You know the moment. You pull into the driveway after work, turn the engine off, and you don't get out. You just sit there. The kitchen light is on through the window, and you love the people on the other side of that door. You'd die for them. But right now, you need...
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I Spent Decades in Church Wearing a Mask My Conversation with Engel Jones on the #12minconvos Podcast
I recently had the privilege of joining Engel Jones on the #12minconvos with Jesus Believers podcast. Twelve minutes. That's the format. No long windup, no polished preamble—just a straight conversation about faith, purpose, and the road God has walked you down....
The Ascent Has Only Begun: Why I Built the American Family Renaissance
There is a moment that happens in almost every conversation I have with a man who is struggling. He talks for a while. He gives me the surface report. Work is fine. Family is fine. Church is fine. Then something shifts in his voice, and he tells me the truth: he is...
Where Did That America Go? What 9/11 Meant to Me — and What It Has to Mean for Us Going Forward
Like most Americans, September 11, 2001 is a day I will never forget. I was working from home that morning. The television was on in the background, as it always was, and then it wasn't background anymore. A plane had hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center. I...
What Is Your Family Learning From You?
For the past three days, I've asked you to look inward. What are you carrying alone? When did you stop asking for help? Who really knows you? Today, I want you to look outward. At your family. And ask yourself: What is my family learning from me? Not from what I tell...
Who Really Knows You?
Over the last two days, I've asked you two questions: What are you carrying alone? And: When did you stop asking for help? Today, I want to ask you something that may be even more uncomfortable: Who really knows you? Not who knows your name. Not who follows you on...
When Did You Stop Asking for Help?
Yesterday, I asked you a simple question: What are you carrying alone? Today, I want to take that question one step deeper. When did you stop asking for help? Think about that for a moment. There was probably a time when asking for help came naturally. As boys, we...
What Are You Carrying Alone? The Question Every Man Needs to Answer
There are things men carry that nobody can see. The pressure to provide. The marriage that isn't where we want it to be. The relationship with a son or daughter that has grown distant. The business decision keeping us awake at 2:00 in the morning. The financial...
Mike Van Pelt: The Power of Asking for Help — and Why I Built A Men’s Summit
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #8 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
Bob Beaudine: The God Who Is Always Available — and Why Most Men Never Pull Up a Chair
AFR Men's Summit Speaker Series — Speaker #7 of 8 Summit: The Power of Asking for Help — Creating the American Family Renaissance Date: September 14, 2026 · Online, join from anywhere Meet the full lineup: americanfamilyrenaissance.org/summit/speakers Reserve your...
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Strong, Saved, and Still Exhausted | For Christian Men Who Feel Overwhelmed |Podcast Episode 262
You know the moment. You pull into the driveway after work, turn the engine off, and you don't get out. You just sit there. The kitchen light is on through the window, and you love the people on the other side of that door. You'd die for them. But right now, you need...
Men Aren’t Leaving God | Why They’re Leaving Church
Here More about this on the True Man Podcast, Episode #261. TrueManPodcast.COM There's a man in the back row of almost every church in America. He slides in after the first song and sits on the aisle so he can get out fast. He shakes three hands during...
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In my last post, I told you about the tree in my backyard. After a long, dry summer in Northwest Arkansas, it dropped nearly every leaf in September. In a drought, a tree cuts off its own leaves on purpose to survive. But there's another way a tree loses branches. A...
The Leaves That Hold On | Why Men Stop Asking for Help From True Man Podcast #259
Last Saturday I sat in my backyard to pray. No agenda, no phone. Just me, God, and a quiet fall afternoon in Northwest Arkansas. My eyes kept landing on the tree in the yard. After three hot, dry months with almost no rain, it had already dropped nearly every leaf. In...
I Spent Decades in Church Wearing a Mask My Conversation with Engel Jones on the #12minconvos Podcast
I recently had the privilege of joining Engel Jones on the #12minconvos with Jesus Believers podcast. Twelve minutes. That's the format. No long windup, no polished preamble—just a straight conversation about faith, purpose, and the road God has walked you down....
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