I'm excited to introduce my son Izaak as my new co-host. In this episode you will get to meet him in a brief conversation and get an idea of what to expect going forward.

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A New Co-Host

Are you a new dad or about to be a new dad and always feeling like the useless guy in the corner? Does it feel like your wife has it all featured out and you have nothing to contribute? In this episode we’re going to explore the basics of being prepared, confident and effective.

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Why You Can’t "Wing" Childbirth

 Come meet a dad who is raising 9 kids, yes you heard me right, 9 kids! I wasn't sure how it was even possible to raise 9 kids! In this episode you will hear me pick his brain on how he balances faith, career and family. If you like stories, this will be a great episode for you.

Casey Stubbs is not only a very busy dad and devoted husband, but in his professional life he’s passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.



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Come and meet a dad who is raising nine kids.



00:12.70

Jonathan Guerrero

Yes, you heard me right. Nine kids. I know what you're probably thinking. How is he doing this? We're both going to find out together in just a moment, so don't go anywhere.







00:25.28

Jonathan Guerrero

Greetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called Nine Lives, One Dad. I met a dad of seven with seven kids once, but never nine. This is the first for me.



00:36.11

Jonathan Guerrero

We chatted a bit before this interview, and I felt like he was a long-lost brother from another mother. So I'm excited to introduce you to Casey Stubbs. Casey is not only a very busy dad and a devoted husband, but his professional life, he's very passionate about helping dads find financial freedom and even replace their income.



00:54.90

Jonathan Guerrero

We will talk more about that in a later episode, but right now we're here to pick his brain about being a dad of nine. Casey, welcome to the fatherhood challenge.



01:04.73

Casey

Thanks, Jonathan. great Glad to be here.



01:08.56

Jonathan Guerrero

Okay. So I am curious, what was that moment like when you had your, your first child and you knew for the first time that you were going to be a dad?



01:19.43

Casey

Well, um it's that's a really good question, and I'll unpack that with that. When I first started, met my wife, she had two kids already.



01:31.88

Casey

And so ah when we got together, i went through the process of adopting them. And so I knew immediately, so it wasn't like, oh, you know, it was not like a big surprise, but I will just preface like how my wife and I got together because I think it would be an interesting story for you and your listeners.



01:56.21

Jonathan Guerrero

Yes. Yes, it would please.



01:58.32

Casey

So, um so I was, this was back in 2004, 2003. two thousand and three And my, I knew my wife as an acquaintance, as a friend.



02:11.46

Casey

And I worked at a restaurant. I was a cook at Ponderosa Steakhouse with her brother. And so I knew her, um but we weren't really friends. As a matter of fact, we didn't like each other.



02:25.71

Casey

um And neither of us were Christians either. So I was in the Army Reserve at the time, and I got shipped off to go to Iraq.



02:37.68

Casey

And while I was at the training camp, which was at Fort Dix, my one of my friends

Nine Lives, One Dad

Today we are going to dive deep into the origins of fatherhood and what it was designed to be. We’re also going to explore how fatherhood is connected to identity and purpose.

My guest is my pastor Meshach Faaeteete. Pastor Faaeteete is husband and a father of two boys. He is passionate about helping men connect with their true God given identity and purpose.



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Email: faaeteete@andrews.edu



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00:16.58

Jonathan Guerrero

Today we're going to dive deep into the origins of fatherhood and what it's designed to be. We're also going to explore how fatherhood is connected to identity and purpose in just a moment. So don't go anywhere.



00:29.12

Jonathan Guerrero

Greetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called The Paternal Instinct, Foundational or fabric Fabricated. My guest is Pastor Mishak Faitete. Pastor Faitete is not only a pastor, but a husband and a father of two boys.



00:43.49

Jonathan Guerrero

He is passionate about helping men connect with their true God-given identity and purpose. Pastor Faitete, welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge.



00:53.60

Meshach

Thank you. Glad to be here.



00:56.60

Jonathan Guerrero

Okay, my favorite question of all, what is your favorite dad joke?



01:01.48

Meshach

Favorite dad joke. Okay. um So it goes, my wife complains that I don't buy her flowers. To be honest, I didn't know she sold them.



01:14.53

Meshach

That's all I got.



01:18.20

Jonathan Guerrero

ah That's perfect. All right. Well, this episode is going to go a little deep. So, so we'll not waste any more time. So let's dive in. Let's start with your story about the moment you became a father for the first time.



01:32.21

Jonathan Guerrero

Were you scared, excited, both? What thoughts ran through your mind?



01:38.48

Meshach

Yes, so I both, I was both scared and excited. i was excited because having a child was something my wife and I ah really wanted. and We had been praying for some time for it.



01:51.99

Meshach

But I was also scared for a number of reasons. For one, having a child, another life, another life, in my, as part of my responsibility to nurture and raise, that task seemed pretty pretty big task. And so that that scared me at first. Another thing I was scared about was before my firstborn, Niles, we had experienced a pretty heartbreaking miscarriage.



02:24.03

Meshach

And that one was, it was, I think, the I forgot which one of the first checkups that we had and it was going to be the one with the ultrasound where we could see the baby and when we looked, there was no baby and we had already told our families and so that that one was that experience was pretty heartbreaking. And so I was fearful of like, what if this happens again or something like that? So I'm fearful for for us and and especiall

The Paternal Instinct: Foundational or Fabricated?

Who doesn’t like stories, especially ones that inspire us? In this episode you’re going to hear the true story about a father, a son, a clunker car and a 5,000-mile road trip that rebuilt their relationship.

Ruchin Kansal is a leadership educator, advisor. But I’ve brought him on the program because he’s the co-author of The Kansal Clunker: The Car That Rebuilt Us. His Son Neil Kansal is a certified EMT and lifelong car enthusiast, he rebuilt his first clunker at sixteen and drove it to the highest motorable road in America.

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Jonathan Guerrero

Who doesn't like stories, especially ones that inspire us? In just a moment, you're going to hear the true story about a father and son, a clunker car, and a 5,000-mile road trip that rebuilt their relationship. So don't go anywhere, right?



00:30.65

Jonathan Guerrero

Greetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called The Car That Rebuilt Us. Let me start by introducing my two guests. Ruxin Kansal is a leadership educator advisor, but I brought him on the program because he's the co-founder of the Kassal Clunker, the car that rebuilt us.



00:49.85

Jonathan Guerrero

His son, Neil Kassal, is a certified EMT and lifelong car enthusiast. He rebuilt his first clunker at 16 and drove it to the highest memorable road in America. Ruxian Neal, welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge.



01:04.54

Ruchin Kansal

Thank you for having us, Jonathan. It's really a pleasure.



01:07.69

Neil Kansal

and Thanks, Jonathan.



01:09.33

Jonathan Guerrero

So here's my favorite question to both of you. What is your favorite dad joke?



01:16.40

Neil Kansal

Yeah, well, dad, fitting you start with this one, I'd say.



01:19.62

Ruchin Kansal

yeah the You know what? Neil just had his heat break down and he called, Dad, I'm cold. And I said, yeah, go stand in the corner. It's 90 degrees there.



01:34.78

Neil Kansal

oh man, these aren't that old, do they?



01:42.97

Jonathan Guerrero

I love that one.



01:46.58

Jonathan Guerrero

All right. Well, let's jump into it. Ruchin, Neil, why don't you both start by telling us about your professional careers?



01:55.62

Ruchin Kansal

Neel, you want to go first?



01:57.29

Neil Kansal

Yeah, sure. I can get started. I guess mine's significantly shorter than his is. Uh, so I'm a recent college graduate. I graduated from a Washington and Lee university in Virginia this past May studying biology and data science.



02:10.91

Neil Kansal

And I recently kicked off my career as an analyst um at Deloitte working for the state of Kentucky um and the assistance programs here. um so I guess just

The Car That Rebuilt Us

Do you love sharing faith building movies with your family but feel like finding quality faith based movies is much harder than it needs to be? I’ve brought an award-winning filmmaker and storyteller to help us navigate the film industry so Hollywood doesn’t become your pastor or your children’s youth pastor.

Wilson Hickman is the creator of The Lost Healer. Wilson is a storyteller who combines the wonder of fantasy adventure with the timeless truths of Scripture. His series began as a desire to explore the strength of familial love and humanity’s deep longing for something beyond this life. His work invites readers to experience an imaginative story that’s not only thrilling, but also deeply reflective of the spiritual journeys we all face.



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00:12.91

Jonathan Guerrero

Do you love sharing faith, building... mo Do you love... Do you love sharing faith-building movies with your family, but feel like finding quality faith-based movies is much harder than it needs to be?



00:24.46

Jonathan Guerrero

I've brought an award-winning filmmaker and storyteller to help us navigate the film industry so Hollywood doesn't become your pastor or your children's youth pastor. So don't go anywhere.



00:37.12

Jonathan Guerrero

Greetings, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me in this episode called Intentional Movie Watching with Kids. Today, I'm excited to welcome Wilson Hickman, the creator of The Lost Healer.



00:48.66

Jonathan Guerrero

Wilson is a storyteller who combines the wonder of fantasy adventure with timeless truths of scripture. His series began as a desire to explore the strength of familiar love and humanity humanity's deep longing for something beyond this life.



01:04.94

Jonathan Guerrero

His work and invites readers to experience an imaginative story that's not only thrilling, but also deeply reflective of the spiritual journeys we all face. well some wellome Wilson, welcome to the Fatherhood Challenge.



01:18.54

Wilson Hickman

Thanks for having me on. It's great to be here.



01:20.38

Jonathan Guerrero

Okay, I love this next question. What is your favorite da

Intentional Movie Watching With Kids

For this episode I thought we would do something fun and different. I’ve often been asked what my favorite episodes are. There is a benchmark to qualify to make it on the program and that benchmark is pretty high so every episode is delivering high value to you as the listener. But there are a few that instantly come to mind as favorites.

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My Favorite Episodes

This episode will be a little different. I know you’re used to me having a guest with me all the time. But every once in a while it’s good to talk about this program and update you on where we are, what we are doing and why.

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Jonathan Guerrero

Greetings, everyone. Thank you for joining me in this episode. Thank you for joining me in this episode called How Are We Doing? This episode may be a little bit different, and I know you're used to have to me having a guest on all the time, but every once in a while, it's good to talk about this program and update you on where we are.



00:29.56

Jonathan Guerrero

First, let's start with a history of the Fatherhood Challenge and how it got its start.



00:36.66

Jonathan Guerrero

Many years ago, i went through a crisis of faith that comes for each of us at least once in our life, often twice. Some refer to it as the dark night of the soul.



00:47.17

Jonathan Guerrero

Many run from it. I ran straight into it. it was triggered by the It was triggered by the death of my mom. my dad had been missing out My dad had been missing out of my life for many, many years.



01:01.91

Jonathan Guerrero

And by then it carried so many wounds. When you add that to the trauma I carried from growing up in an abusive home, the death of my mom was the turning point that sent me spiraling down into a crisis of faith, beating at the door of heaven, demanding answers in anger and in bitterness.



01:22.45

Jonathan Guerrero

I threatened to go somewhere else for my answers if I did not receive a timely answer. And I didn't bluff. I went to the dark side. That journey nearly cost me and my family and my life a few times.



01:38.16

Jonathan Guerrero

But due to a strong praying wife who understood the spiritual warfare that was happening, God intervened and I had a direct encounter and intervention by God where he restored me.



01:49.43

Jonathan Guerrero

As I was ready, he answered my hard questions.



01:57.07

Jonathan Guerrero

Not long after that, my wife and I were driving and we were talking about When I made a comment that I thought was that I wasn't a good father, she was quiet and she didn't say anything.



02:11.47

Jonathan Guerrero

the next day we The next day, out of the blue, she said that I should start a podcast. I thought it was very strange and out of character for her to suggest something like that.



02:24.54

Jonathan Guerrero

So just to see where she was coming from, I said, well, suppose I were to start a podcast. What is it you think that I would have to talk about?



02:36.90

Jonathan Guerrero

I was really, really curious why she would even bring that that but why she would even bring that up. Because there was just something very, very odd about yeah the fact that she would say th

How Are We Doing

Ever heard of the term baby mama and baby daddy? Where did this come from? Why is the divorce rate so high? Why is there a feminist movement? Why are more women than ever turning to new age/witchcraft practices and facing a spiritual crisis in the search to discover their identity, purpose and value? Why are so many women the targets of violence, rape and sexual abuse? Because something is missing. In this episode Daryl Dudley will reveal what is missing and how you can be part of the change.

Daryl Dudley is the founder of She’s My Daughter. She’s My Daughter is an organization that enlists men as advocates and protectors empowering women and girls and supporting victims.

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She’s My Daughter

Remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? If you do, you’re likely a gen-x’er like me. So many of my friends at school had the action figures and would play with them re-enacting episodes in class.The cartoon was rooted in values of fame and power. Many of us in my generation and younger are parents wanting stronger values grounded in scripture for our children than what we grew up with. My guest Howard "Quiggly" Chang was the Lead Toy Concept Artist for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His spiritual transformation led him instead to create a new action figure franchise with characters rooted in truth, faith and courage all based on Hebrews 11.

To learn more about Ancientz and what Howard is doing, visit:



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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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