Just a FAD

Mike Shyrock joins Blaine and Greg to share his story about jumping into foster care at a time when most single guys his age would be retiring and slowing down.  Mike's story is truly an inspiration that foster care is something everyone can do!

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Brent Parker, Pastor of The Church at Woodforest in Texas, joins Greg and Blaine to talk about the biblical metaphor of God as Father.  What does it mean to call God Father?  Why does the Bible, and specifically Jesus, use that metaphor?  How can we help the kids in our homes who have negative or bad experiences with their earthly fathers understand a heavenly father?

If you would like to hear more from Brent, you can check out https://www.thewoodlandsumc.org/woodforest

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Join us to hear Jon Charles unique journey to becoming an adoptive Dad.  He jumped in the deep end as a husband and adoptive Dad all at once.

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Therapist and adoptive mom Susan Killeen Jones joins Greg and Blaine to talk about some of the ways that holidays can be challenging for our kids.  Spoiler alert -- one of the keys is you!

You can find Susan at https://www.thehonestadoption.com/

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Samuel Knopp shares about how they went from a family of six to a family of eight through domestic adoption.  He offers some great thoughts about how to be the best Dad for our children as they grow into different seasons of life.

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Jason Skaggs tells his families story of adopting their daughter McKinsey at 11 years old from the foster care system.  He shares some powerful thoughts about how to sustain yourself through the ups and downs of the foster to adopt process.

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Brian Troyer shares his journey in adopting his son from Korea.  There are some incredible insights in the episode about the ups and downs of the adoption journey and not just assuming that we have earned the "Dad role" in our child's life.

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Blaine & Greg share their stories about how they became FADs (foster & adoptive Dads) and they throw in a few Dad jokes too.

Blaine & Greg discuss some "trendy" 80s & 90s fads and explain the kinds of FADs (Foster & Adoptive Dads) that we will be talking about.

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Listen as Blaine & Greg explain what Just a Fad is all about.

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