It starts with something small, like a kid reaching for your hand, and realizing those moments don’t last forever. Somewhere along the way, good intentions quietly turn into things we never actually do. This conversation gets honest about fear, scarcity, and why it’s easier to stay in the idea phase than risk showing up. There’s also a quiet invitation here to rethink what actually matters, especially while there’s still time. Not everything will land perfectly, but maybe that’s not the point anyway.

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

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To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
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• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

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If your relationship feels more like roommates than lovers, or if you're struggling with connection and intimacy, you're not alone. Thrive Marriage Lab is a 12-month guided journey—offering practical tools, live sessions, and expert guidance to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage. Doors open just once a year, so don’t miss out! Use code RP for $20 off and join today at restory.life/thrive.

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This part 2 of our conversation with Doug McKelvey feels like sitting with someone who kept showing up even when it felt like nothing was working. He shares what it was like to write in the middle of doubt, where faith looked less like clarity and more like staying. There is something grounding in hearing how these prayers were shaped slowly, quietly, and sometimes without any sense of momentum. You start to realize this book was not rushed into existence but carried through a long season of uncertainty and trust.

If you want to explore it for yourself, you can grab a copy here: https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/every-moment-holy-rites-of-passage-2
It is also available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hXhUPCI

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://rp-grove.circle.so/

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
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• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Are you ready to move beyond traditional marriage counseling? The Thrive Marriage Lab offers a fresh approach to relationship growth. Get monthly guidance, tools, and support from experienced marriage counselors. Visit www.restory.life/thrive and start your journey today!

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This conversation drifts through the quiet places most people try to avoid, where calling feels unclear and life doesn’t follow the script you expected. Doug McKelvey shares how years that looked like failure slowly became the very soil that shaped his most meaningful work. There’s something grounding in the idea that even the smallest, most ordinary moments are not wasted but somehow tied to a much bigger story. You start to feel how honesty, disappointment, and faith can sit in the same room without needing to resolve too quickly. By the end, it leaves you noticing your own life a little differently, and if you want to keep exploring that lens, his latest book Every Moment Holy: Rites of Passage is a meaningful place to start.

You can find it here: https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/every-moment-holy-rites-of-passage-2
Also available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0hXhUPCI

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://rp-grove.circle.so/

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Men, are you ready to reclaim who you were created to be? The Grove East Coast isn’t just a retreat—it’s a transformative experience designed to help you explore your story, reconnect with your purpose, and step fully into the man you were meant to be.

Over four powerful days, you’ll dive deep into authenticity, brotherhood, and leadership, equipping you to live and lead from a place of restoration. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow, be challenged, and return home changed.

Date: April 23-26, 2026
Reserve Your Spot Now: www.restorationproject.net/mens-experiences/grove-east-coast

What happens when the idea of God as only Father starts to feel incomplete? In this episode, Beth Bruno joins Cody for an honest conversation that is both stretching and grounding. Beth takes us on a thoughtful journey that explores the often-overlooked motherly imagery of God in Scripture, why it makes some of us tense up, and what might open up if we approach it with a posture of what if instead of no way. Through a deft weaving of Scripture, history, personal story, and compassion, Beth offers a wise invitation to grow our image and experience of God.

If this conversation stirred something in you and you want to go deeper with Beth’s work, here are a few places to start:

• Beth's new book! Lost Women of Turkey: https://amzn.to/47DlZW7
• Resources for Raising Fierce and Lovely Women: https://www.bethbruno.org/fierceandlovely
• A Voice Becoming book: https://amzn.to/4sKQ1PP
• Follow Beth: https://www.bethbruno.org/

Resources mentioned:
God Has a Name by John Mark Comer - https://a.co/d/07gpqWay

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

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To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Want a thriving marriage?

If your relationship feels more like roommates than lovers, or if you're struggling with connection and intimacy, you're not alone. Thrive Marriage Lab is a 12-month guided journey—offering practical tools, live sessions, and expert guidance to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage. Doors open just once a year, so don’t miss out! Use code RP for $20 off and join today at restory.life/thrive.

FREE 12 Months of Dates: How date nights can lead to connection

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How healthy is your marriage? Take our FREE marriage assessment!

Instagram: @ThriveMarriageLab
YouTube: @ThriveMarriageLab
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Jeff Zaugg, we move past surface-level fatherhood advice and into the deeper work of becoming present, wholehearted dads. Jeff unpacks the six core discoveries that shape a man’s journey and explains why intent alone does not transform our families. We talk honestly about how modern dads often default to provision and protection while quietly losing wonder, delight, and emotional presence. This episode explores how pace, freedom, identity, and courage intersect in everyday fatherhood, from bedtime routines to life-altering decisions. If you have ever felt the tension between grinding through responsibility and treasuring your kids, this conversation will name it and reframe it.

If you want to know more about Jeff Zaugg, his work, and DadAwesome, visit https://dadawesome.org.

Grab a copy of his book, DadAwesome on Amazon: https://www.dadawesome.org/store/p/dadawesome-dad-discoveries-to-activate-awesomeness-jeff-zaugg-pre-order

Listen to DadAwesome Podcast:
Apple Podcast: DadAwesome
Spotify: DadAwesome
YouTube: @DadAwesome

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://rp-grove.circle.so/

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Want a thriving marriage?

If your relationship feels more like roommates than lovers, or if you're struggling with connection and intimacy, you're not alone. Thrive Marriage Lab is a 12-month guided journey—offering practical tools, live sessions, and expert guidance to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage. Doors open just once a year, so don’t miss out! Use code RP for $20 off and join today at restory.life/thrive.

FREE 12 Months of Dates: How date nights can lead to connection

Subscribe here: www.restory.life/thrive-dates

How healthy is your marriage? Take our FREE marriage assessment!

Instagram: @ThriveMarriageLab
YouTube: @ThriveMarriageLab
LinkedIn: Thrive Marriage Lab

Jeff Zaugg joins us to talk about fatherhood, but we end up talking about something deeper first. What if the pressure you feel as a dad is coming from a scoreboard God never set up? Jeff shares the story of the clipboard, the bridge, and the moment he realized he was trying to earn a love that was already his. This conversation is honest about the whispers that say you are not enough and clear about the truth that changes everything. If you have ever felt like you are behind, blowing it, or just tired, this one might feel like a deep breath.

If you want to know more about Jeff Zaugg, his work, and DadAwesome, visit https://dadawesome.org.

Grab a copy of his book, DadAwesome: https://www.dadawesome.org/store/p/dadawesome-dad-discoveries-to-activate-awesomeness-jeff-zaugg-pre-order

Listen to DadAwesome Podcast:
Apple Podcast: DadAwesome
Spotify: DadAwesome
YouTube: @DadAwesome

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://rp-grove.circle.so/

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Men, are you ready to reclaim who you were created to be? The Grove East Coast isn’t just a retreat—it’s a transformative experience designed to help you explore your story, reconnect with your purpose, and step fully into the man you were meant to be.

Over four powerful days, you’ll dive deep into authenticity, brotherhood, and leadership, equipping you to live and lead from a place of restoration. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow, be challenged, and return home changed.

Date: April 23-26, 2026
Reserve Your Spot Now: www.restorationproject.net/mens-experiences/grove-east-coast

Discipline sounds simple until you realize how much of it is actually about you. In this episode, Jesse French and Cody Buriff get honest about the moments they got big, shut down, or simply forgot their kid in the hallway. They explore what is really happening underneath our anger, why something in us feels threatened, and how that spills onto our sons and daughters. This is not about perfect behavior or perfect dads, but about repair, humility, and becoming the kind of man who can keep the slowest heart rate in the room. If you have ever wondered whether you already messed your kids up, this conversation might feel like oxygen.

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://www.grovecollective.net

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Want a thriving marriage?

If your relationship feels more like roommates than lovers, or if you're struggling with connection and intimacy, you're not alone. Thrive Marriage Lab is a 12-month guided journey—offering practical tools, live sessions, and expert guidance to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage. Doors open just once a year, so don’t miss out! Use code RP for $20 off and join today at restory.life/thrive.

FREE 12 Months of Dates: How date nights can lead to connection

Subscribe here: www.restory.life/thrive-dates

How healthy is your marriage? Take our FREE marriage assessment!

Instagram: @ThriveMarriageLab
YouTube: @ThriveMarriageLab
LinkedIn: Thrive Marriage Lab

Ash Wednesday is almost here, and for a lot of us Lent used to mean one thing: fish sandwiches and people with ashes on their foreheads. In this episode, Cody and Jesse unpack how Lent is actually an invitation to face suffering instead of numbing it, powering through it, or pretending we are fine. They wrestle with the idea of an “all-suffering God” and what it means to follow a Christ who meets us in grief, hunger, and weakness. From giving up sugar and coffee to choosing the slow lane on purpose, this conversation gets painfully practical about how fasting creates space for something deeper. If you have ever avoided pain or wondered why it matters, this one might change how you walk toward Easter.

If you want to grow alongside other intentional men, you can jump into the Grove Collective at

https://www.restorationproject.net/grovecollective

Subscribe here: https://rp-grove.circle.so/

To know more about Restoration Project, visit us here:

• Website: www.restorationproject.net
• Instagram: @restorationprojectco
• Facebook: Restoration Project
• LinkedIn: Restoration Project

Want a thriving marriage?

If your relationship feels more like roommates than lovers, or if you're struggling with connection and intimacy, you're not alone. Thrive Marriage Lab is a 12-month guided journey—offering practical tools, live sessions, and expert guidance to help you build a stronger, more connected marriage. Doors open just once a year, so don’t miss out! Use code RP for $20 off and join today at restory.life/thrive.

FREE 12 Months of Dates: How date nights can lead to connection

Subscribe here: www.restory.life/thrive-dates

How healthy is your marriage? Take our FREE marriage assessment!

Instagram: @ThriveMarriageLab
YouTube: @ThriveMarriageLab
LinkedIn: Thrive Marriage Lab