S05 Episode 23: The Heart of a Father - Interview with Fr. Mike Schmitz
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🗓️ 10 June 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Abiding Together Podcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing Fr. Mike Schmitz! Fr. Mike is a wonderful speaker and evangelist, but more than that, he is a beautiful witness of what it looks like to be a spiritual father. We discuss spiritual fatherhood in the priesthood and some of the stumbling blocks in our relationship with God the Father. We also discuss what restored masculinity and the family looks like.
One Thing We Love this Week
Sister Miriam's one thing - The book The Life Model: Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You
Michelle's one thing - Summer hospitality and potlucks!
Heather's one thing - The music video for "Fall On Me" by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli
Fr. Mike's One things - Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax and The Heart of Perfection by Colleen Campbell
Discussion Questions
Do you feel like you can trust God? What makes you distrust his heart at times?
What is your experience of fatherhood in your life? How has this impacted your relationship with God the Father positively or negatively?
What does a rebirth or renaissance of the family look like in our world today?
Journal Questions
Sit with the words, as if said from God the Father, "I am proud of you". What stirs in your heart?
Who in your life has revealed the heart of God the Father to you?
In what areas do you need to experience restoration in your relationship with your earthly father and with God the Father?
Quote to Ponder
"I know I can trust God the Father as my dad" - Fr. Mike Schmitz
Scripture for Lectio Divina - 1 John 3:1
"See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are."
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast in partnership with Ascension. |
| 0:11.4 | Abiding Together is a place where you can find connection, rest and encouragement on your |
| 0:16.2 | journey with Jesus Christ. |
| 0:17.9 | My name is Sister Miriam James and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends |
| 0:22.2 | ever. |
| 0:23.2 | Heather Kim and Michelle Benzinger, what you're going to find is we're three normal women |
| 0:27.0 | who are on the journey who laugh, we cry, we have all kinds of adventures and our heart |
| 0:31.7 | is to share our love of Christ with you, our friendship and all the beautiful and broken |
| 0:35.9 | places that we encounter. |
| 0:37.8 | So you are most welcome to join us on this journey. |
| 0:40.5 | Grab a cup of coffee, get settled in and welcome home. |
| 0:45.9 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast. |
| 0:48.5 | We are going to talk about today the topic of the power of spiritual fatherhood and we have |
| 0:52.4 | an amazing wonderful special guest for you today, which who you're going to love. |
| 0:55.9 | You know you're going to love him but we're going to wait to make you find out who it is |
| 0:58.4 | for a second. |
| 0:59.4 | So Michelle and Heather, how are you doing? |
| 1:02.0 | Michelle, we were just commenting on your cute shirt which nobody can see but us but it's |
| 1:05.0 | fabulous and you look wonderful and it's summertime in Florida. |
| 1:07.4 | So how are you doing? |
| 1:08.4 | I am good. |
| 1:09.4 | Kids are out of school still. |
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