The Intentional Dad: Recent Episodes
Aric Manly
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The more we understand Jesus' invitation for the Kingdom life, the more compelling it is. Listen in as Tyler and Aric continue to explore Jesus' compelling vision for Kingdom life through his opening words of his Sermon on the Mount. As we discussed in our previous series, he offers a promise of healing and transformation that frees us from our shadow stories into lives lived more and more fully in the true story and the Kingdom realities that you are loved, you belong, you are chosen, and you have nothing to prove. The difference between those two realities is what we have called The Sacred Gap and once that gap becomes clear, so does an obvious question: "How do I get through that gap?" Well, it turns out there is an answer. The early Kingdom communities of Jesus' apprentices, not coincidentally, referred to themselves as practitioners of "The Way." What "Way" is that? It is "The Way" that Jesus himself taught in the greatest and most compelling sermon ever given.
In this podcast, we look at Jesus' next surprising revelation of "The Way." In Jesus' invitation to grieve with him, he offers a promise of comfort...comfort that is a first taste of the healing we all need. It is the start of a lifelong process of healing that takes us into the "training circle" with Jesus to unlearn the life of self-rescue and re-learn life as a fathered son or fathered daughter. It is in that training circle that we learn to live as Jesus did and to learn what he taught and modeled...a strength that is very difficult to describe. A power that flies in the face of our conventional wisdom and understanding of power and authority. It is a strength that can only come from deep within...a strength that, as Jesus teaches, is found only in those who have learned what it is to be unimportant and, at the same time, be more than okay. It is a teaching that is surprising, difficult, and takes us into our deepest fears and worries.
Listen in as Tyler and Aric share their stories with this healing process and explore the relevance of this teaching in our sacred responsibilities of parenthood.
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The more we understand Jesus' invitation for the Kingdom life, the more compelling it is. Listen in as Tyler and Aric continue to explore Jesus' compelling vision for Kingdom life through his opening words of his Sermon on the Mount. As we discussed in our previous series, he offers a promise of healing and transformation that frees us from our shadow stories into lives lived more and more fully in the true story and the Kingdom realities that you are loved, you belong, you are chosen, and you have nothing to prove. The difference between those two realities is what we have called The Sacred Gap and once that gap becomes clear, so does an obvious question: "How do I get through that gap?" Well, it turns out there is an answer. The early Kingdom communities of Jesus' apprentices, not coincidentally, referred to themselves as practitioners of "The Way." What "Way" is that? It is "The Way" that Jesus himself taught in the greatest and most compelling sermon ever given.
In this podcast, we look at Jesus' next surprising revelation of "The Way." It is an invitation to grieve with him and, in doing that, realize the promise of comfort. It is a promise that is only truly understood through living the experience. And it is in the sharing of each other's stories that we can offer encouragement to others on the narrow road. In this episode, Tyler shares his real time story of grief and how Jesus is delivering on his promise of comfort and the healing that is coming because of it.
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The more we understand Jesus' invitation for the Kingdom life, the more compelling it is. Listen in as Tyler and Aric continue to explore Jesus' compelling vision for Kingdom life through his opening words of his Sermon on the Mount. As we discussed in our previous series, he offers a promise of healing and transformation that frees us from our shadow stories into lives lived more and more fully in the true story and the Kingdom realities that you are loved, you belong, you are chosen, and you have nothing to prove. The difference between those two realities is what we have called The Sacred Gap and once that gap becomes clear, so does an obvious question: "How do I get through that gap?" Well, it turns out there is an answer. The early Kingdom communities of Jesus' apprentices, not coincidentally, referred to themselves as practitioners of "The Way." What "Way" is that? It is "The Way" that Jesus himself taught in the greatest and most compelling sermon ever given.
In this podcast, we look at Jesus' next surprising revelation of "The Way" that he invites us to grieve with him and, in doing that, realize the promise of comfort. It is a promise that is only truly understood through living the experience. And it is in the sharing of each other's stories that we can offer encouragement to others on the narrow road. So in this episode and the next, Aric and Tyler offer the vulnerability of their real time stories of grief and how Jesus is delivering on his promise of comfort and the healing that is coming because of it.
Click below to download reflection questions for your own introspection:
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Episode 21: "The Way" through The Sacred Gap (Part 1): What are you doing with your pain? (Suffering and Confession)
The more we understand Jesus' invitation for the Kingdom life, the more compelling it is. As we discussed in our previous series, it is a promise of healing and transformation that frees us from our shadow stories into lives lived more and more fully in the true story and the Kingdom realities that you are loved, you belong, you are chosen, and you have nothing to prove. The difference between those two realities is what we have called The Sacred Gap and once that gap becomes clear, so does an obvious question: "How do I get through that gap?" Well, it turns out there is an answer. The early Kingdom communities of Jesus' apprentices, not coincidentally, referred to themselves as practitioners of "The Way." What "Way" is that? It is "The Way" that Jesus himself taught in the greatest and most compelling sermon ever given...The Sermon on The Mount.
Listen in as Aric and his brother, Tyler, explore Jesus' vision for Kingdom life and the roadmap he shares to open his famous sermon. Together, each of the "Beatitudes" reveal "The Way" home and reveal our way forward through The Sacred Gap. In this podcast, we look at the first of those Beatitudes and explore the surprising truth that our journey begins with a very important question: "What are you doing with your pain?"
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Listen in as Aric and Pete conclude the series What Story Are You Living?
We have come a long way and in this final discussion, we build on the idea of divine rebellion. As we have discussed, the experience of the true story is something that is very opposed. Which means we have to learn to fight an enemy who is relentlessly on the prowl to steal, kill, and destroy and keep us stuck in our shadow stories. Resistance, then, is essential in this journey of healing and transformation. However, as good as it is to learn to resist, there is one more idea that actually opens the door to taking the fight to our enemy...to launch an offensive in the fight for our hearts and the promise of living out of the true story. Let's get to know our enemy even more as we look at how he seizes on key moments of vulnerability in our lives to tailor his lies to our story. He does this through messages that paint a skewed picture of reality that feels very very real, and he leverages those messages to get what he ultimately wants...agreement with him. We can do so much more than resist. The good news about agreements is that, because of Jesus, they can be broken. In this hopeful finale, Pete and Aric share their own experiences in how to turn the tables and take the fight to our enemy.
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Christmas is here. With the season comes a familiar echo of deeper things...things that are abstract and difficult to name but our hearts still know that we long for. But for so many of us, the Christmas season comes and goes, as the mad rush of the season sweeps us along yet again, and we're left wondering what happened. Listen in as Pete and Aric get very practical this Christmas season. This is a time where all that has been discussed in the series can come together at a time of year when our enemy and the world around us conspires to rob us of the goodness that we all want to experience this Christmas. It is in the practice of divine rebellion that we can push through the noise and madness to come back to the heart of our Heavenly Father and reclaim the joy and wonder of the season.
This is the second half of that conversation.
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Christmas is here. With the season comes a familiar echo of deeper things...things that are abstract and difficult to name but our hearts still know that we long for. But for so many of us, the Christmas season comes and goes, as the mad rush of the season sweeps us along yet again, and we're left wondering what happened. Listen in as Pete and Aric get very practical this Christmas season. This is a time where all that has been discussed in the series can come together at a time of year when our enemy and the world around us conspires to rob us of the goodness that we all want to experience this Christmas. It is in the practice of divine rebellion that we can push through the noise and madness to come back to the heart of our Heavenly Father and reclaim the joy and wonder of the season.
This is the first half of that conversation.
Learn more about The Intentional Dad at www.theintentionaldad.org
Want to reach out to Pete? He can be contacted at https://truepursuit.org/
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Listen in as Aric continues the discussion around the question "What Story Are You Living? In the last episode, we introduced the idea of divine rebellion. In this episode, you are invited to ramp up that rebellion as we go further into the rabbit hole and learn that healing that leads to freedom is found not by running from pain but by moving toward it. What will you do with your pain? Our discussions have built to an important crossroads...a crossroads that requires a fundamental transformation of our relationship with pain.
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Aric and Pete continue their discussion around the question "What Story Are You Living?"
We live in a universe at war and, in previous episodes, we have worked to understand the reality of an enemy whose hatred for God and humanity is thorough. He is a sophisticated and deadly enemy. But, in the last episode, we discovered that for all of that sophistication, his playbook is shockingly simple. Which begs a very important question: If his playbook is that simple, why is it so hard to experience the peace, healing, and freedom that God offers? In a word, the issue is illusion. Listen in as Pete and Aric discuss the tireless efforts of the enemy to keep us invested in a false reality and how orienting to that truth helps us in our efforts to resist...to exercise defiant rebellion and begin to break free.
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Listen in as Pete and Aric continue their discussion around the question: What Story Are You Living?
Having set the stage in previous podcasts, today they invite you to take steps with them as they go deeper "into the rabbit hole." We have an enemy heavily invested in keeping each of us from knowing and experiencing the reality of God's true heart that we are loved, we belong, and we have nothing to prove. In this episode Pete and Aric take us a bit further in knowing our enemy by learning how he operates.
For all of his sophistication and deadly intent, our enemy has a shockingly simple playbook. As we come to know how he works, we also begin to see and understand how we might push back and resist in order to reclaim what he has stolen and live more and more out of the true story.
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Pete and Aric continue their series "What Story Are You Living?" Having explored the concept of a shadow story, they now turn to understanding what...or more to the point...who is at work behind every shadow story. As the famous ancient philosopher Sun Tzu once said, "Know Your Enemy." The reality of an enemy waging war against God by waging war against humanity is a reality presented throughout Scripture. Jesus himself speaks very seriously about the threat he poses and his deadly nature. So listen in as Pete and Aric discuss this enemy to expose his backstory and learn who he is, what he's after, and why.
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Pete and Aric continue their series on the question: What Story Are You Living? In this most recent conversation, they dig into the concept of a shadow story and invite listeners to begin a journey to discover and to understand their own shadow story. This is the second half of that conversation.
To access the notes and reflection questions referenced in this podcast, go to:https://www.theintentionaldad.org/resource-page-what-story-are-you-living/
Interested in some more conversation? Consider becoming a paying member of the online community. Members at the swordsman level or above gain access to online discussion through Discord. Go to https://www.theintentionaldad.org/membership/ to learn more.
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Pete and Aric continue their series on the question: What Story Are You Living? In this most recent conversation, they dig into the concept of a shadow story and invite listeners to begin a journey to discover and begin to understand their own. This is the first half of that conversation.
To access the notes and reflection questions provided for this and the next episode, go to: https://www.theintentionaldad.org/resource-page-what-story-are-you-living/
Interested in some more conversation? Consider becoming a paying member of the online community at the swordsman level or above and gain access to online discussion through Discord. Go to https://www.theintentionaldad.org/membership/ to learn more.
If you would like to learn more about True Pursuit or reach out to Pete Emhoff, go to https://truepursuit.org/
Whether you are aware of it or not, each and every one of us is living out a story. The story you live shapes everything about how you interpret your experiences, the ways you define success, and the things you prioritize. If we are going to have a meaningful discussion about life, relationships, and intentional fatherhood, we have to start with awareness of the story we’ve been living and how that aligns, or doesn't, with the story we’re actually in.
In this episode, Aric invites his spiritual father and friend, Pete Emhoff, into the studio to have the first of many discussions about the spiritual realities that encompass our physical reality.
Pete is the founder and president of True Pursuit, a ministry to rescue the hearts of men and offer each man a pathway into a life of freedom. Learn more at www.truepursuit.org.
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The New Year ReVolution continues with stories of apprenticeship. In this episode Ben joins Aric to share his story of how God fathered him through a long season of injury, surgery, and recovery. It was an experience that deepened his reliance on God and his resilience in the face of pain and suffering...suffering that turned out to be a reason to, as Paul says, rejoice. Listen in as Ben offers his story, what he's learned, and new things that have emerged from the experiences.
Beloved is a corner of The Intentional Dad for young adults being fathered by God. Here you will find stories of initiation, apprenticeship, struggle, and triumph from the lives of young adults living intimately with God. These stories are offered as a gift of encouragement for your own journey and as an invitation to share the adventure in community with us.
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The New Year ReVolution continues with The Intentional Dad podcast as we share another story of apprenticeship. Listen in as Aric talks with his daughter, Ellie, about how God has been fathering her at the dawn of her adult life, a story she offers here as encouragement for you as well.
During the podcast, Ellie tells her story of how God has led her to wisdom and understanding through many big changes and new experiences since her initiation. The quotes she shares in this podcast can be found at theintentionaldad.org.
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Join Aric as he invites you into so much more than a resolution at the dawn of 2023...a pursuit of something much deeper and more profound: a revolution. Listen to the first podcast of 2023 to learn more and then bring your family along for the adventure as we share stories of apprenticeship with Jesus together.
In this episode, Aric casts a vision for the New Year and invites you and your family into a year of transformational growth; a journey shared through stories of life with Jesus. We kick off the 2023 Revolution with a story from Aric's brother Tyler and how God fathered him through a difficult day with his then 2.5 year old son...circumstances that brought him face to face with the difficult truth of limitations which led to a powerful moment of growth and transformation for him as a father.
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Disclaimer: The story Tyler has to share is about an injury to his young son. It is necessary for him to give details of the injury in order to tell the whole story. There is nothing gratuitous but there are descriptions of an injury in the podcast that you we wanted you to be aware of before listening.
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Listen in as Aric and Mary Jo continue their discussion of the holidays, the hopes we have, and things that work against us. Can intentionality help us capture all the goodness we long for in the holiday season? It is a question they began to explore together with the goal of thinking about some simple ways to move away from what might rob us of the promise of a new holiday season and toward things that can help capture the goodness we long for. Aric and Mary Jo continue to share their plans for being intentional this season and invite you to try it for your family as well. Even better, is the invitation to share your stories with others of what God is doing through the intentionality with your family. In this podcast, learn about the remaining three challenges for December as the intentional holiday continues.
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Listen in as Aric and his wife, Mary Jo, discuss the holidays, the hopes we have, and things that work against us. Can intentionality help us capture all the goodness we long for in the holiday season? Aric and Mary Jo share their plans for being intentional this season and invite you take the challenge to try it for your family as well. Even better, is the invitation to share our stories with one another of what God is doing in our families through the intentionality. In this podcast, learn about the first two challenges for November and start an intentional holiday with your family.
For more information go to theintentionaldad.org and click on "holiday challenge" in the menu bar.
Join Aric and his Dad, Russ, for part 2 of a heartfelt episode as they share their story of discovery, understanding, and reconciliation that unfolded over months of in-depth conversation...conversations that started with the critically important topic of generational momentum and the sensitive topic of father wounds. It is the story behind the story of the journey they shared as Aric wrote the book.
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Join Aric and his Dad, Russ, for part 1 of a heartfelt episode as they share their story of discovery, understanding, and reconciliation that unfolded over months of in-depth conversation...conversations that started with the critically important topic of generational momentum and the sensitive topic of father wounds. It is the story behind the story of the journey they shared as Aric wrote the book.
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Join Aric and his daughter, Ellie, as they look back on their journey on the eve of her initiation. Listen in as Ellie shares her story and what she has learned through over a decade of preparation for this moment.
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Join Aric and his son, Ben, as they discuss the foreword he wrote for the book and reminisce about the initiation journey they have shared together (Part 2 of 2).
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Join Aric and his son, Ben, as they discuss the foreword he wrote for the book and reminisce about the initiation journey they have shared together (Part 1 of 2).
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