Embracing Vulnerability, Criticism & Pain of Parenting with Matthew West| 429
Dad Tired
Jerrad Lopes
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Jerrad sits down with singer, songwriter, and podcast host Matthew West for a conversation about the pain, pressure, and beauty of being a dad.
They talk about sending kids off to college, handling public criticism, and the challenge of staying emotionally present at home when everything pulls you elsewhere. Matthew shares what he’s learned about vulnerability, regret, and learning to slow down. He opens up about how his identity as a father has been shaped by grace.
What You’ll hear:
• Why letting go of your kids is harder than anyone tells you
• What Matthew wishes he had done differently as a young dad
• How to stay soft-hearted in a world that wants you to harden up
• Why words of encouragement matter more than you think
• What it looks like to lead your family with humility and joy
Tune in to learn how to show up, speak life, and lead with their heart as a dad.
Episode Resources
- Matthew West’s podcast: The Matthew West Podcast
- Song reference: “18 Summers” by Matthew West
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- New podcast: Footballin’ with Ben Roethlisberger
- AccessMore Network daily devotional (upcoming)
- Operation Christmas Child: samaritanspurse.org/occ
- Support Dad Tired: dadtired.com/donate
- Read The Dad Tired Book: https://amzn.to/3YTz4GB
- Invite Jerrad to speak: https://www.jerradlopes.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the Dad Tired podcast. If you're watching on YouTube or Spotify, you can see I have a puppy in my lap. |
| 0:09.0 | For some reason, I thought four kids wasn't crazy enough. So I decided to add to the chaos. I'm not that smart. |
| 0:17.0 | Really fun conversation today with Matthew West, obviously super talented, has won many awards, |
| 0:22.9 | but just fun to get to know him on another level outside of the music. I think you're going to |
| 0:27.7 | really enjoy our conversation. We hit a lot of topics on this conversation that I think |
| 0:31.4 | you're going to find fascinating. Before we jump into that, I do want to thank my friends over at |
| 0:36.8 | Samaritan's Purse for sponsoring |
| 0:38.1 | today's episode. Samaritans Purse, I've been a big fan of theirs for a long time. They're part of, |
| 0:42.6 | or they have a project called Operation Christmas Child. I have done Operation Christmas Child for many, |
| 0:47.3 | many years, even before I was married. I was packing shoeboxes at churches, even back all the way back in |
| 0:53.1 | California. |
| 0:57.0 | And always been a big fan of their ministry. |
| 0:58.3 | You've probably heard of this. |
| 1:01.8 | If you've been around the church world for a while, you've probably heard about their project Operation Christmas Child, where you pack these shoeboxes either as a family or a community |
| 1:05.7 | group or a church, and then they get sent off to the world. |
| 1:08.9 | But Layla and I actually had an opportunity to join |
| 1:11.1 | Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child in Grenada, one of the islands, and to see exactly how |
| 1:18.0 | these boxes get delivered and then like what happens. And it was a whole, like it was legitimately |
| 1:23.7 | one of the top five best experiences of my life. and I'm not exaggerating when I say that. |
| 1:29.2 | I already believed in this ministry, and I now support them like a million times even more, |
| 1:35.9 | just being able to see specifically what they're doing with these kids and the way that they're |
| 1:40.1 | using these shoeboxes as a method for discipleship proclaiming the gospel. It is incredible. |
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