How to Embrace God’s Call to be Fathers to the Fatherless – with Roger Cooke. Legacy Podcast S3E3

Mar 7, 2024

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How to Embrace God’s Call to be Fathers to the Fatherless – with Roger Cooke. S3E3

Would you consider fostering?

Every 15 minutes, a child comes into care in the UK. What can we, as the church, do to help? We were delighted to have Roger Cooke, from Home for Good, on the Legacy Podcast. Roger provides a depth of insight which we (Stephen and Andy) found both inspiring and helpful in considering if fostering is something our families can do.

Join us.

Chapters

0:00 – 7:45 Introductions
7:45 – 22:35 Why should we care?
22:35 – 35:32 What does it take?
35:32 – 42:46 Commissioning for Every Father

Today’s Guest
Roger Cooke is the right man to help us consider fostering and adoption. He leads the work of Home for Good, who believe we all have a part to play in ensuring every child and young person has the home they need. They work to mobilise the Church in the UK to respond to the needs of children in care. Find out more at homeforgood.org.uk

Links:
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Home for Good

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Legacy Podcast Hosts

Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Stephen Mullan directs the work of Dreamscheme Northern Ireland, a youth work charity that provides support and opportunities to young people growing up in housing estates. He also writes on the subject of youth via his newsletter Rethinking Youth. Stephen is married to Sharon and has two young children.

Stephen Mullan

How to Help Your Children Slow Down, with Kent Evans. Legacy Podcast S3E2

Feb 9, 2024

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How to Help Your Children Slow Down

Life is a million miles an hour. Is your home a haven or do you live in a hurried house? Little of what’s important happens in a rush.

Join Andy Lamberton as he speaks with Kent Evans about helping our children slow down.

Chapters

0:00 – Introduction
3:30 – Helping our children slow down
24:00 – Becoming disciple-making dads

This is the second of our ‘How To’ series. Up next: How to Embrace God’s Call to be Fathers to the Fatherless, with Roger Cooke.

Guest:
Kent Evans is executive director of Manhood Journey, and along with his wife, April, has not one, not two, not three, not four, but five sons. Author of Manhood Journey and Wise Guys

Links:

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Legacy Podcast Hosts

Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Stephen Mullan directs the work of Dreamscheme Northern Ireland, a youth work charity that provides support and opportunities to young people growing up in housing estates. He also writes on the subject of youth via his newsletter Rethinking Youth. Stephen is married to Sharon and has two young children.

Stephen Mullan

How to Open the Bible with Your Children, with Chase Replogle. Legacy Podcast S3E1

Feb 1, 2024

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How to Open the Bible with Your Children

Imagine getting to sit in as someone else opens the Bible with their children.

Big thanks to Chase Replogle for giving us the opportunity to do just that with his new podcast. Let’s Talk Bible for Kids (and parents). Join Andy Lamberton as he interviews Chase about family devotions, opening the Bible with our family and growing in Christlikeness as a man.

Our Guest
Chase Replogle is the pastor of Bent Oak Church in Springfield, Missouri. Host of two podcasts – the Let’s Talk Bible podcast for kids (and parents) and the Pastor Writer Podcast, on reading, writing and the Christian life. He is author of The 5 Masculine Instincts and enjoys being outdoors with his wife and two kids, sailing, playing the guitar (badly), and quail hunting with his bird dog Millie.”

Chapters
0:00 – 2:50 Introductions
2:50 – 18:00 Opening the Bible with our children
18:00 – 31:53 The 5 Masculine Instincts

Links:

This is the first in our ‘How To’ series. Up next: How to Help Your Children Slow Down, with Kent Evans.

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Would your church/men’s group be interested in hosting a live recording of the Legacy Podcast? It’d be craic! Send me an email – andy@legacyfathers.org

Legacy Podcast Hosts

Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Stephen Mullan directs the work of Dreamscheme Northern Ireland, a youth work charity that provides support and opportunities to young people growing up in housing estates. He also writes on the subject of youth via his newsletter Rethinking Youth. Stephen is married to Sharon and has two young children.

Stephen Mullan

“And he will turn the hearts of fathers” with Willie Patterson

Dec 21, 2023

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“And he will turn the hearts of fathers”

We had one episode on failing as a father. But what about deep failure?
This is a heavy conversation.

The last verses of the Old Testament, Malachi 4:5-6 says,

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”

Join us as we take a deep dive into this verse, and speak to a man with extensive experience in helping families who have experienced profound hurt find healing and, where possible, restoration.

Willie was the Assistant Director for ‘Family and Child Care’, and then took early retirement to set up Family Spectrum in 2004.

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We’re taking suggestions for season 3, a ‘How to’ series. – What topics do you think we need to cover to help us fathers disciple our children well? Send me an email – andy@legacyfathers.org

Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Stephen Mullan directs the work of Dreamscheme Northern Ireland, a youth work charity that provides support and opportunities to young people growing up in housing estates. He also writes on the subject of youth via his newsletter Rethinking Youth. Stephen is married to Sharon and has two young children.

Stephen Mullan

The Impact of a Father. Alf Thompson’s Story

Dec 5, 2023

FATHER'S DAY 2024

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“Something I could never argue with, was the congruance of their lives. They lived their faith. I could never call them hypocrites. And I probably would of liked to!”
Join Andy Lamberton as he invites Alf Thompson to share his story.

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The Impact of a Father. Alf Thompson’s Story

If your children are walking away from faith, this episode is for you.
Alfred Thompson shares with us about the impact of his father.

As they were packing the boot of their car, John Thompson simply invited his grown-up son to read the Gospel of Mark with him. This became the turning point of Alf’s life.

Our thanks to Alf for sharing his story with us and honouring his father.

Full 30min conversation on the Legacy Podcast.

Fathers, never underestimate the power of re-inviting your children back into faith in Jesus.

Standing on grace,
Andy

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We’re taking suggestions for season 3, a ‘How to’ series. – What topics do you think we need to cover to help us fathers disciple our children well? Send me an email – andy@legacyfathers.org

Andy Lamberton is the director of Legacy. He goes to the same church his parents, grandparents, great and great great-grandparents went to. Married to Debbie, they are raising their four children in Donegal with ice-pops for dessert most days. Author of Letters for Exiles: Faithful Living in a Faithless World.

Stephen Mullan directs the work of Dreamscheme Northern Ireland, a youth work charity that provides support and opportunities to young people growing up in housing estates. He also writes on the subject of youth via his newsletter Rethinking Youth. Stephen is married to Sharon and has two young children.

Stephen Mullan