Wrestling with Lost Fatherhood

As men, the closest we get to participate in creation as image bearers of God is fathering a child.  It is a gigantic moment in any man’s life, regardless of age, when he learns that he has gotten a woman pregnant.

It is a moment of overwhelming joy for married couples who might have been struggling to have children.

It can be a moment of mixed feelings for a married couple who thought they were through having children only to learn they have been blessed again with the “oops baby” perhaps a little later in life than they were expecting.

It can be downright terrifying to a young man, perhaps still a teenager himself, who became sexually active outside of marriage and never considered the outcome of a possible pregnancy.

Back in 2000 there was a very popular song by a band named “Third Eye Blind” called “10 Days Late” with lyrics describing what goes on in a guy’s mind when faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Here are a few of the lines from that song:

I’m in trouble now and it cannot wait

She’s ten days late

Boy, your life got complicated

Give me a minute to figure out my state…..

My guest for this show is Greg Mayo, the award-winning author of Almost Daddy: The Forgotten Story and its companion 12-Step recovery guide for healing after abortion. His work centers on helping men find hope, healing, and a restored relationship with God.

As we celebrate the most important birth in history and consider all those fathers who lost their sons to Herod's edict, let's take time to consider our full role in the creation of new life in this episode.

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