241 | Nothing to Prove, Nobody to Impress (Jeremiah Curran)

Key Takeaways

  • Presence, with our children, is so much bigger than we realize.

  • We will do our absolute best, in parenting, and leave the rest to God.

  • Our story is their story.

  • Life is a gift, not owed to us.

  • Your legacy IS your spouse and your kids.

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Jeremiah Curran

Jeremiah Curran is lead pastor of Westbridge Church in St. Michael, Minnesota. Westbridge Church is a non-denominational, inter-generational church started by 12 friends in 2007. Westbridge desire is to be a safe place for regular people to explore faith in community. Jeremiah is passionate about his family, health, and bringing people to Jesus.

Key Quotes

  • 07:10 - "Every time you say yes to something, you just say no to something else. So it's factoring in which things, which things are the most important, what are the big priorities."

  • 10:04 - "We want them to trust and follow Jesus with their life. And then we want them to want to be around us and each other when they don't have to be."

  • 12:58 - "A family that loves being together, wants to be close to each other. So I'm imagine you're making more memories versus hustling with agendas of to do list in the evenings now."

  • 45:48 - "Here's your legacy, your spouse and your kids. He said, those people, those people, your life is going to make a thousand times more of an impact on your spouse and your kids than the people you pastor, the people that are part of your church, any leadership thing you ever do, like they see you from afar."

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