E865 | Wild at Heart Stories - T.J. Greaney & Kids Outdoor Zone
Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Over 40 percent of the boys in this country don’t have a dad at home. The result has been a dramatic increase in drug use and school drop-out—with some kids averaging up to 70 hours a week in front of a screen yet only 40 minutes outside. Countering that trend is Kids Outdoor Zone (KOZ), an outdoor ministry for boys that trains and equips men to mentor boys through outdoor adventure. In this episode, John talks with KOZ founder and Wild at Heart ally T.J. Greaney about his difficult boyhood, his deep love of nature and adventure, and the inspiring origin and growth of Kids Outdoor Zone.
Show Notes: For details on how to start an outdoor ministry for boys at your church, visit KidsOutdoorZone.com. Discover more about Wild at Heart events and Fires at wildatheart.org/events. The book referenced in the podcast is Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv.
Keywords: Christian, Kids Ministry, Outdoors, Kids Outdoor Zone
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| 0:00.0 | They're standing around the fire. They're all, and Jesus says, get some of that fresh fish. |
| 0:03.5 | Bring it over here. I got a campfire. I got fresh fish cooking. But my question was, why there? |
| 0:09.4 | Why on the lakeshore at sunrise around a campfire with his closest men? |
| 0:15.4 | It's because almost every night they would make a campfire and he would train his men under the stars that he created. |
| 0:23.3 | They would wake up to a sunrise that he timed and he was training them and joking with them |
| 0:29.0 | and fellowship with them. My question to the men in these conferences when I speak is |
| 0:34.5 | how come we don't use Jesus model to gather our men together and train up the next |
| 0:40.5 | generation. |
| 0:43.6 | Are you intrigued? |
| 0:46.1 | Friends, for a long time now, we've been wanting to bring some of our friends on to the |
| 0:53.8 | podcast from around the world to tell stories, |
| 0:58.3 | stories of what God is doing in their lives and what God's doing through them, |
| 1:02.5 | and a lot of that borne out of or strengthened by this message. |
| 1:09.0 | And so I'm going to introduce you to my friend in just a moment. But before we do that, |
| 1:14.5 | let's take our pause. And we pray, Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit. |
| 1:30.3 | I give everyone, I give everything to you. |
| 1:36.3 | Everyone, everything to you, God, everyone, everything. |
| 1:42.3 | What do I need to let go of today? Lord, who do I need to let go of? I do to the best I can. |
| 2:10.6 | I give everyone and I give everything to you. |
| 2:15.6 | And I ask you to restore our union, breathe your life into me, breathe your love into me today. |
| 2:25.1 | And then would you meet us all in this week's podcast? |
| 2:30.3 | In the name of Jesus. |
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