Stop Waiting for a Bigger Life than This One w/ Tyler Blanski

Jason Craig sits down with Tyler Blanski, author of Find Your Fight: Rugged Wisdom for Faithful Dads Who Refuse to Settle, who grew up certain that following Christ meant dreadlocks, an urban church plant, and probably a prison cell in a third world country. Now, he mows his lawn in a Minneapolis suburb and calls it his vocation. They talk about what it costs a man to trade a radical vision of Jesus for an ordinary one, why nothing about being a husband or father works without friendship in order, and what to say to the guy in his forties who can feel his fire going out.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why a boy raised on missionary stories believed following Christ meant selling everything—and had to be converted toward an ordinary life in the suburbs
• The collapse of a six-year plan to become an Anglican priest, and the salary that forced a move into business
• Why the book was born around fires and in parish book clubs, and why every good thing comes out of some fight with a friend
• The tension the book is really about: turning the other cheek while flying a flag that says don't tread on me
• The counsel for a man in his forties who's lost his fire—savor your wife, your children, and the life in front of you

Resources Mentioned:

• Fraternus
• Find Your Fight: Rugged Wisdom for Faithful Dads Who Refuse to Settle by Tyler Blanski
• Tyler Blanski
• The Minnesota Catholic
• The Liturgy of the Land: Cultivating a Catholic Homestead by Jason Craig and Thomas Van Horn

Chapters:

• 00:00: Introduction
• 01:56: A Boring Dad Who Once Wanted to Be Radical for Jesus
• 09:02: The Priesthood That Didn't Happen and the Job That Did
• 13:11: The Friends Around the Fire Who Made This Book
• 16:42: Can You Be Catholic and American at the Same Time?
• 22:10: Detachment, Divided Interests, and Pleasing Your Wife
• 24:44: Suburbia, Homesteading, and Where Fathers Actually Live
• 32:55: Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold
• 44:33: Our Lady of Grasshoppers and the Outpost of Normality
• 51:10: Savor Your Wife, Your Children, and the Life You Have

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