Category: Weekly Meeting Notes
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Crafting a Summer on Purpose: How Intentional Dads Build Memories That Last
Previous Week In Practice One of the fathers in our group shared a moment that stopped all of us in our tracks. He’s been working toward a goal of building passive income so he can eventually free up more time to spend with his kids. He sat down with his…
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The Power of Defining Moments: How Dads Can Author Unforgettable Experiences for Their Kids
Dads Coffee — March 20, 2026 Previous Week in Practice Last week, the guys dug into the topic of marriage and the practical work of fostering a healthy relationship with your wife. This week, several dads shared how they put those conversations into action. One father shared that something from…
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Protecting the Couple Bubble: Why Your Marriage Is the Leadership Team of Your Family
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” — Genesis 2:24 (ESV) Picture this: It’s 10:30 p.m. The kids are finally down. You and your wife have about twelve minutes together before someone wakes up needing…
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Unity With Your Wife: Building a Household That Reflects the Love of God
A men’s group reflection on family of origin, aligned parenting, and the power of repair Previous Week In Practice The men came back this week with some real stories of putting last week’s teaching on marital unity and family of origin into practice. One father shared how he immediately put…
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One Home, One Voice: Building Unity With Your Wife for the Sake of Your Kids
Most fathers don’t set out to parent in opposition to their wives. But life has a way of pulling a couple into parallel lanes—busy schedules, different stress thresholds, different family histories, different instincts. Then a child (especially a sharp one) notices the gap: “Mom said yes.” “Dad said no.” “But…
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Raising Stewards: Teaching Kids Money Without Raising Entitlement
Before we ever talked envelopes, chores, Roth IRAs, or compounding interest, one dad opened our time with a line that landed like a weight in the room: “The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow…” (Psalm 146:9, KJV) He pointed out something easy to miss: Scripture presents…
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Biblical Q&A in the Car: Definitions to Run Through With Your Children
There is a reason the church has historically leaned on Q&A as a primary tool for passing down the faith. Long before most families owned a Bible—and long before kids could carry a phone—Christians formed belief and character through catechesis: guided instruction, often in question-and-answer form. In the early centuries,…
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Raising Makers, Not Consumers: Creativity, Screens, and the Father’s Quiet War for His Child’s Imagination
A theme kept surfacing in the conversation—sometimes stated plainly, sometimes felt underneath the jokes and the sidebars: our children are being trained to consume. Not just content, but experiences, ideas, even identity. And if Christian fathers don’t respond intentionally, the default current of the culture will do the training for…
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Building a Different Current: Fatherhood, Screens, and the Slow Work of Sanctification
Some of the most important conversations in fatherhood don’t begin with a prepared lesson—they begin with a gut-punch moment. In our dads’ group, one father shared a “PSA” that landed on all of us: a quick look at YouTube history revealed content that no child should be consuming. The shock…
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The Laboratory of the Home: Learning Each Child’s Heart
Last week we looked at Joseph as a model for fatherhood: a beloved father rooted in God’s love, a courageous father who took risks, a working father who quietly provided, and a hidden father who faithfully stayed in the background. In Matthew’s Gospel, Joseph accepts a child who is not…
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