“It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” -Bill Gates

We often tend to treat success as a place that we arrive, but we will never get there.

We need to focus more on the process of improving ourselves, not on reaching perfection.

Goals are good, but they’re not the end.

Sometimes when we think we can’t reach perfection we actually never begin.

Do SOMETHING.

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We can overcomplicate things in life, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Let’s discuss a few ways to simplify.

So often we make decisions in life based on what other people are going to think of us. We do things to be liked, we avoid doing things that will cause ridicule. But what if we just lived our lives doing what we think is right and not caring so much about how others will see us?

Will 2018 be a year that you live differently?

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Happy 2018! It’s a new year! What are your plans and goals? I encourage you to invest in yourself and your personal growth this year.

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Take better care of yourself.

I have, over the past couple of years, become interested in mental toughness. I listen to podcasts and read books by Navy SEALS like Jocko Willink and

Chris McCallus, a Tactical Dad, joins MJC this week to talk about being active with your kids and how to keep them engaged.  Chris is a former soldier with a tender side to all of his toughness.

Chris talks about “knighting” his kids as they ascend to adulthood. Find out more about that concept in Robert Lewis’ book Raising a Modern Day Knight

Matt welcomes Walter Eggers to the podcast to discuss We Rad Dads, a community of fathers built with the intention of sharing resources, stories, and hope.

In this episode we discuss the need for a community of dads, the purpose of fatherhood, and where pain can take us in life.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/weraddads/

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Today’s Faith in Fatherhood podcast features Rocco DeLeo from The Real Dad Show. We talk forgiveness, the struggles associated with being dads who podcast, and how our lives have been changed by Jesus Christ.

You can find Rocco at http://www.roccodeleo.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/Roccoadeleo/?fref=ts

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In the inaugural episode of The Lampstand, host Matthew J. Cochran and his recurring guest, Jeremy Bunge, address some arguments made by Republicans in regards to the decriminalization of drugs and prostitution, pro-choice candidates, gambling, and of course, gay marriage.

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This message is from a sermon Matt preached at Christ Fellowship of Tampa on January 4, 2015.

The key Scripture is Romans 12:1-2.