{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 236: God Directed Our Steps \u2013\u00a0Lessons for Dads Looking Back on 2025","description":"Are you heading into 2026 feeling like you\u2019re supposed to have a big New Year\u2019s resolution, yet something about that whole system feels off?   In this episode, Kent and Lawson do something different. They \u201cinterview\u201d each other about 2025 and talk honestly about what God taught them, where life was hard, and where God showed up with unexpected strength, healing, provision, and joy. You\u2019ll hear stories about 30-year anniversaries, job changes, parenting kids in different seasons, weddings, health scares, and the kind of perspective shift that happens when you stop and remember what God has already done.   This conversation is also a simple template you can use with a brother, a friend, your dad, or your adult son. Sit down, trade notes, and look for God\u2019s fingerprints on the year you just lived. As you start a new year, remember this: you\u2019re not going to become the dad your family needs by accident. Let\u2019s walk into 2026 with gratitude, wisdom, and purpose.   Learn more about our new partners here: https:\/\/maninthemirror.org\/ Download the Iron Circle worksheet here: https:\/\/manhoodjourney.org\/iron-circle\/   We've launched video now! Check out the video version of today's episode on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/QooqOzaa4xs   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   Range Leather: Support the show and upgrade your fatherhood swag. Shop Range Leather and get 15% OFF with code MJ15 Grab some fresh beans! https:\/\/rangecoffee.com\/   Fatherhood Guard \u2013 Connect with dads from over 20 states and at least 2 countries by joining the Fatherhood Guard. Grab your welcome hat at https:\/\/manhoodjourney.org\/donate\/fatherhood-guard\/     Buy Kent's latest book: Don't Bench Yourself on Amazon   Read the new State Of Biblical Fatherhood report here: http:\/\/manhoodjourney.org\/sobf Find tools to share the report here: https:\/\/manhoodjourney.org\/sobf-tools   Have a topic you want us to touch on? Well, get in touch! Send us an email at: info@manhoodjourney.org   -------------------------------------------------------------------------   About our hosts: Kent Evans is the Executive Director and co-founder of Manhood Journey, a ministry that helps dads become disciple-makers. After a twenty-year career as a business leader, he embarked on biblical Fatherhood ministry projects. He\u2019s appeared on television, radio, web outlets and podcasts. He\u2019s spoken at parenting and men\u2019s events, and authored four books. The first, Wise Guys: Unlocking Hidden Wisdom from the Men Around You, was written to help men learn how to find mentors and wise counsel. The latest, Don't Bench Yourself: How to Stay in the Game Even When You Want to Quit, aims to help dads stay present in their roles as fathers and husbands even when they feel like giving up. Kent\u2019s life has been radically affected by godly mentors and his lovely wife, April. They have been married thirty years and have five sons and one daughter-in-law. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.   Lawson Brown is husband to his high school sweetheart, a father of two young adult daughters, has been a business leader since 1995, and is a former Marine. He served as a small group leader for teenage boys for many years, helped start the Christian media ministry City on a Hill Productions, then later Sanctuary \u2013 a new church in Kennesaw, GA \u2013 where he served as its leader for Men\u2019s Ministry. Lawson\u2019s journey of faith has always been centered in a grounding from his wife, Audrey, and supported throughout by many men whom he\u2019s found as brothers along the way. His family is nearing an empty nest phase and has recently relocated to the Florida Gulf Coast beaches area. ","author_name":"Father On Purpose Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/manhoodjourney.org\/podcast\/","html":"