What True Freedom Really Looks Like

What True Freedom Really Looks Like

What is one thing you're carrying right now that Jesus already paid for? That's the question we leave every listener with at the end of this episode — and it's worth taking seriously before you answer it too quickly.  As America marks 250 years of independence, we zoom out to look at where the idea of freedom actually started in this country. The faith of the Pilgrims. The God-language woven throughout the founding documents. The conviction that rights come from a Creator, not a government. But the episode quickly turns inward — because the bondage most of us are actually fighting isn't external. It's the lies. I am helpless. I am unlovable. I am worthless. Three categories that are at the root of almost every internal struggle — and that Scripture has been speaking to for thousands of years. We get personal about our own stories of feeling trapped on the inside while looking fine on the outside. And we walk through what it looks like to step into the freedom Jesus actually offers — not freedom to do whatever you want, but freedom to finally live the way you were created to live.  Join us online! 🧡 askaboutmyfaith.com [https://www.askaboutmyfaith.com/]  💙 facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith]  💜 instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith/] Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’re welcome here! Subscribe and find encouragement for the everyday moments that matter most!

Identity Over Achievement (feat. Ben Cooley)

What happens when you strip away everything you've achieved, everyone you know, and everything that makes you feel significant — and all that's left is just you and God? For Ben Cooley, that question stopped being theoretical. He lost his job, his platform, and his sense of identity all at once. And what he found on the other side was something he couldn't have found any other way. Ben co-founded an anti-slavery organization that reached 12 countries and helped over 100,000 children. He's a father of ten and one of the most honest guests we've ever had on this podcast. In this conversation he talks about belief — not as a concept but as the foundation everything else is built on. How you articulate it, how you rehearse it, how you celebrate it so it actually shapes your family and your organization instead of just looking good on a wall. He also talks about the lie that high performers are most susceptible to — that God's love is somehow connected to what you produce. And he shares the single most important shift he's made in understanding the difference between being a human doing and a human being. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not endured. This conversation will remind you why — and point you back to the One who made it that way.  Join us online! 🧡 askaboutmyfaith.com [https://www.askaboutmyfaith.com/]  💙 facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith]  💜 instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith/] Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’re welcome here! Subscribe and find encouragement for the everyday moments that matter most!

Pt 2 | Your Healing Is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Kids (feat. Jeff Zaugg & Ben Cooley)

What if the greatest gift you could give your kids isn't a better version of your parenting — but a healed version of yourself?  Jeff Zaugg and Ben Cooley are back for part two of our Father's Day conversation, and this one goes to places we didn't expect.  Both men get honest about the stories they carry — the moments of failure, the coping mechanisms built around pain, and what it actually looks like to let God do surgery on the parts of you that are still fathering from a place of woundedness. We also spend time on the dad who's thinking about giving up. Not in a surface-level, pull-yourself-together kind of way — but with the kind of honesty that only comes from men who have actually been there. Their answers are worth the whole conversation.  And they close with a round of practical encouragement that is equal parts funny and genuinely life-giving — the kind that reminds you what this role actually is and why it matters more than you probably give yourself credit for today. You are loved. You are a learner. You are a leader. And it's not too late. Join us online! 🧡 askaboutmyfaith.com [https://www.askaboutmyfaith.com/]  💙 facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith]  💜 instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith/] Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’re welcome here! Subscribe and find encouragement for the everyday moments that matter most!

Pt 1 | Fatherhood Built on Belief (feat. Jeff Zaugg & Ben Cooley)

What if the most important thing you can do as a dad has nothing to do with how much you provide — and everything to do with how present you are?  Father's Day is right around the corner, and we're doing something a little different. Today Dan sits down with two men who are thinking deeply about what it means to be a great dad — Jeff Zaugg, founder of Dad Awesome and father to four girls, and Ben Cooley, co-founder of an anti-slavery organization and father to a blended family of ten kids.  This conversation is honest, funny, and surprisingly profound. Jeff shares what happened when he opened a feedback loop with his daughters and one of them told him something that broke his heart wide open. Ben shares what it looks like to parent out of his own healing — and why the greatest fathering shift he ever made was stopping trying to be the big brother in the parable and starting to be the father on the porch, ready to run.  We talk about the questions that actually get your kids past a simple "fine," why sitting in the hard stuff with your children might be the most powerful thing you ever do, and what it looks like to build rhythms in your home that point your family toward Jesus — even when you're only hitting them 70% of the time.  Heart toward heaven. Heart toward home. That's where it starts.  Join us online! 🧡 askaboutmyfaith.com [https://www.askaboutmyfaith.com/]  💙 facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith]  💜 instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith/] Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’re welcome here! Subscribe and find encouragement for the everyday moments that matter most!

Pt 2 | You Cannot Embrace Your Mission Without Humility (feat. Thann Bennett)

What if the mission God gave you was never meant to build your reputation — but to reflect His? In part two with Thann Bennett, we pick right back up where we left off — and the conversation just keeps getting better. Thann is the author of My Fame, His Fame, co-founder of A Fearless Life ministry, and a man God asked to turn around and face the people instead of the systems.  We talk about humility and why it's not the opposite of strength — it actually requires it. We get into The Equipped, Thann's weekly podcast built around truth and beauty, and why bracketing hard news stories with those two things is one of the most practical ways to stay grounded as a Jesus follower in a noisy world.  Thann also shares the story behind A Fearless Life — a nonprofit he and his wife founded to find and fund a family for every adoption-eligible foster child in America. And he walks us through a moment in a secular foster care training where a neuroscience study about neglected children became one of the clearest pictures he's ever seen of why connection to a Creator isn't optional — it's everything.  And he reminds every listener what their kids and their calling and their corner of the world all have in common: they need someone who knows whose they are, who's willing to be strong and courageous, and who's ready to do the work. Join us online! 🧡 askaboutmyfaith.com [https://www.askaboutmyfaith.com/]  💙 facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.facebook.com/askaboutmyfaith]  💜 instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith [https://www.instagram.com/askaboutmyfaith/] Wherever you are in your faith journey, you’re welcome here! Subscribe and find encouragement for the everyday moments that matter most!