That's a wrap for Season 2, folks! In this episode M.O.N.K. addresses struggles currently confronting Gen Z, and the main differences between growing up in Gen Y vs. Gen Z. He also delves into the book of Ecclesiastes in this episode per listener request.

Topics Covered:

-Gen Z Weaknesses.

-Gen Z superpowers.

-How Gen Y and Gen Z differ.

-Solomon was a bitter old man at the end of his life.

-The importance of understanding narrative voice for context.

-Cultural context for Biblical reading and beyond!

-The Divine nature.

-Character as a vehicle for the road of life.

-The importance of your character to God. 

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M.O.N.K. addresses listener questions and riffs on a variety of topics in the midst. See the list below for a bunch of the content covered in this episode:

-Micro generations within Gen Y.

-Who are M.O.N.K.'s Top 5 emcees?

-Criteria for a top 5 emcee: longevity, skill, live presence, adaptability, monetization

-The effects of 9/11 on parenting styles.

-How to start a side hustle.

-Addressing stagnations and complacency in adulthood.

-The transition from boyhood to manhood.

-How M.O.N.K. and his wife met. 

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As the world spirals into chaos, a beautiful order is emerging. The new world emerging before us is not one without growing pains and it will not arrive without a heavy dose of humility. Humility works in concert with accountability, which many of us have avoided like the plague! In this episode, M.O.N.K. address the notion of accountability, it's relationship with humility and why an entire generation of men have been adverse to being held accountable.

Topics Covered:

-Humility as your baseline.

-Millennials and micro-generations.

-Why millennials avoid accountability.

-The massive shift in parenting post 9/11.

-Kids are anti-fragile.

-Humanity punishes itself...it is not God punishing humanity.

-Accountability v. condemnation.  

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In this episode, M.O.N.K. takes a deep dive into Kahlil Gibran's classic poetical and philosophical work, The Prophet. Gibran a WWI era poet, visual artist, and philosopher produced one of the greatest works of our time. This episode breaks down a few of the many concepts laced throughout the work and makes connections to our lives in the digital age.

Topics Covered:

-Your children are not your own.

-The balance between creating structure and allowing for choice.

-God is an archer, parents are the bow.

-On giving.

-Why giving with a demand of who deserves and who does not is dangerous.

-Law and law makers.

-Connections to Jesus, and Plato's allegory of the cave. 

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Whether you are a basketball player or coach, or a professional in any field, there are certain practices necessary to engage in order to crush your next big phase or project. In this episode, M.O.N.K. details the steps to take to crush the strange phase between the summer sessions and the start of the season, known affectionately as "The Preseason" in the basketball community. These steps are also broken down and applied to other fields and professions.

Topics Covered:

1. Getting uncomfortable and daily practices describing how to get uncomfortable.

2. Building chemistry and things you can do to build chemistry with teammates and coworkers.

3. Defining and understanding your role within the team/organization.

4. Doing what is going to keep you "in the game". 

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Faith and fitness. These are two topics M.O.N.K. has covered quite heavily on this show. Yet, we have not explored the connection between the two. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the relationship between faith, fitness and everything in between.

Topics Covered:

-Your body is your house, but your body is not you.

-Disregarding physical health is a plank in the eye of the Western Church.

-Fitness as a buffer for mental health issues.

-If you feel better, you feel God better. 

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We're back with another health and fitness episode. M.O.N.K. addresses listener submitted questions related to health and fitness.

Topics Covered:

-What's better for weight loss--running or strength training?

-High carb diets v. Low carb diets.

-HIIT training v. Long Slow distance.

-Best advice for distance running training.

-The PAAVO method.

-Increasing your max deadlift.

-Train on one leg.

-Benefits of jumping rope.

-Do pushups!

-How to get stronger with no gym, weights, or equipment. 

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The words we speak are powerful! What we speak becomes a force that activates our environment and circumstance for better or worse. In today's world of convenience, we have unprecedented exposure to the words of others AND the ability to respond or react to those words! In this episode, M.O.N.K. examines the reasons why it's so much easier to talk than to do.

Topics Covered:

-How to listen for God. 

-The power of words.

-What you speak over another, you actually speak over yourself.

-Managing social media use.

-Song explanations.

-Roe v. Wade.

-Navigating polarities.

-Transformation comes through application.

-Application comes through doing.

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It's no mystery that in today's world we are flooded with distraction. Every moment of every day almost as soon as we are born, things are grasping for our attention. While we have access to more information and education than ever before, we are allowing ourselves to be programmed for constant stimulation. The reality is that it is in our moments of boredom, where our being has the opportunity to breathe, for creativity to strike and inspiration to be realized.

In this episode, M.O.N.K. details the beauty and the benefits of boredom. Can allowing ourselves and our children to "be bored" can actually be a superpower? 

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Topics Covered:

-Being a good receiver.

-Space for the brain to rest and recover.

-Rest and recovery cycles.

-Seeing the mundane in new ways.

-How to steward gratitude.

-The importance of downtime.

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The flesh wars against the spirit and the spirit wars against the flesh. If this is the case, are we destined for a life of internal conflict and warfare? Why do we consider our bodies dirty things to be ashamed of? A lot of this comes from misunderstood ideas about ancient texts. In this episode M.O.N.K. breaks down what the term "flesh" really means Biblically, and how to reinterpret a life of peace in the midst of seeming contradiction.

Topics Covered:

-What the word "flesh" really means.

-Gnostic and Essene ideas.

-How these ideas of "beating up the body" have infiltrated Western Culture.

-Christ in You.

-The divine nature.

-Flesh=anything temporary.

-Separation v. Union.

-The fruit of the flesh.

-The fruit of the Spirit.

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