What if You Stopped Hiding and Start Healing? |463 episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 7, 2025 · 37 MIN

What if You Stopped Hiding and Start Healing? |463

from Dad Tired · host Jerrad Lopes

In this episode, Jerrad Lopes returns after a four-month break. He  shares how hidden sin, deep wounds, and a crisis of identity led him to the darkest season of his life—and how God met him there. Jerrad opens up about stepping away from ministry, entering a two-week counseling intensive, and why full healing is impossible without radical honesty.This episode is a call to Christian men: if you want your family to thrive, healing must begin with you. You don’t need more parenting tips—you need deep, soul-level transformation. And it starts by coming out of hiding.What You’ll Learn:Why secrecy destroys spiritual leadershipThe emotional cost of compartmentalized sinThe moment Jerrad chose full healing over self-destructionWhy counseling and community are essential for real changeWhat it feels like to live with nothing hiddenHow Dad Tired is shifting focus toward men's healing ministryEpisode  Resources & Links:Dad Tired’s upcoming retreat: Register at dadtired.comDad Tired's Mighty Networks Community for men (free)Episode Sponsor: World Watch News (sponsor for family-safe news)Episode 462 :“Important Ministry Update” & conversation with Kaleb and ChrisInvite Jerrad to speak: https://www.jerradlopes.comRead The Dad Tired Book: https://amzn.to/3YTz4GB

In this episode, Jerrad Lopes returns after a four-month break. He  shares how hidden sin, deep wounds, and a crisis of identity led him to the darkest season of his life—and how God met him there. Jerrad opens up about stepping away from ministry, entering a two-week counseling intensive, and why full healing is impossible without radical honesty.This episode is a call to Christian men: if you want your family to thrive, healing must begin with you. You don’t need more parenting tips—you need deep, soul-level transformation. And it starts by coming out of hiding.What You’ll Learn:Why secrecy destroys spiritual leadershipThe emotional cost of compartmentalized sinThe moment Jerrad chose full healing over self-destructionWhy counseling and community are essential for real changeWhat it feels like to live with nothing hiddenHow Dad Tired is shifting focus toward men's healing ministryEpisode  Resources & Links:Dad Tired’s upcoming retreat: Register at dadtired.comDad Tired's Mighty Networks Community for men (free)Episode Sponsor: World Watch News (sponsor for family-safe news)Episode 462 :“Important Ministry Update” & conversation with Kaleb and ChrisInvite Jerrad to speak: https://www.jerradlopes.comRead The Dad Tired Book: https://amzn.to/3YTz4GB

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