Intentionality
“I wanted him in this liminal space. My goal was to irreparably break his heart for the poor of the world so he’d never just be a spoiled, complacent American ever – He’d always be haunted, because those years are so formative… I just wanted to get in there, God’s heart for the poor.”
“When I stop dreaming, when I stop allowing my heart to really dream about things that apart from God are impossible, I not longer kind of lean in, I begin to lean back. I don’t engage, I disengage. And I would say the greatest thing in the world you could do for your kids is to be a dreamer that’s pursuing what God has in your life.”
“if your kids don’t see the sabbath day as their favorite day of the week, then you’re doing it wrong”
“I think that our best moments as families, our best moments as parents but also kids’ best moments, are when we are given the capacity for meaningful action in some way. That is, we have some ability to have something matter that we do, AND we are exposed to meaningful risk – that is, it could go wrong and we could lose something.”
“the best way that I can be a strong father is to be the the most profound loving husband I can be… Children need to know to the degree that they’re able that those two people. Love each other deeply”
The world is crying out for men and dads who are on fire. That love what they’re doing and their giving it their all
40 new experiences; things I’ve never done in my life… Instead of moving towards comfort and rhythms and things I’ve already done before, I am intentionally adding new things because I want to stay curious. I want to be a learner… I want to stay humble. I want to be in this growth mindset.
“Peace is the atmosphere of heaven… peace is the oxygen of heaven. It’s everywhere in heaven. It is just like righteousness, peace and joy are the kingdom of God. It already belongs to us, Jesus said, I give you my peace, I leave you, not as the world gives…”
“My son knows because he can always hear me. What he remembers about his games is that my dad was the loudest. My dad was shouting, and it’s intentional. The reason why I do that, I scream over every other father there because I want Mason to remember when I’m no longer there. His memory would be, You know what? My dad was the loudest… My dad was the loudest person at my game, and that’s the memory, because that’s what I never had.”
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