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Dad Tired

The Lie Every Man Believes About His Past (Jermaine Wilson)

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Mentioned in today's Episode:
- Dad Tired One Dy Conferences
- Attend the Annual Retreat
- Become a Dad Tired Partner
- Shop the Dad Tired Store
- Prison Fellowship

Most men carry a story they’re ashamed of.

Bad decisions.
A past they wish they could erase.
A quiet fear that maybe they’ve already messed things up too badly.

Jermaine Wilson knows that feeling.

By 15 he was in juvenile corrections.
By 19 he was in prison again… holding his baby son and wondering if he would ever become the man his family needed.

But prison became the place where everything changed.

Through the gospel, brotherhood, and the grace of God, Jermaine’s life was completely transformed. Today he’s a father, grandfather, leader with Prison Fellowship… and even served as mayor of the city where he was once incarcerated.

If you’ve ever wondered whether God can redeem your story, this episode is for you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Three, two, one, go.

0:18.3

Germain, so excited to meet you, man, and to spend some time with you today. The team sent me over your bio,

0:24.9

and I think it was only, you know, four or five sentences long, but in your four and five sentences

0:29.4

of whoever wrote that to try to describe you, I feel like it perfectly matched what we're trying

0:34.7

to do here at Dad Tired to be men who are finding healing,

0:54.6

redemption, and then to show up a little bit more healed so we can be the leaders that our family needs us to be. And so anyway, when I saw your bio, I was like, I need to have a conversation with this guy. So before I ramble on too long, tell us who you are and what you're up to these days, bro. Hey, doing great.

0:58.8

Thanks for having me here. My name is Jermaine Wilson and I currently serve as a mission ambassador,

1:07.9

a prison fellowship. I am a proud father of five amazing children. I am also a grandpa and I'm just blessed to be here and thankful for the opportunity to be able to share my

1:11.1

story and to encourage and bring hope to the men and fathers across the world. Dang, man, you're a grandpa already. You don't look like you could be your grandpa. Already. You see, if you look real closely, you see those three gray hairs right there. Yeah, we'll get the 4K in. We'll zoom in there a little bit. dang man uh well congratulations on that you're in princeton fellowship we actually did uh another

1:29.7

podcast not too long ago with zoom in there a little bit. Dang man. Well, congratulations on that. You're in Princeton Fellowship. We actually

1:28.8

did another podcast not too long ago with one of the other guys from Prison Fellowship. Yes, sir.

1:35.0

And that was wonderful. I love what you guys are doing there. Why is that near and dear to your heart?

1:41.0

Because Prison Fellowship, the purpose is to be able to serve families, individuals who have been incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, but to bring families together.

1:51.5

We truly believe in holistic restoration, and I understand at times the bars can separate family members, but prison fellowship have figured out a way to be able to keep

2:02.1

families united that's, you know, that's separated by the bars. And they do that by bringing forth

2:08.0

angel tree to be able to be that bridge to serve the incarcerated parents and their families.

2:13.5

And also to let people know that your love, you're not forgotten, and God still got a

2:17.4

planning the purpose for everyone's life. And so that's why it holds a special place in And also to let people know that your love, you're not forgotten, and God still got a planning

2:17.6

purpose for everyone's life.

2:19.4

And so that's why it holds a special place in my heart.

2:22.5

But it also served me and my family during my time of incarceration.

2:27.6

When I felt like I was hopeless and didn't have a way to provide for my son, prison

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