On episode 248 I am joined by John Eldredge. John is an author, a counsellor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's Kingdom.
John grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles (which he hated), and spent his boyhood summers on his grandfather’s cattle ranch in eastern Oregon (which he loved). John met his wife, Stasi, in high school (in drama class). But their romance did not begin until they each came to faith in Christ, after high school.
John earned his undergraduate degree in Theatre at Cal Poly, and directed a theatre company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado with Focus on the Family, where he taught at the Focus on the Family Institute.
John earned his master’s degree in Counselling from Colorado Christian University, under the direction of Larry Crabb and Dan Allender. He worked as a counsellor in private practice before launching Wild at Heart in 2000. John and Stasi live in Colorado Springs with their three sons (Samuel, Blaine, and Luke), their golden retriever (Oban), and two horses (Whistle and Kokolo).
While all of this is factually true, it somehow misses describing an actual person. He loves the outdoors passionately, and all beauty, Shakespeare, bow hunting, a good cigar, anything having to do with adventure, poetry, March Madness, working in the shop, fly fishing, classic rock, the Tetons, fish tacos, George MacDonald, green tea, buffalo steaks, dark chocolate, wild and open places, horses running, and too much more to name.
In this episode you will hear:
00:00 intro
01:53 why don’t need another men’s book
03:43 the stages of the masculine journey - the boy, cowboy, warrior, lover, king, and sage
07:03 the two fundamental needs of little boys
09:03 it is important to discover for yourself that you have got what it takes
13:03 a cry for a father's engagement
17:33 Ryan’s testimony
22:03 why can’t we trust men?
25:53 the cure for the narcissistic life
27:43 Christ the Warrior
31:33 the tools of the enemy
37:53 you need to tell each other your story
41:03 getting hooked up to the one who knows you best and loves you most
44:33 God heals trauma
49:13 John’s Heartprint
Those with ears, let them hear.
Always love
Ryan
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28 июн 2024
