVELATION >> Clarity from Heaven... = “Afterward they returned to their own country by another route because God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.” 18:35 - Ask your Heavenly Father, "What's the revelation you have for me? How can I live with a forward leaning anticipation for what God has next?" 19:00 - Jeff's prayer 20:30 - Worship song, "It Is Well" by Bethel Worship Episode Links: Chuck Zaugg's Caring Bridge Final Post from Pam Zaugg Episode 100 talking about Chuck Zaugg building a launch ramp for Jeff Song - "It Is Well" from Bethel Worship Zaugg Resort website

Dec 15, 2019 • 33min
100 | Building Launch Ramps & Becoming dadAWESOME (Jeff Zaugg)
Thanking The Team: 1. My wife, Michelle – 1000 hours of support. She is momAWESOME 2. My inner circle of friends – Drew, Paul, Mario & Jay 3. Substance Church - Specifically the support from Pastor Peter Haas & Pastor Nate Puccini 4. Wade Branch - audio mixing/mastering 5. Brent Haglund – Podcast Music // Pin Drop Remix 6. Joshua Davis – website (Smart Web Ninja) 7. Artem Anderson – graphics and logo 8. Jake Hanson - writing show notes 9. Tyler Van Eps - writing show notes 10. FATHERS FOR THE FATHERLESS Team - Core leaders Tyler Sevlie and Andy Rosenau along with our partner ministry VENTURE We Want Your Feedback: Please take 5-minutes to complete the 100 Week Feedback Survey (making the next 100 weeks more awesome that the first 100 weeks) About Jeff Zaugg: Jeff and his wife Michelle have been married for almost 14 years and they have three amazing daughters (6, 3 and 1). Jeff is the KIDS Pastor at Substance Church and lives in the Twin Cities. Jeff started the dadAWESOME podcast 100 weeks ago. Episode 100 Live Recording Notes: THANK YOU to Chick-Fil-A Northtown for supporting the Episode 100 live recording party. 9:25 - How do you stay intentional about connecting with your kids? Do you have any resources that have helped you be an intentional dad? 10:55 - Episode 1 of dadAWESOME = We Trust God 13:52 - "Am I adding LIFE to my family or taking away LIFE? Does this ambition, commitment, pursuit, hobby, etc. bring LIFE to my family?" 14:14 - "After 100 weeks of dadAWESOME, I'm at a place where I love being a dad more now than I did 100 weeks ago" 15:32 - "The dadAWESOME journey has been an invitation to dads to double down on the dad-life... double the prayer, double the time, double the love, double the intentionality, double the humility, double the focus." 16:03 - Crashing kitchen cabinet story 20:26 - "As dads, we are building launch ramps for our kids. We make choices every day to build intentionally with our words, our time, our resources, our prayers, our energy, our marriage. We are choosing to build launch ramps and that's what intentional dads do. They build launch ramps that shoot their kids further and faster than they could go by themselves. We take what could be average or lame and we make it epic. That's what we do. That is dadAWESOME." 21:33 - My dad built a launch ramp for me. He tripled the height of my sledding hill by building into our family. 22:32 - Apologizing to our kids and reconnecting with their hearts 22:46 - Focus on building our families, instead of minimizing the damage to our family. 23:30 - "We get to choose LIFE or DEATH... We get to offer our kids the painful path through a kitchen floor filled with broken glass or the thrilling ride down a launch ramp." 23:40 - "We can fuel their purpose and launch them into their passions, or we can add pain and heartache because of our selfishness and passivity." 23:50 - Deuteronomy 30:19 “…I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, blessings and curses. Now choose LIFE, so that you and your children may LIVE." 26:12 - "Many of us have been living the Dad-Life without the LIFE" 29:55 - God is bigger than your secrets 30:26 - Our Heavenly Father wants to heal our hurts, fill us with His love and turn us loose to build Launch Ramps. Action Steps: Share Episode 100 on Social - dadawesome.org/promote Give Feedback - 100 Week dadAWESOME Survey Subscribe, Rank & Review dadAWESOME on Apple Podcasts - this is a simple and practical way to help more dads find the dadAWESOME podcast when searching for Christian Dad podcasts. Follow dadAWESOME on Social: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

Dec 8, 2019 • 26min
99 | Fathered By God (Pablo Ceron PART 2)
Gathering Feedback: As we approach episode 100, we’re asking for 5-minutes of your time. Would you please out this FEEDBACK FORM to share your perspective, feedback and ideas to make dadAWESOME better? Thanks so much >> click here to complete the 100-week Feedback Form Pablo Ceron This is PART 2 of a conversation with Pablo. If you missed the first half of the conversation, here's a link to Episode 98. Pablo has been a speaker, teacher and leader of men’s ministry initiatives for over 10 years. He's also the Founder and President of Wldforce, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration of the hearts of God's people. Pablo was born and raised in Colombia and moved to the U.S. in 2,000, where he married his loving wife Juanita. After a long journey through the desert, and into their "promised land", they now live in Colorado with their two wild sons, Mateo (8) and Lucas (3). Pablo has also worked as a Product and Technology leader for over 20 years. Conversation Notes: 3:07 - Jeff transitioning into PART 2 of tis conversation with Pablo 4:16 - Living as a son of God. Tending to our hearts. What does this actually look like? 4:30 - "Know that I don't have all of the answers, but I can approach life with question marks and then ask my Heavenly Father to father me" 4:50 - Searching for validation at work 5:40 - "At the core of my identity is my place as a son of God... And He is actively involved in my life" 6:35 - God says, "Yes son. You've have what it takes. You are my son. I'm proud of you. Well done." 7:40 - Practical idea for connecting with God through worship... Worship God in the shower. 8:35 - Self care. Cultivating adventure. 9:15 - Fighting for your children's hearts. Making sure they know they're the apple of their fathers eye. 10:56 - Breaking the lie that there is no time 11:25 - Start small with self care and adventure 11:40 - Tip from a mentor = "Outside Everyday" 12:10 - Seek God in creation for beauty so you don't go looking for beauty elsewhere. 12:45 - Tips for praying to God before entering the house after a day of work 13:15 - Unplug from technology 16:00 - Tribe from Ransomed Heart 17:08 - Pablo explains the heart of WLDFORCE and WLDSONS 17:25 - We're searching for the John 10:10 life to the full 18:05 - We must fight for the hearts of one another Jeremiah 6:16 - "This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' 19:50 - Fight for the hearts of men so that they become the sons of God and discover their true identity. 21:02 - The journey of being a great father starts with being a son. Approach our Heavenly Father and receive his love. 22:00 - Pablo's prayer Episode Links: WLDFORCE - https://wldforce.com/ WLDSONS - https://wldsons.com/ John Eldridge books The Ransomed Heart Podcast

Dec 1, 2019 • 33min
98 | Awaken The Warrior Heart (Pablo Ceron PART 1)
Episode 100 Party Please RSVP here for the Thursday, Dec 5th Episode 100 event: http://bit.ly/DA100party Gathering Feedback: As we approach episode 100, we’re asking for 5-minutes of your time. Would you please out this FEEDBACK FORM to share your perspective, feedback and ideas to make dadAWESOME better? Thanks so much >> click here to complete the 100-week Feedback Form Pablo Ceron Pablo has been a speaker, teacher and leader of men’s ministry initiatives for over 10 years. He's also the Founder and President of Wldforce, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration of the hearts of God's people. Pablo was born and raised in Colombia and moved to the U.S. in 2,000, where he married his loving wife Juanita. After a long journey through the desert, and into their "promised land", they now live in Colorado with their two wild sons, Mateo (8) and Lucas (3). Pablo has also worked as a Product and Technology leader for over 20 years. Conversation Notes: 4:26 - Pablo introduces himself 5:11 - Pablo tells the story of a recent adventure with his son to a hidden cabin up in the woods 6:25 - Fighting for the heart of his son 7:00 - "The importance of the loving touch of a father... for him (my son) to know that he is the apple of my eye" 7:49 - Pablo's Backstory 7:55 - Pablo's mentor says, "We become what we didn't have" 9:00 - "The man that we become is in great part the result or outcome of the story of our life, the story of the wounds that we have received. How we interpret those wounds and how we learn to self protect so that we don't experience pain and suffering again" 10:40 - The importance of having our hearts come alive in healthy ways 11:15 - The devastation of wrecking his wife's heart 12:15 - The importance of working through issues at the level of the heart 13:10 - Story of his financial crisis 14:00 - The powerful moment of meeting Jim 15:50 - "There is a 250lb gorilla coming after you" 17:00 - Friends reach into us and they can pull the gold out. 18:10 - Understand the impact of the wounds that we have received 20:30 - Book recommendation, "Wild At Heart" by John Eldridge 21:40 - "Ask your Heavenly Father to reveal the man that he created you to be" 22:00 - "Father, what is my true name? What is my true identity in you?" 22:20 - "Because we are the sons of God, we must become the sons of God" - George McDonald 23:08 - Proverbs 4:23 "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." 23:20 - The difference between a transactional do's and don'ts religion to a heart faith 25:45 - "There is a battle to fight and I was given permission to be the warrior that God has created me to be" 26:16 - Am I going to the wrong place for what is in my heart? There is a counterfeit that draws our hearts. 28:00 - I am a warrior. How do I discover my warrior heart? 29:05 - ask your wife, "Hon, how is your heart today?" 29:45 - Setting up safe guards vs. looking at the root cause of what's going on in your heart. Episode Links: WLDFORCE - https://wldforce.com/ WLDSONS - https://wldsons.com/ DA 100 PARTY DA Ideas: Reading Psalm 23 and inserting the names of your kids The Lord is _________ shepherd, _____ lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Nov 24, 2019 • 37min
97 | Reject Passivity & Lead with Courage (David Robbins)
Gathering Feedback: As we approach episode 100, we're asking for 5-minutes of your time. Would you please out this FEEDBACK FORM to share your perspective, feedback and ideas to make dadAWESOME better? Thanks so much >> click here to complete the 100-week Feedback Form David Robbins: As 17-year veterans of Cru, David and Meg Robbins have served in a variety of capacities, including team leaders in Pisa, Italy, campus directors at the University of Georgia, national director of Campus Field Ministries in campuses across Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, national facilitator launching Cru’s Millennials Ministry in NYC, and now President of FamilyLife since 2017. They live in Little Rock, AR with their four children—Ford, Mim, Roe and Mac. Conversation Notes: 3:00 - David introduces himself and his family 3:45 - David explains his job at FamilyLife and their moves as a family around the country 3:50 - Joshua 1:16 "Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go." 5:35 - David explains the mission and vision for FamilyLife https://www.familylife.com/weekend-to-remember/ passport to purity 6:20 - "Transformed people end up transforming other homes." 7:45 - The focus on being present with his kids 8:30 - Asking questions to engage your kids hearts and pull something out of your kids 9:12 - "Be present and be ok delighting in the hilarious stories" 9:30 - Asking a 3rd question. Was there anything today that made you angry or upset or emotional? 11:20. The manifesto statement bout fathers from FamilyLife: "...We are committed to turning the hearts of fathers back to their children by emphasizing the importance of their role as “father.” We are committed to exhorting every father to model a love for God and His Word, to model love for his wife, and to love his children. (Malachi 4:6; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:20-21; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 1 Timothy 3:4-5, 5:8)" 12:03 - An absent father does not start with being absent. It starts when passivity starts to take over..." 12:30 - "If we stay stepping in and reject passivity, leading courageously, leading spiritually, the ripple effect is amazing." 14:15 - David talks about his father 16:00 - David explains his tendency for trying to earn love by being an overachiever and win people‘s approval 18:05 - "The purpose of life is intimacy with God and He values character over competence every time. He values presence over performance all the time. Us encountering His presence." 18:45 - Asking the powerful question, "I would be more satisfied if _______" 20:30 - "God uses us in our weakness. His power is made perfect in our weakness" 20:45 - "If dependance is the goal, then weakness is actually an advantage" Hosea 2 22:30 - David explains his Sabbath 24:20 - Seeing life with eyes of wonder through their three-year-old child 25:40 - David unpacking his not so awesome dad fail 26:50 - Story about trying to keep up appearances and hurting his kids because of his focus on his own reputation 29:06. - David explains his family decision making framework for big decisions 30:20 - Write down a core set of values and put it in a Ziploc bag and pray over it in the shower for a few months. 32:00 - the significant question of "Am I surrendered?" 32:15 - John chapter 15:5. Am I abiding? “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." 33:16 - David’s prayer: Episode Links: FamilyLife Ministries The Art of Parenting (FREE online course) A Weekend To Remember (marriage conference) Creating A Family Plan Instructions You're Invited - Episode 100 Party Thursday, December 5th Trampoline Dodgeball and Chick-Fil-A RSVP here

Nov 17, 2019 • 22min
96 | Keeping a Long Range Vision for Fatherhood (Josh Walters PART 2)
Josh Walters This is the second part of our dadAWESOME interview with Josh Walters... Here's the first half of the conversation. Josh and his wife Katie have six children, AnnaJaye, Abigail, Abel, Asher, Ari, and Anthem (The A-Team). They’ve been married for 17 years and Josh has been a pastor at Seacoast Church for 10 years. Conversation Notes: 2:35 - Josh talking about tattoos to remind him and his wife about living with multigenerational focus 3:30 - "We are driving this vision. We are not drifting into random grandparent names" 3:40 - "I probably have more vision for grandparent Josh than I do for young professional Josh" 4:20 - The tattoos are a reminder of the endgame. Hopefully someday I get to parent into my kids parenting of their kids. 4:45 - "You can lose vision for 30 years from now. You don’t just stumble into a future where your children want to come home and spend time with you. Or want to spend their holidays with you." 6:40 - "I feel like I am constantly learning and reminded of my dad more now with his passing…" 7:20 - “We get to model healthy family and the love of a father and boundaries and fun… And write an alternative story for family” 7:55 - The influence of helping our kids navigate friendships as a dad is probably one our most significant influence on our kids 9:15 - Dad mistake would be getting really angry when his kids didn’t take care of their stuff 11:25 - A second dad mistake would be missing moments to lay with his kids and connect with their hearts before bed. 13:10 - Josh explains the mission of Francis and Benedict 13:15 - Marriage tip — for 17 years of marriage his wife was organizing her and her family around Josh’s career… This vision was an answer to dreams on their heart before they started having kids. 16:45 - "Don’t underestimate what God can do with a dream" 18:00 - Josh praying for all of us dads Episode Links: Parenting Hacks Sermon Instagram Sermon on Grief Francis & Benedict Skirts dadAWESOME Ideas: Thanks Shane Long for the DA idea of capturing and celebrating answered prayers Get a jar and begin collecting answered prayers Submitting dadAWESOME IDEAS: We are gathering tools, games, strategies, dad hacks and other ideas that need to be shared to help all of us take a step towards awesomeness in our fatherhood. If you’d be willing to share an idea or two, please reach out so we can share them: Call and leave a Voice Message: 612 293-5086 Send an email: da@dadawesome.org Send us a text: 612 293-5086

Nov 10, 2019 • 35min
95 | The Painful & Beautiful Journey of Losing His Father (Josh Walters PART 1)
Josh and his wife Katie have six children, AnnaJaye, Abigail, Abel, Asher, Ari, and Anthem (The A-Team). They've been married for 17 years and Josh has been a pastor at Seacoast Church for 10 years. This is the first half of our dadAWESOME conversation where we explore intentional connection before bedtime, creating celebration moments of becoming teenagers and reflections about the generosity of his dad. Conversation Notes: 3:08 - Josh introduces his family 6:13 - Some family highlights for shiny eyed fun moments 8:15 - Josh explains the joy of being a "church family" and their kids loving their local church 9:15 - Parenting Hacks sermon from Josh https://youtu.be/ymx7y1jzOeE 10:22 - One of Josh's biggest dad struggles = "Will you lay down with me?" being asked of him by his kids... Quality connection with each child. 12:15 - That connection question; "Will you lay down with me?" will stopped being asked at around 11 or 12 years old 14:20 - "Do your best to make yourself lay down and connect with your kids at bedtime even when your mind is saying that you need to do dishes and sweep the floor" 15:20 - Connecting with his daughters and giving them more freedom as they turned 13 years old 17:25 - Intentional celebration moment of stepping into a new season from a girl into being a young woman 21:15 - Stories about Josh's dad 23:40 - "My greatest challenge is the giving of my time. Managing it all. The house, the family, life and prioritizing my time" 25:15 - Josh processes the journey of losing his father and processing the loss with his kids 28:15 - "It was very hard and very beautiful having a closer proximity to the final year of his dads life for the grandkids" 28:50 - Having a specific day to remember and celebrate Josh' father 29:20 - Josh' dad was a father and grandfather to a lot more kids and grandkids than just his own family 30:40 - "Death became very close, so the idea of Heaven and eternal life and even just the pain of grief... I think they (my kids) got to experience loss in a way and see parents grieving and pain and stuff that I think the enemy would want to use as a weapon against us later in life... and that's a natural normal part of life that they got to walk through with us and that was just such a special season." Episode Link: Parenting Hacks Sermon DA Idea: Create a unique version of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Recently my 5 yr-old daughter and I made up a version including our baby, our Golden doodle dog and a kitty cat. We call it Boomer, Kitty, Raya and it was a simple fun creation that involved my daughter helping me create the characters and the order of victory. Boomer is bigger and stronger then Kitty. Kitty scares Raya with it's claws. Raya wins Boomers heart. So Boomers beats Kitty, Kitty beats Raya and Raya beats Boomer. Our hand gestures are; all 5 fingers up like a high-5 for Boomer (he has long curly hair that sticks up) Pointer finger and middle finger up like a peace sign for Kitty (like a cats pointy ears) Just the thumb up for Raya (like a baby sucking it's thumb). Boomer, Kitty, Raya, shoot... Submitting dadAWESOME IDEAS: We are gathering tools, games, strategies, dad hacks and other ideas that need to be shared to help all of us take a step towards awesomeness in our fatherhood. If you’d be willing to share an idea or two, please reach out so we can share them: Call and leave a Voice Message: 612 293-5086 Send an email: da@dadawesome.org Send us a text: 612 293-5086