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Communication & Conflict

Compassionate communication, conflict, and civil discourse at home and beyond.

Unity With Your Wife: Building a Household That Reflects the Love of God

Fathers discuss aligned parenting, the long game of consistent boundaries, and the transformative practice of repair — apologizing to both children and spouse as a reflection of God's own model of restoration.

Biblical Q&A in the Car: Definitions to Run Through With Your Children

Drawing on the tradition of catechesis, fathers worked through short theological definitions — kingdom, discipleship, grace, character — to rehearse with kids in the car or at bedtime.

Starving the Sumo & Redeeming the Car Ride: Raising Men (and Women) in a Confusing Age

Fathers share honest conversations with their kids about lust, shame, and godly manhood — with tools like shoulder-to-shoulder car rides and a vision rooted in joyful, sacrificial responsibility.

Teaching Our Kids Civil Discourse in an Age of Outrage

A subscriber-only post on helping children learn to disagree with civility and grace in a culture driven by outrage.

Mountain and Valleys Exercise – Personal Reflections to Enrich Conversations With Your Children

A reflective exercise adapted from Viktor Frankl helps fathers map the highs and lows of their own lives, building self-awareness they can then draw on to open richer, more meaningful conversations with their children.

Building Bridges: Teaching Our Children to Connect Across Differences

Fathers considered how to raise kids who follow Jesus's example of genuine connection — seeing shared humanity beneath disagreement and engaging others with both grace and truth rather than contempt.

Intentional Fathers – Week 7 – Compassionate (Non-Violent) Communication

The group works through a four-step NVC process — observe, feel, need, request — and explores how slowing down, modeling emotional awareness, and prayer helps children develop genuine self-control.

Intentional Fathers Week 5 – Non-Violent Conflict

A father introduces a storytelling framework for navigating conflict: recognizing that everyone wants to be known and has a purpose, then approaching disagreements with empathy, vulnerability, and an eternal perspective.