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Episode 72: She's grown up in a home where the whole city knows her dad's name with Nora Tenhaken

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2009891/fan_mail/new] Paul, Jill & Nora TenHaken, Part 3  She's grown up in a home where the whole city knows her dad's name. Eight years. Press conferences. Public scrutiny. Campaign seasons. Security details. Dinner conversations most kids never have to carry. And through all of it, Nora TenHaken has been watching. Watching how her dad leads. Watching how her mom holds everything together. Watching what faith looks like when it's not performed on a stage but lived out in a kitchen, in a car ride, in the quiet moments nobody else sees. In Part 3, Nora joins her parents on the mic for the first time. And what comes out of this young woman's mouth will stop you. We asked her: What makes your home the happiest place on earth? We asked her: Who do you see yourself in more, mom or dad? We asked her: What has it actually been like growing up in the public eye for the last eight years of your life? And then we asked all three of them the question every family needs to sit with: If your home could be described in one word, one word you hope lasts for generations, what would it be? Their answer might make you rethink what you're building in your own house. This episode is not about politics. It's not about legacy in the way the world measures it. It's about what happens when a family decides that faith isn't something they do on Sundays. It's the rhythm they protect every single day, even when the schedule says there's no time for it. Fair warning: the laughter breaks in this one are unfiltered. We asked Nora who tells the worst jokes at home. We asked about the family tradition that started by accident and stuck forever. And we asked what moment in the last year made them all say,  "This is so us." You'll laugh. You'll probably cry. And you'll walk away wanting to have a conversation with your own family tonight. ***************************************************************************************** As a fan of our podcast and mission to spread Hope and Healing through the message of Jesus Christ - We would appreciate your financial support! We are 100% listener supported! TO GIVE TO FORTITUDE: - Patreon: patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [http://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] - Stripe: https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] - Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10]  PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: - Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] - Twitter: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod]

Episode 71: She held the home. He led the city With Paul & Jill TenHaken

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2009891/fan_mail/new] Paul & Jill TenHaken, Part 2 (drop today) She held the home. He led the city. And somewhere in between, they had to figure out how to stay married, stay close to God, and stay close to each other. Part 2 is here. Paul and Jill TenHaken sit down together for a conversation most couples in public life would never have on a mic. And they went there. What "oneness" actually means after years of pressure, sacrifice, and learning to surrender together. Their love languages (and yes, they're different). The mentors who taught them what covenant looks like before they had to live it out. The habits that keep them spiritually connected when life is pulling them in every direction. And the one small, sacred thing that always brings them back to each other. We also asked who said "I love you" first. And who really meant it first. We asked what habit drives the other one completely crazy. We asked what they used to fight about that now just makes them laugh. This is not a polished, curated version of a marriage. This is two people being real about what it costs to choose each other and choose God at the same time, over and over again. If your marriage needs a reminder that covenant is worth fighting for, this is your episode. If you know a couple who's in the thick of it right now, send this to them. Sometimes the thing that shifts everything is hearing someone else say "us too." ***************************************************************************************** As a fan of our podcast and mission to spread Hope and Healing through the message of Jesus Christ - We would appreciate your financial support! We are 100% listener supported! TO GIVE TO FORTITUDE: - Patreon: patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [http://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] - Stripe: https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] - Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10]  PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: - Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] - Twitter: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod]

Episode 70: A Godly Man Before Any Title With Paul TenHaken

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2009891/fan_mail/new] Before the city knew his name, before the title, before the office, there was just a kid from Worthington, Minnesota. In this conversation, we didn’t ask Mayor Paul TenHaken about policy. We didn’t ask about budgets or elections or what comes next in his career. We asked the question most people never get to ask a leader they admire: Who are you when no one’s watching? What does your faith actually look like on the hard days, not the public ones? What does “finishing well” mean in your soul, not on your resume? Paul sat with us for this one. No script. No talking points. Just a man talking honestly about the God who shaped him before the world tried to define him. This is Part 1. Just Paul. 34 minutes that might change how you think about leadership, faith, and what it means to be a godly man before you’re anything else. Part 2 with Paul and Jill drops Tuesday, and that conversation about marriage, covenant, and oneness will wreck you in the best way. If you know a man who needs to hear this, a husband, a dad, a leader who’s carrying more than he lets on, send it to him. ***************************************************************************************** As a fan of our podcast and mission to spread Hope and Healing through the message of Jesus Christ - We would appreciate your financial support! We are 100% listener supported! TO GIVE TO FORTITUDE: - Patreon: patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [http://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] - Stripe: https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] - Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10]  PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: - Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] - Twitter: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod]

Episode 69: The Man Who Choose to Stay: With Amos Kittelson

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2009891/fan_mail/new] Our newest episode is live, and this one is deeply personal. So many of you have heard my story. My healing. My journey. My voice. Today, you get to hear from the man who lived it with me. Amos steps into the guest seat for a raw and honest conversation about marriage, healing, addiction, faith, leadership, and what it looks like to stay when life gets hard. Behind so much of my story is the man who chose to stay and still chooses to stay. A man who kept showing up. A man who kept leading. A man who held steady when life felt anything but. In this episode, we talk about the things people usually carry in silence. What it feels like to walk into a house and know within a couple syllables that the night is going to be hard. What it means to love without enabling. What happens when pain changes the whole atmosphere of a home. And what healing starts to look like when two people are willing to keep growing, keep telling the truth, and keep coming back to the table. Amos shares some of the deepest wisdom he has carried in our home for years: Proximity shapes perspective. Perspective shapes decisions. Decisions shape your life. He also says something that made me laugh and then made me think: “Screw the series.” Because sometimes the very thing keeping us stuck is not some giant crisis. It is the small distraction, the avoidance, the numbing, the thing we keep turning to instead of facing what really needs healing. This episode is tender, real, and full of the kind of truth people do not always say out loud. It is for the ones who have loved someone through pain. The ones who stayed strong because they had to. The ones who kept praying when nothing made sense. The ones who never really got asked how they were doing. I am really honored to share Amos with all of you. Resources: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/ [https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/] https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/podcast [https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/podcast]https://www.trinitychurch.com/sermons [https://www.trinitychurch.com/sermons] Live Free with Josh Howerton [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-gIybirb94bgwkcweCIuQ3HwSAUFCBR&si=P6E1QErIp0Fw_Ul4] ***************************************************************************************** As a fan of our podcast and mission to spread Hope and Healing through the message of Jesus Christ - We would appreciate your financial support! We are 100% listener supported! TO GIVE TO FORTITUDE: - Patreon: patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [http://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] - Stripe: https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] - Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10]  PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: - Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] - Twitter: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod]

Episode 68: Sometimes “choose joy” gets used like a cute quote. But real joy is not denial" With Laura Pedersen

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2009891/fan_mail/new] We’re live right now. Episode 68 just dropped, and I’m saying this clearly: this one is for the person who’s been trying to stay strong while quietly falling apart. Today’s conversation is with Laura Pedersen. She doesn’t give you a polished testimony. She gives you the real version. Loss, heartbreak, and the long road of choosing joy when life hurts. And that’s the point. Sometimes “choose joy” gets used like a cute quote. But real joy is not denial. It’s a decision you make while you’re still healing. It’s faith in motion, not faith as a performance. If you’ve ever asked: * How do I keep going after loss? * How do I trust God when life doesn’t make sense? * How do I stop pretending I’m okay? * How do I find joy without minimizing my pain? This episode is for you. We talk about resilience, grief, faith, and what it actually looks like to let God rebuild you from the inside out. This conversation goes deeper than inspiration. It’s honest. It’s tender. And it’s the kind of episode that helps you breathe again. Fortitude is about this. One story at a time. Hope through the hard parts. Not skipping the pain. Not rushing the healing. Just walking it through together. So here’s what I’m asking today: 1. If you have been asking, “How do I keep going?” this conversation is for you. Watch and listen: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] Support Fortitude: Patreon: https://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [https://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] Give (Stripe): https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10] Connect: X: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod] Courses: https://fortitudellc.myKajabi.com [https://fortitudellc.mykajabi.com/] 2. Comment one word that describes what you’re carrying in this season 3. Share this with one person you care about who needs hope but won’t say it out loud 🔴 We’re live. Come in the room. Drop a comment and tell us where you’re tuning in from and what you’re believing God for right now. And if someone came to mind while reading this, tag them. You might be the reminder they needed today. ***************************************************************************************** As a fan of our podcast and mission to spread Hope and Healing through the message of Jesus Christ - We would appreciate your financial support! We are 100% listener supported! TO GIVE TO FORTITUDE: - Patreon: patreon.com/FortitudePodcast [http://patreon.com/FortitudePodcast] - Stripe: https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate [https://bit.ly/fortitudedonate] - Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10 [https://www.venmo.com/u/fortitude10]  PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES: - Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod [https://www.youtube.com/@FortitudePod] - Twitter: https://x.com/FortitudePod [https://x.com/FortitudePod]