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EPISODE · Mar 9, 2026 · 44 MIN

Every Moment Holy: Seeing the Sacred in the Ordinary

from Dad Tired · host Jerrad Lopes

Stay up to date: Subscribe to the NewsletterHe spent years building a creative career, only to watch it completely unravel.He assumed he could fix it, hustling harder to avoid going backwards financially.That was his story.For years, author Doug McKelvey chased commercial success as a songwriter and scriptwriter—until a devastating season in his late 40s stripped away his pride. In that dark place, he realized how inadequate his ability to truly love his family was without Jesus.Until a season of brokenness changed everything.In this powerful and deeply honest episode, the author of Every Moment Holy shares his journey from career failure to spiritual surrender. He explains how losing his commercial ambition birthed a movement of finding God in the mundane.You’ll hear:The painful reality of watching your career and finances fall apart.Why our inability to love others well points us back to our desperate need for Jesus.How God uses seasons of failure to gracefully strip away our ego and pride.The deeply personal, difficult story behind the creation of Every Moment Holy.How to actually see the sacred in the ordinary, everyday moments of fatherhood.This episode is for the man whose plans have fallen apart. For the man who feels like his ability to love falls short. For the man who misses the holy in the everyday. God is in the mundane.Strong families begin with healed men.Today's Sponsor: Cozy Earth

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