{"id":313020,"date":"2025-03-03T07:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:30:30","slug":"reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclaiming Manhood &#8211; Brant Hansen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to be a man in today&#8217;s world? Author Brant Hansen talks about the crisis of masculinity and how to reclaim a biblical vision for manhood. Brant challenges both toxic masculinity and passive stereotypes, offering a refreshing perspective rooted in security and protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to be a man in today&#8217;s world?  Author Brant Hansen talks about the crisis of masculinity and how to reclaim a biblical vision for manhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47000,"featured_media":313021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/traffic.omny.fm\/d\/clips\/cbd16f10-ac60-4f09-b4df-b15400ce35aa\/33aaac7e-3581-4e21-a3df-b154011ba58c\/973a02e5-87ce-4578-be08-b28f0116e29a\/audio.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:27:44","filesize":"25.44M","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"2025-03-03 07:35:26","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2901,2826],"tags":[],"podcast_series":[10959],"cwp_profile":[3634],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-313020","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-husbands","category-men","podcast_series-brant-hansen-the-young-men-we-need","cwp_profile-brant-hansen","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/image.jpg?w=1024","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/313020\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/313020\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6QBRWVg0cJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen\/\">Reclaiming Manhood &#8211; Brant Hansen<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen\/embed\/#?secret=6QBRWVg0cJ\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Reclaiming Manhood &#8211; Brant Hansen&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"6QBRWVg0cJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n"},"spectra_custom_meta":{"secondline_imported_guid":["973a02e5-87ce-4578-be08-b28f0116e29a"],"audio_file":["https:\/\/traffic.omny.fm\/d\/clips\/cbd16f10-ac60-4f09-b4df-b15400ce35aa\/33aaac7e-3581-4e21-a3df-b154011ba58c\/973a02e5-87ce-4578-be08-b28f0116e29a\/audio.mp3"],"duration":["00:27:44"],"filesize":["25.44M"],"_thumbnail_id":["313021"],"show_notes":["<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/branthansen\">Follow Brant on Instagram,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@branthansen\">YouTube,<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/branthansen.com\/\">check out his website.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.familylife.com\/march-2025\/the-young-men-we-need\/\">Brant's book, \"The (Young) Men We Need\"<\/a> is available at no cost to you with a donation of any size this week, as our way of saying a huge \"Thank you!\" for partnering with us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Find resources from this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/radio-resources\/\">shop.familylife.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/past-radio-resources\/\">See resources from our past podcasts.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find more content and resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/app\/\">FamilyLife's app<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303\">Apple Podcast<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm?si=d6dfa8d2415f4750\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check out all the FamilyLife's podcasts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/flministries\/familylife-podcast-network\/\">FamilyLife Podcast Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"],"transcript_url":["https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2025-03-03.pdf"],"transcript_content":["<p>FamilyLife Today\u00ae with Dave and Ann Wilson - Web Version Transcript<\/p>\n<p>This content has been generated by an artificial intelligence language model. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided will most likely not be entirely error-free or up-to-date. We recommend independently verifying the content with the originally-released audio. This transcript is provided for your personal use and general information purposes only. References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the use or interpretation of this content.<\/p>\n<p>Reclaiming Manhood<\/p>\n<p>Guest:Brant Hansen<\/p>\n<p>From the series:The Young Men We Need (Day 1 of 3)<\/p>\n<p>Air date:March 3, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u201cWhat is masculinity supposed to be?\u201d \u201cWhat's the construction?\u201d Deconstructing things is a lot easier than constructing things. Again, it can be a great point: \u201cYou shouldn't do this,\u201d \u201cYou shouldn't do that,\u201d \u201cMasculinity shouldn't be that,\u201d\u2014it shouldn't be\u2014\u201cOkay; but what is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Welcome to FamilyLife Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Ann Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I'm Dave Wilson. And you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com. This is FamilyLife Today.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Okay, I don't think it's any secret that you're like my favorite pastor of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I hope so! I thought you were going to say your \u201cfavorite man,\u201d but your \u201cpastor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Well, you are, of course. But I'm saying it's one thing to say you're my favorite man; but to say you're my favorite pastor\u2014think about this\u2014over the decades and years of people we've heard, and listened to, and sat under.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And you have high standards; I'll say that.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:But my favorite time of year came, when you spoke, was at Father's Day every year when you'd speak to the men. I don't know if men liked it; but all I know is all of us women were like, \u201cThis is so good!\u201d; because you're talking about God's love; God's call for manhood. I especially wanted all of our boys with us because you painted the picture of what God has for them so beautifully. I think we were all sitting on the edge of our seats, wanting to know: \u201cWhat does this look like for men?\u201d \u201cWhat does this look like for our sons?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I think I'm going to cry; I didn't know you're going to start there.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It\u2019s true! You're so good at that.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, I'm excited because Brant Hansen is back in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I don't know how many times you've been here; but every time, we love\/absolutely love having you here.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:It's so fun; you guys are fun. I even like hearing you guys just talk to each other. That really is a high compliment.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Okay; just sit over there; we're going to talk for the rest of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You don\u2019t know\u2014people, like you, in public, facing Christian stuff; whatever it is\u2014and for the wife to genuinely say, \u201cYou're my favorite pastor,\u201d\u2014after knowing you thoroughly; that's really cool. I like hearing that.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And I wouldn't make it up.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I know you wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I really do feel like\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, that's not who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I like hearing it too. You can say it every program. Could you start every program just like that?<\/p>\n<p>Ann:But I think, too, that Brant carries the same passion for men and boys\u2014in our culture, in our country, in our society, in our world\u2014of a biblical mandate\/a call for men. And when Brant speaks on it, I remember you coming in from the Love Like You Mean It marriage cruise, saying, \u201cThis guy just nails this topic; it's so good!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, we're going to talk about your most recent, you wrote The Men We Need; now, (Young) Men We Need. We\u2019re waiting for our book\u2014The Old Men We Need\u2014but I'm sure it's coming! But your spin is so fresh; I haven't heard it\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:What do you mean by spin?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014in decades. Well, they\u2019re your perspective\u2014we're going to talk about it\u2014it's fresh. In fact,\u2014and I'm not just saying this\u2014it's the only book I recommend to people now on manhood, and I know them all.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Thank you; thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I'm hoping to write one;\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And there's some great ones out.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014I still think I'd recommend yours, because it's so fresh: it taps into history in the Bible. But the next generation, I think, resonates with what you're saying about manhood.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And it's such an important conversation right now.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I feel like it's so important because, even, guys in the church have no clue. We keep saying\u2014and I appreciate the intent behind this\u2014but we keep saying: \u201cWe need men to man up,\u201d \u201cWe need guys to be men,\u201d \u201cWe need men to be\u2026\u201d It's like, \u201cOkay, but what does that mean?\u201d If you're 17, 15, or 50\u2014and no one has ever told you what is genuinely, uniquely awesome about masculinity; it's life-giving to people around you\u2014if you don't have a vision for it, you have no idea what people are talking about.<\/p>\n<p>What happens is you get confused with all the tropes about masculinity, where it's like: \u201cOkay, we need men to be men. Does that mean I have to be an Army Ranger?\u201d \u201cDoes it mean I have to hunt?\u201d \u201cDoes it mean we have to go camping?\u201d \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, it's interesting\u2014tell me if you agree with this\u2014at my church in Michigan, that I helped start 30 years ago, we started a men's retreat. Guess what we called it?\u2014\u201cMan Up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Of course, as you should.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:This was the \u201890s; early 2000s. And it was like, \u201cYeah, we're going to go away.\u201d We did\u2014we had hunting and all the\u2014we had flag football; all the stuff. We talked about manhood all weekend; it was great stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But when my youngest son\u2014who's 33 now; Cody is 33?\u2014was probably just getting out of college\u2014and he says to me as, we're driving to this retreat; he goes, \u201cDad, \u2018Man Up\u2019 is the wrong title for this thing.\u201d I go, \u201cWhat are you talking about?!\u201d I was like, \u201cAre you ripping what we created?\u201d He goes, \u201cYou really want men to do the opposite of that.\u201d I go, \u201cExplain that.\u201d He goes, \u201cWe don't want men who man up; that means: \u2018Stuff your feelings away,\u2019 \u2018Be macho,\u2019 \u2018Be tough,\u2019 \u2018Don't be authentic,\u2019\u2014that's a bad title.\u201d Guess what? He was right; do you agree?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You can take it anyway; all sorts of people can take it all sorts of way. You're not giving content to the idea of what it is to be masculine.<\/p>\n<p>What I'm trying to do is actually give the vision. If you don't have a vision for it, you settle for something dumb or evil. We see that even among Christian guys. I saw Nancy Pearcey tweeted about this recently about a conversation with somebody who teaches in a Christian school. He was saying all the guys in his school are into Andrew Tate, who's this toxic\u2014truly toxic\u2014influencer who's had 14 billion video views.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I mean, he's influencing. He's got all these women; he's got all these children by all these women. He's got these cars. He's jacked; he's a former UFC guy or whatever. It's like, \u201cOh, that's masculinity, huh?\u201d Well, it's not; it's not. But if you can't articulate what it is, they're going to go for anything.<\/p>\n<p>That's what I see as a crisis\u2014and that's what I try to do with this book\u2014is to go: \u201cLook, this may not be the perfect thing; but I think I'm onto something.\u201d I'm trying to tell guys: \u201cWe should be keepers of the garden, because that's the job that Adam was given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the wild thing about this is it doesn't take long for guys to get it\u2014you\u2019re talking about cultivating other people's lives, protecting them, allowing the people in your sphere of influence to bloom and thrive\u2014but that's your role. And when you do that\u2014when you provide security and not insecurity\u2014people recognize that as masculine. You don't need to be jacked to do that; you don't need a big truck; you don't need to be good at ax throwing; you don't need to be an Army Ranger. All that stuff's great\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014if that's you.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, that\u2019s fine; fine. But that's not masculinity. You can be great at all that stuff and be a threat to good people, including maybe your wife.<\/p>\n<p>So when you understand that: \u201cThis is the vision\u2026\u201d; and we can talk about what that looks like. The fact that you're supposed to be a purveyor of security, or provider of that: you're someone who allows the vulnerable around you to thrive; people are more secure because you're around.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have that vision, it\u2019s life-giving to everybody around you. People find it very attractive\u2014which is also interesting\u2014women will find that attractive. Other guys will find that incredibly respectable; there's something deeply true about that. And you don't have to be all that stuff; you can be like me\u2014I play the flute\u2014that's not in most of the man's books. They don't have a guy playing the flute on the cover; it's usually somebody climbing up rocks and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You're a flautist.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, I'm a flautist. But there are a lot of artsy guys, right?<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Totally.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Or guys who are accountants or professors of archeology. Not everybody's going to be\u2014you're an athlete, which is awesome\u2014but not everybody's that. So if you're going to equate all of this stuff with being a man, it's incredibly discouraging to most guys!\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah, it is.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014who don't have a six pack and aren't on the cover of Men's Health and don't\u2014it's unfortunate, because the church has kind of bought into a lot of the tropes of the larger culture\u2014when we could teach this kind of masculinity. It would help people thrive; families would thrive; and young guys would thrive, finally have a vision for who they're supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah; when you hear that, Ann, what do you think? I mean, you're the only woman sitting here.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I was just going to say, \u201cSee, that's why women love Father's Day. A real definition of masculinity is described from the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It makes women sit on the edge of their seat.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, as you were talking, Brant, it made me teary in terms of: \u201cYes! That's what we, as women, long for. We're not looking for the guy who\u2019s so cool, and he's doing all these things. We're looking for the faithful man, who will be beside us; protect us; care for the vulnerable. And we long for that for our sons too. But I'm just going to say, in our culture\u2014now, that we have four grandsons\u2014I'm looking for models of that.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And I don't see it around very many places.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No; I want to scream it from the rooftops, honestly, because of that. And guys are so desperate for this\u2014they just need somebody to tell them\u2014just need somebody to tell them. I talk about when our son was nine, and I told him\u2014and it never dawned on him; and frankly, it hadn't really dawned on me until it came out of my mouth\u2014he was picking on his little sister. I had to go back there and break it up. I told Justice, our son, at the time, \u201cJustice, you're supposed to protect your little sister. I'm having to protect her from you. You've betrayed your role.\u201d I don't remember having that problem again with him; I honestly don't. Maybe we did, but I don't remember it.<\/p>\n<p>I think little guys get it when you tell them; because it's so deeply true that: \u201cWe're made for this. You're given strength, and you're given intelligence, and you're given whatever talent you have to be this role,\u201d\u2014and not a domineering, overbearing masculinity\u2014it's the opposite. But you're using your strength and what you have to let people bloom, like little species that can't thrive in the wilderness, in a garden that's tended by somebody who's caring and strong. That species gets to bloom; it gets to become beautiful because you're there.<\/p>\n<p>It's not only women who resonate with that. You tell guys this; they're like: \u201cYes, that's it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u201cThat's what I\u2019m called to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah! \u201cAnd I can use whatever I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:We were walking out of a high school football game Friday night this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I just happened to take a video of this.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I\u2019ve got it. I wanted to show Brant this video. I was walking out in front; and we had our two grandkids, a five-year-old and three-year-old\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:The oldest is a boy.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014boy and girl. Ann shoots this video from behind him. Watch Bryce protect his little sister. It\u2019s so\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014nice.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I didn't even see it, because I was in front of them. But here they are. [Video playing] There they are, walking out.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Oh, sweet!<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Look how his hand is on her back.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014in a crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Somebody was going to run into her, so he gets her out of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014ushering her around. That's pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:His hand is on her back the whole time; and then, he just can't help but just touch her hair.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Anytime somebody gets near, he just sort of pulls her away.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That\u2019s really impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Wow! That's what we're called to do: keeper of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:They get it; they understand it.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Our son had the same talk: \u201cYour job\/your role is to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:And he understands it at five. That's why\u2014can you send me that video?\u2014that's really interesting; because again, it's just a matter of articulating this within your family. Maybe you're a single mom, or maybe you're a dad, but you've got a son. Tell him: \u201cThis is his role.\u201d Tell him\u2014because if you don't hear it; articulate it\u2014are you just supposed to pick it up from the atmosphere in the culture? No.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014not going to get it there.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You're not going to get it there, and you're not going to get it from just going, \u201cYeah, you need to man up.\u201d \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d So tell them: \u201cThis is their role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is why I wrote the book; and if there's a similar book, it doesn't matter if there's one like that. I would like to drop them from airplanes, scatter them all over\u2014Christian schools, and churches, and whatnot\u2014guys resonate with this. They read it; and they're like, \u201cOh, I get it.\u201d And then it winds up being a blessing to their future wives, or their families, or even their neighborhoods; because they now understand: \u201cI'm here to provide security, and to let people thrive, and defend the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Now, talk about\u2014you already used the term, \u201ckeeper of the garden,\u201d\u2014we know what it means; you've talked about it with The Men We Need. Is it different or is it a different nuance with the (Young) Men We Need? Why a follow-up?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:The follow-up: I just made it shorter, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Really?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yep; I know young guys. That's not your number-one reader demographic. And I try to inject it with humor and stuff too\u2014it's quick\u2014but it makes the point. I also, when I wrote this book, I remember reading Christian books or books that were for teens or something when I was a kid, and feeling like my intelligence was a little insulted. I was like, \u201cI'm not going to do that\u201d; so I didn't make it dumb.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:So you're going to speak to them as men?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Absolutely; if they learn a few new words, great. But I'm speaking to them to call that out of them. It is angled towards them understanding that a lot of what we're talking about is, at this age, but they do understand it\u2014that's just it\u2014because it's deeply true.<\/p>\n<p>When I talk about this model of masculinity in groups\u2014it can be adults who are at a secular corporation\u2014they have some Christian leadership, so they'll have me come in. I'm watching the women who, again, they didn't sign up for Christianity or anything necessarily; but they're like: \u201cWhat's going on? What are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I'm wondering what they're thinking when I'm talking about this. I get done: they come up; and they're like, \u201cHow do I tell my boyfriend what you just said?\u201d There's something deeply true about this role that Adam was given that people pick up on it. I'm wondering if they're like, \u201cMan, this is sexist\u201d; it's not sexist. And they can tell: \u201cThis would be life-giving,\u201d and \u201cIt'd be good news for me and everybody around me if he understood that this is who I want him to be; and he could be this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Paint a picture for us, guys\u2014I'm asking the two of you\u2014for young men today; what you think: \u201cDo they have any idea?\u201d \u201cWhat do you think culture is telling them?\u201d You've already said it's this macho man; but even for the younger men: \u201cWhat's going on in them today?\u201d and \u201cWhy is there no example?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I will defer my time today.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014to the old man in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, no, no. I don't think culture\u2019s telling them anything constructive,\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014only deconstructive, including church stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:What do you mean by that?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Well, we've got books about masculinity that are popular: Jesus and John Wayne and whatnot, within Christian circles. And it's like, \u201cMan, you make some great points; but what is masculinity supposed to be? What's the construction?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deconstructing things is a lot easier than constructing things. Again, it can be a great point: \u201cYou shouldn't do this,\u201d \u201cYou shouldn't do that,\u201d \u201cMasculinity shouldn't be that,\u201d\u2014it shouldn't be\u2014\u201cOkay; well, what is it?\u201d If you don't have a vision for it, what are we supposed to be doing?<\/p>\n<p>Guys grow up without being able to articulate it. I'm quite sure I could go to a Christian high school, ask guys individually: \u201cWhat is masculinity?\u201d and not get a good answer.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah; what do you think they'd say?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They'd say the things Brant said earlier: jacked, good-looking, money, women.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014cool truck; yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:As a woman, hearing that is the saddest thing ever! Because I think women feel like: \u201cI have to bear the load. I have to take care of everything and everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's interesting too; because when we talk about toxic masculinity\u2014and I talked about this in both versions of the book\u2014but there's toxic in the overbearing, domineering sense; we know that. But there's a toxic passivity too, and it's\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Talk about that; that's rampant.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Well, it's what Adam was guilty of\u2014Adam wasn't overbearing\u2014but he just laid there, didn't do anything. While Eve is being tempted, he's right there; and he does nothing, and everything falls apart as a result. I say it's toxic because\u2014both of those examples\u2014bring insecurity into the home or into a relationship because your wife will feel that way if you're married: \u201cIt's all on me. I guess he's not going to rise to the occasion. He's not going to; he's off on his own thing. He's not plugged in, and he's so passive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both of them bring insecurity into the garden, so that's why they're both toxic. I do think the idea of constructing something, though\u2014a vision like this\u2014for young guys is so important for that very reason. Because within\u2014we're talking about Christian schools, churches\u2014there's not really a good articulation of it. And then outside, we know our culture's completely confused and would utterly resist any sort of idea that masculinity is beautiful in any specific wonderful way.<\/p>\n<p>I love that we get to articulate this now. Again, I just want to bombard young guys with this; because they love it; they actually like it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I don't know about you, but I need parenting help\u2014not just sometimes, but most of the time\u2014so maybe you feel like that too. We have resources to help you, as a parent. You can go to FamilyLife.com\/ParentingHelp, and you're going to find resources that will really help you, not just once in a while, but as much as you want. That's the benefit. Again, you can go to FamilyLife.com\/ParentingHelp.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I know that, in 33 seasons with the Detroit Lions, as their chaplain\u2014because we lost a lot\u2014went through 12 coaches\/head coaches. And I'm not exaggerating; every head coach ended up coming to chapel, where I would speak on the Bible on Saturday nights before our game. Every year I would give a message on biblical manhood: \u201cWhat's a man?\u201d Every head coach, after they heard that message, would say to me: \u201cEvery season, you have to give that same message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Isn\u2019t that something?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:He goes, \u201cThese young men don't know what a man is. That vision they don't have. You got to give that every year.\u201d It was the only message I ever gave, they said, \u201cYou got to do again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Isn't that something?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I was like\u2014they knew that they don't\u2014and they also knew this: \u201cIf these guys in this locker room understand what a real man is\u2014what God calls them to be\u2014not only will we win football games, because it will translate into better things happening in their job; they'll go home, and be better men in the community, in the church, in their homes and dads.\u201d You know this\u2014but even non-Christ-following coaches are like: \u201cI don't know where you get all that stuff, but that's what a man is,\u201d\u2014it's actually out of the book written by\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014God.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014the Man who is the best Man, Jesus. They didn't even know that; they just resonated\u2014their soul resonated\u2014\u201cThat's the vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Think for young guys too\u2014the stuff that they struggle with\u2014if you don't have a vision in life for what you're supposed to be, you'll fall for anything: \u201cWhy not?\u201d \u201c What's the thing?\u201d So with anything in life\u2014all of this: all of the foolish dumb things that we can get addicted to or be involved in\u2014it's like, \u201cYeah, you can only give that up if there's something bigger that you're embracing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014bigger vision.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah. You can't just go, \u201cNah, I'm done with that, and I don't have a bigger vision.\u201d You always give it up because you love something more. To have a vision\u2014that guys are like, \u201cWait, that is who I want to be. I know who I want to be,\u201d\u2014now, this other stuff doesn't make sense. It starts to fall apart, like sitting and playing video games 16 hours a day. Again, nothing wrong with video games per se; but it's like there is something wrong with that, because we needed you. God gave you skills and abilities\u2014maybe they're physical stuff, maybe it's intellect, maybe it's verbal\u2014whatever you've got. We needed those skills and ability; we needed you to show up.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I love your chapter title where you talk about video games in (Young) Men We Need.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah; I said, \u201cVideo Games Are Too Awesome.\u201d And I mean it.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014meaning?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:They're actually too awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah, they can take over.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, there's so much fun. See, the problem is it pays off so fast. You don't level up constantly in life\u2014you get a job at the grocery store: they don't level you up every five minutes\u2014so you don't get the dopamine hits. You do from this other stuff\u2014from this fake stuff\u2014real life has a hard time competing with that.<\/p>\n<p>But once we get this vision of: \u201cHere's what society needs\u2026\u201d \u201cHere's what my neighbors need\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026what women and children need\u2026\u201d\u2014\u201cThey need me in this role. People should be safer, because I'm there,\u201d\u2014even if they don't know it\u2014even if they don't know they're safer\u2014because I'm there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung guys\u2014football players\u2014but young guys who are in their athletic prime: 19, 20, 21 years old; and you've got testosterone like crazy\u2014that makes you want to take risks and do things. That's to provide security; I mean, you're made to do that.\u201d It's not to be a threat. Ideally\u2014if we would tell guys that: \u201cThis is actually what your strength is for,\u201d and give them a vision for life\u2014we would see groups of guys, who are 20 years old\/19, walking down the street; and we wouldn't hide the others. We'd be like, \u201cAw, good. I'm glad we got some young guys here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah; \u201cThe protectors are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah! The strong ones.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They're not just going to take stupid risks.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, but they're willing to take risks\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:They\u2019ll take the risk.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014for the right reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They're not stupid. You talk about that; it's like, \u201cAt some point, your girl just thinks you're being dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I do have a chapter about taking risks can be good if it's in the service of protecting the vulnerable. But if it's not, it's just like, \u201cHey, I'm going to jump this canyon with this awesome BMX bike.\u201d She might, at 24 go, \u201cWhy? You're a father; I'm not attracted to that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What they're thinking\u2014I'm telling young guys this\u2014\u201cWhen you're young in high school, they'll look at somebody who does that kind of stuff,\u201d\u2014or they're in middle school: \u201cLook at him jump on his bike&amp;lt;\u201d\u2014they're thinking, \u201cHey, he's brave. Down the line, he would be really good to protect the family.\u201d But if you're doing it at 30, and you're still taking those risks for no reason, then it's not attractive anymore at all\u2014it's the opposite\u2014because now, it brings insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:So true.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:So you're hoping that that football player\u2014like you looked at him in high school: \u201cHe's strong; he's a leader. That'd be great,\u201d\u2014but if you marry him, and he turns out that he just flirts with other women; and he's all about his own body\u2014well, now, you resent it; because he's not bringing security. You were hoping that; but now, he's not.<\/p>\n<p>I do think, though\u2014once you give guys a vision of this\u2014they can actually self-correct too; and with the Lord in their life, say: \u201cThis is who God actually wants me to be, and it's what my wife's hoping me to be. Wait a second; I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I mean, we're almost out of time for the first day. I would love to know, as a woman\u2014because wives are listening right now\u2014and some of them are thinking, \u201cHow do I help my man capture that vision of being keeper of the garden?\u201d They're going to say: \u201cHere's a podcast you should listen to,\u201d \u201cHere's two books you should read\u201d; and they're going to put them by the toilet, and say, \u201cPlease read these.\u201d That doesn't work. I know you've experienced a toxic passivity, sometimes, in my life. How do you speak into a man's life? And Brant, \u201cCan she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah; here's what I suggest, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I've had this question from a lot of women. I think there's probably something in this book that will remind you of your husband, something. It's just a little bit of\u2014something he's ever said; something he\u2019s ever done\u2014and you could say, \u201cYou know what? This kind of reminds me of you. I think you're going to like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:That's a good way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:That's great!<\/p>\n<p>Dave:That's positive; that\u2019s encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:It\u2019s not correcting; it's not: \u201cBoy, you're failing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I would even go a little bit further, if possible, if they can see it. If you've heard this, and you think, \u201cMy husband has a piece of that,\u201d\u2014maybe it's tiny; maybe it's a pea size\u2014but if you say to him, which I've said this to our sons as well\u2014\u201cMan, I see: I don't even think you understand that you have this leadership gift that, when you talk, people listen to you. There's a power in that.\u201d If you, as a wife, found something that was said today\u2014you can just say, \u201cI listened to this today. It reminded me\u201d\u2014just like you're saying, Brant\u2014\u201cIt reminded me of something you're good at. I could see you really liking this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, that way you're building them up; and this is very powerful. We can talk more about this later; but when a wife says, \u201cBoy, it's attractive when you do that,\u201d\u2014and it could be the smallest thing that you're willing to act; you're willing to do something\u2014that, as a man, it\u2019s like, \u201cWhoa! Is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You might have just created a monster.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:He might just do some more.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:He\u2019s going to keep doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It's funny;\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014I sat down with that five-year-old grandson, and I showed him the video; and Dave did too. We said, \u201cBryce, look at you protecting your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's genius; that's genius.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And he said, \u201cI didn't even know I was doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And we said, \u201cIt's because it\u2019s a part of who you are. Your mom and dad have been telling you: \u2018You are the protector of your sister,\u2019\u2014and you can't always be perfect\u2014but when you're with her, you're having an eye on everybody around to make sure she's safe.\u201d He was beaming; he was so proud.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014so proud. Yep; that's how you shape someone into a keeper of the garden; that's how you do it\u2014you're commenting on it; bringing it out; complimenting it, saying, \u201cThis is what you're made for; way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You can't shame them in.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:No, I've tried that; it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I tell you what: this conversation with Brant\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:We love you, Brant!<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014is so rich; it just really is. And the truth in his book, (Young) Men We Need, nobody's telling the young men these kinds of things.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I know.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And so this is the kind of book and content you want to get for your kids\/for yourself. We want to get it to you. Here's how this works. We would love you to give us a financial gift to FamilyLife. That\u2019s how we do what we do; because partners, like you, say, \u201cI'm in.\u201d And if you give it a gift of any amount, we'll send you (Young) Men We Need; we'll send you Brant's book. I think you'll love it. I think you'll use it for decades to come. This is a truth that's universal, and it isn't limited to a time; it's forever.<\/p>\n<p>Here's how it goes: just send a gift\u2014or actually, you can go to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014find out how you can send a gift there; or if you would like, just give us a phone call here at 800-358-6329. That's 800-F as in Family, L-as in Life, and the word, TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>Again, man, I hope today's conversation has been great, but it ends; and you turn it off. The book will be on your coffee table\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014coffee table; and you can underline it over and over; and read it through many times.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Of course, you can listen to this broadcast over, and over, and over again.<\/p>\n<p>FamilyLife Today is a donor-supported production of FamilyLife\u00ae, a Cru\u00ae Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Helping you pursue the relationships that matter most.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve benefited from the FamilyLife Today transcripts, would you consider donating today to help defray the costs of producing them and making them available online?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 FamilyLife. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>www.FamilyLife.com<\/p>\n"],"_edit_lock":["1743093222:47000"],"_g_feedback_shortcode_306bfcb4dba3c1218168577c5db13058be5c7851":["\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Name\" type=\"name\"  required=\"true\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Email\" type=\"email\" required=\"true\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Website\" type=\"url\" \/]\n\t\t\t\t[contact-field label=\"Message\" type=\"textarea\" \/]"],"_g_feedback_shortcode_atts_306bfcb4dba3c1218168577c5db13058be5c7851":["a:17:{s:2:\"to\";s:29:\"margaret.coyle@familylife.com\";s:7:\"subject\";s:63:\"[FamilyLife - A Cru Ministry] Reclaiming Manhood - Brant Hansen\";s:12:\"show_subject\";s:2:\"no\";s:6:\"widget\";i:0;s:14:\"block_template\";N;s:19:\"block_template_part\";N;s:2:\"id\";i:313020;s:18:\"submit_button_text\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:14:\"customThankyou\";s:0:\"\";s:21:\"customThankyouHeading\";s:26:\"Your message has been sent\";s:21:\"customThankyouMessage\";s:30:\"Thank you for your submission!\";s:22:\"customThankyouRedirect\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"jetpackCRM\";b:1;s:9:\"className\";N;s:9:\"postToUrl\";N;s:14:\"salesforceData\";N;s:12:\"hiddenFields\";N;}"],"_edit_last":["47000"],"theme_header_position":["Sticky"],"post_header_is_sticky":["default"],"is_header_overlay":["0"],"episode_type":["audio"],"date_recorded":["2025-03-03 07:35:26"],"enclosure":["https:\/\/traffic.omny.fm\/d\/clips\/cbd16f10-ac60-4f09-b4df-b15400ce35aa\/33aaac7e-3581-4e21-a3df-b154011ba58c\/973a02e5-87ce-4578-be08-b28f0116e29a\/audio.mp3"],"_seopress_robots_canonical":["https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/reclaiming-manhood-brant-hansen\/"],"_uag_css_file_name":["uag-css-313020.css"],"_uag_js_file_name":["uag-js-313020.js"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:82560:\".wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-e11dbe9f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-e11dbe9f > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 3em;padding-bottom: 3em;padding-left: 1.5em;padding-right: 1.5em;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #f8f8f8;;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-e11dbe9f{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-e11dbe9f > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f{padding-top: 3px;padding-bottom: 3px;padding-left: 1.5px;padding-right: 1.5px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #f8f8f8;;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-e11dbe9f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-e11dbe9f > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-e11dbe9f{padding-top: 3px;padding-bottom: 3px;padding-left: 1.5px;padding-right: 1.5px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #f8f8f8;;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-85559158{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-85559158 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 960px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 10px;padding-right: 10px;margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ea16301a{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ea16301a > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a.uagb-layout-grid > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{row-gap: 40px;column-gap: 40px;grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr)  minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: start;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-26ccc5c9{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: flex-start;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9{min-height: 710px;box-shadow: 3px 7px 7px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #ffffff;;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: flex-start;flex-wrap: nowrap;align-self: start;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;background: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/07\/Grow-with-your-family_545x307.jpg) 50% 50%;;background-size: cover;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-84f50fa3{max-width: 100vw;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-84f50fa3 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3{min-height: 250px;box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: 50% 50%;background-size: cover;background-attachment: scroll;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/Grow-with-your-family_545x307.webp);background-clip: padding-box;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-271bf38d{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-271bf38d > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ab8d0982{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ab8d0982 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.uagb-layout-grid{row-gap: 8px;column-gap: 8px;grid-template-columns: auto  minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-heading-text{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-desc-text{margin-bottom: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight{font-style: normal;font-weight: Default;background: #007cba;color: #fff;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::-moz-selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3 .uagb-heading-text{font-weight: 300;font-size: 16px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: left;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-f9d54988 .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 4px;padding-bottom: 4px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;border-top-width: 3px;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-heading-text{color: #006a5a;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-desc-text{margin-bottom: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight{font-style: normal;font-weight: Default;background: #007cba;color: #fff;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::-moz-selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-3208cc36 .uagb-heading-text{font-weight: 400;font-size: 26px;line-height: 1.2em;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;color: #1573a2;fill: #1573a2;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{padding: 0px;border-radius: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__label{font-size: 20px;text-decoration: !important;line-height: em;color: #1573a2;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__label{text-align: left;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{text-decoration: !important;font-size: 20px;line-height: em;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{margin-left: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child {flex-direction: row-reverse;}.uagb-block-fdd052c2.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-fdd052c2.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-679dc0da.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-679dc0da.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-fbb8dca6.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-fbb8dca6.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-b5e9a44d.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-b5e9a44d.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-10525170.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-10525170.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-48a597f8{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-48a597f8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: flex-start;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8{min-height: 710px;box-shadow: 3px 7px 7px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15) ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #ffffff;;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: flex-start;flex-wrap: nowrap;align-self: start;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;background: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/07\/Grow-with-your-family_545x307.jpg) 50% 50%;;background-size: cover;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-22a41c70{max-width: 100vw;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-22a41c70 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70{min-height: 250px;box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: 50% 50%;background-size: cover;background-attachment: scroll;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/HelpFamiliesGrow2.webp);background-clip: padding-box;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-562935bf{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-562935bf > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5a1442f2{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5a1442f2 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.uagb-layout-grid{row-gap: 8px;column-gap: 8px;grid-template-columns: auto  minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-heading-text{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-desc-text{margin-bottom: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight{font-style: normal;font-weight: Default;background: #007cba;color: #fff;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::-moz-selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f .uagb-heading-text{font-weight: 300;font-size: 16px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: left;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 4px;padding-bottom: 4px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;border-top-width: 3px;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-heading-text{color: #006a5a;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-desc-text{margin-bottom: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight{font-style: normal;font-weight: Default;background: #007cba;color: #fff;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::-moz-selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-31f155e3 .uagb-heading-text{font-weight: 400;font-size: 26px;line-height: 1.2em;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;color: #1573a2;fill: #1573a2;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{padding: 0px;border-radius: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__label{font-size: 20px;text-decoration: !important;line-height: em;color: #1573a2;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__label{text-align: left;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{text-decoration: !important;font-size: 20px;line-height: em;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{margin-left: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child {flex-direction: row-reverse;}.uagb-block-83befcbf.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-83befcbf.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-75d2f158.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-75d2f158.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-0d14af90.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-0d14af90.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-4dd6f9d3.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-4dd6f9d3.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-28c58e21.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}.uagb-block-28c58e21.wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child:hover .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{background:  !important;border-color:  !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-85559158{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-85559158 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 10px;padding-right: 10px;margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ea16301a{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ea16301a > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a.uagb-layout-grid > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr)  minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-26ccc5c9{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #ffffff;;grid-column: span 1;grid-row: span 1;align-self: stretch;justify-self: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-84f50fa3{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-84f50fa3 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-position: 54% 48%;background-size: cover;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/Grow-with-your-family_545x307.webp);background-clip: padding-box;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-271bf38d{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-271bf38d > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ab8d0982{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ab8d0982 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.uagb-layout-grid{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3 .uagb-heading-text{font-size: 12px;letter-spacing: 1px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: center;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;margin-bottom: initial;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-f9d54988 .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap {padding: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-48a597f8{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-48a597f8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #ffffff;;grid-column: span 1;grid-row: span 1;align-self: stretch;justify-self: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-22a41c70{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-22a41c70 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-position: 54% 48%;background-size: cover;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/HelpFamiliesGrow2.webp);background-clip: padding-box;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-562935bf{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-562935bf > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5a1442f2{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5a1442f2 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.uagb-layout-grid{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f .uagb-heading-text{font-size: 12px;letter-spacing: 1px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: center;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;margin-bottom: initial;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap {padding: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-85559158{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-85559158 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-85559158{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 10px;padding-right: 10px;margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ea16301a{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ea16301a > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a.uagb-layout-grid > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ea16301a{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-26ccc5c9{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-26ccc5c9 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-26ccc5c9{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;order: initial;background-color: #ffffff;;flex-wrap: wrap;grid-column: span 1;grid-row: span 1;align-self: stretch;justify-self: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-84f50fa3{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-84f50fa3 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-84f50fa3{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/Grow-with-your-family_545x307.webp);background-clip: padding-box;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-271bf38d{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-271bf38d > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-271bf38d{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ab8d0982{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-ab8d0982 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.uagb-layout-grid{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ab8d0982.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading {padding-left: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d4c1a7e3 .uagb-heading-text{letter-spacing: 4px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: center;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;margin-bottom: initial;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-f9d54988 .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px;}.uagb-block-f9d54988.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{padding: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-cbb8c5bd.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-48a597f8{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-48a597f8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-48a597f8{padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;order: initial;background-color: #ffffff;;flex-wrap: wrap;grid-column: span 1;grid-row: span 1;align-self: stretch;justify-self: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-22a41c70{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-22a41c70 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-22a41c70{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-image: url(https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/HelpFamiliesGrow2.webp);background-clip: padding-box;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-562935bf{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-562935bf > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-562935bf{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 40px;padding-left: 40px;padding-right: 40px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5a1442f2{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5a1442f2 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.uagb-layout-grid{grid-template-columns: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;grid-template-rows: minmax( 1px, 1fr) ;align-items: stretch;justify-items: stretch;align-content: stretch;justify-content: stretch;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5a1442f2.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading {padding-left: 40px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-d9c0200f .uagb-heading-text{letter-spacing: 4px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator{text-align: center;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator--text .wp-block-uagb-separator-element .uagb-html-tag{font-style: normal;margin-bottom: initial;line-height: 1em;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e .uagb-separator-spacing-wrapper{padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px;}.uagb-block-aa17f10e.wp-block-uagb-separator:not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--text):not(.wp-block-uagb-separator--icon) .wp-block-uagb-separator__inner{-webkit-mask-size: 5px 100%;width: 100%;border-top-color: #eabe5e;border-top-style: solid;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__source-image{width: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap svg{width: 18px;height: 18px;font-size: 18px;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child .uagb-icon-list__source-wrap{padding: 0px;border-width: 0px;align-self: center;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64 .uagb-icon-list__wrap{display: flex;flex-direction: column;justify-content: center;-webkit-box-pack: center;-ms-flex-pack: center;-webkit-box-align: flex-start;-ms-flex-align: flex-start;align-items: flex-start;}.wp-block-uagb-icon-list.uagb-block-ced20c64.wp-block-uagb-icon-list .wp-block-uagb-icon-list-child{margin-left: 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 24px;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ecebc267{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background: linear-gradient(130deg, #ffffff 60%, #f8f8f8 46%);;background-clip: padding-box;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ecebc267{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background: linear-gradient(130deg, #ffffff 60%, #f8f8f8 46%);;background-clip: padding-box;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-ecebc267{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-ecebc267{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background: linear-gradient(130deg, #ffffff 60%, #f8f8f8 46%);;background-clip: padding-box;flex-wrap: wrap;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: row;align-items: flex-start;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 32px;column-gap: 32px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 80px;padding-bottom: 80px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;row-gap: 32px;column-gap: 32px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 25%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;max-width: 25% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 25%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;max-width: 25% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 25%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;max-width: 25% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 25%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;max-width: 25% !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{padding-top: 80px;padding-bottom: 80px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;max-width:  !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;max-width:  !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;max-width:  !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;max-width:  !important;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-8d4ac8a0{padding-top: 80px;padding-bottom: 80px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;max-width: 100% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;max-width: 100% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;max-width: 100% !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-047d9c4f{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-047d9c4f{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;max-width: 100% !important;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662.wp-block-uagb-container{color: #ffffff;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662.wp-block-uagb-container *{color: #ffffff;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-f064f662{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-f064f662 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 20px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #25282a;;row-gap: 20px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: row;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 20px;column-gap: 32px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;flex-direction: row;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;row-gap: 20px;column-gap: 32px;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0.wp-block-uagb-container > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not( .spectra-container-link-overlay ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox):not(.wp-block-uagb-lottie):not(.uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap){width: auto !important;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0.wp-block-uagb-container > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap > *:not( .wp-block-uagb-column ):not( .wp-block-uagb-section ):not( .uagb-container__shape ):not( .uagb-container__video-wrap ):not( .uagb-slider-container ):not(.spectra-image-gallery__control-lightbox){width: auto !important;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default figure img{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000070;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure figcaption{font-style: normal;align-self: center;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay figure img{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000070;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__color-wrapper{opacity: 0.2;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner{left: 15px;right: 15px;top: 15px;bottom: 15px;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-heading{font-style: normal;color: #fff;opacity: 1;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-heading a{color: #fff;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-caption{opacity: 0;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay .wp-block-uagb-image__figure:hover .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__color-wrapper{opacity: 1;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-separator{width: 30%;border-top-width: 2px;border-top-color: #fff;opacity: 0;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure img{width: 292px;height: 48px;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure:hover .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-caption{opacity: 1;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure:hover .wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay__inner .uagb-image-separator{opacity: 1;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default figure:hover img{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000070;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image--layout-overlay figure:hover img{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000070;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-f064f662{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-f064f662 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #25282a;;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure img{width: 280px;height: 45px;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-f064f662{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-f064f662 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-f064f662{padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 20px;padding-left: 12px;padding-right: 12px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #25282a;;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-dbd5f6c0{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;flex-wrap: wrap;}.uagb-block-644e4891.wp-block-uagb-image .wp-block-uagb-image__figure img{width: 280px;height: 45px;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #006c5b;;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #006c5b;;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #006c5b;;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;background-color: #006c5b;;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #006c5b;;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-beb12949{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-beb12949 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-beb12949{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #006c5b;;}}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5096eaa1{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5096eaa1 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-color: inherit;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 .uagb-container__shape-top svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-top .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 .uagb-container__shape-bottom svg{width: calc( 100% + 1.3px );}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 .uagb-container__shape.uagb-container__shape-bottom .uagb-container__shape-fill{fill: rgba(51,51,51,1);}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 .uagb-container__video-wrap video{opacity: 1;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-89b3b7a8{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1320px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;justify-content: center;flex-wrap: nowrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8{box-shadow: 0px 0px   #00000070 ;padding-top: 2em;padding-bottom: 2em;padding-left: 2em;padding-right: 2em;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;overflow: visible;order: initial;border-top-left-radius: 30px;border-top-right-radius: 30px;border-bottom-left-radius: 30px;border-bottom-right-radius: 30px;border-color: inherit;background-color: #ebebeb;;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-97ee3d2f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-desc-text{margin-bottom: 15px;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-97ee3d2f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight{font-style: normal;font-weight: Default;background: #007cba;color: #fff;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-97ee3d2f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::-moz-selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading.uagb-block-97ee3d2f.wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading .uagb-highlight::selection{color: #fff;background: #007cba;-webkit-text-fill-color: #fff;}.uagb-block-232092dc.wp-block-uagb-buttons.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap {gap: 10px;}.uagb-block-232092dc.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap {justify-content: left;align-items: center;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611.wp-block-uagb-buttons-child .uagb-buttons-repeater{background: #f3bd48;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .wp-block-button__link{background: #f3bd48;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .wp-block-button__link:hover{background: #f4deaa;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .wp-block-button__link:focus{background: #f4deaa;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-button__wrapper .uagb-buttons-repeater{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .wp-block-button__link.has-text-color:hover .uagb-button__link{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .wp-block-button__link.has-text-color:focus .uagb-button__link{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-button__wrapper  .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000026;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-button__wrapper  .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link:hover{box-shadow: 0px 0px 0 #00000026;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link{border-color: #333;border-style: none;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link:hover{border-color: #333;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link:focus{border-color: #333;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611.wp-block-button.is-style-outline .uagb-button__wrapper .wp-block-button__link.uagb-buttons-repeater{border-color: #333;border-style: none;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611.wp-block-button.is-style-outline .uagb-button__wrapper .wp-block-button__link.uagb-buttons-repeater:hover{border-color: #333;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater .uagb-button__link{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater:hover .uagb-button__link{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater:focus .uagb-button__link{color: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater .uagb-button__icon > svg{width: 15px;height: 15px;fill: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater:hover .uagb-button__icon > svg{fill: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater:focus .uagb-button__icon > svg{fill: #25282a;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater .uagb-button__icon-position-after{margin-left: 8px;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater .uagb-button__icon-position-before{margin-right: 8px;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-button__link{text-transform: normal;text-decoration: none;}@media only screen and (max-width: 976px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5096eaa1{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5096eaa1 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-89b3b7a8{width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 1024px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8{padding-top: 2px;padding-bottom: 2px;padding-left: 2px;padding-right: 2px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #ebebeb;;}.uagb-block-232092dc.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap {justify-content: center;align-items: center;}.uagb-block-232092dc.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap .wp-block-button{width: auto;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611.wp-block-button.is-style-outline .uagb-button__wrapper .wp-block-button__link.uagb-buttons-repeater{border-style: none;border-color: #333;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link{border-style: none;border-color: #333;}}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-5096eaa1{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-5096eaa1 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-5096eaa1{margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container .uagb-block-89b3b7a8{max-width: 100%;width: 100%;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-is-root-container.alignfull.uagb-block-89b3b7a8 > .uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap{--inner-content-custom-width: min( 100%, 767px);max-width: var(--inner-content-custom-width);width: 100%;flex-wrap: wrap;}.wp-block-uagb-container.uagb-block-89b3b7a8{padding-top: 2px;padding-bottom: 2px;padding-left: 2px;padding-right: 2px;margin-top:  !important;margin-bottom:  !important;order: initial;background-color: #ebebeb;;}.uagb-block-232092dc.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap {justify-content: center;align-items: center;}.uagb-block-232092dc.uagb-buttons__outer-wrap .uagb-buttons__wrap .wp-block-button{width: auto;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611.wp-block-button.is-style-outline .uagb-button__wrapper .wp-block-button__link.uagb-buttons-repeater{border-style: none;border-color: #333;}.wp-block-uagb-buttons .uagb-block-00708611 .uagb-buttons-repeater.wp-block-button__link{border-style: none;border-color: #333;}}\";s:2:\"js\";s:161:\"document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(){ window.addEventListener( 'load', function() {\n\tUAGBButtonChild.init( '.uagb-block-00708611' );\n});\n });\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:17:{i:0;s:14:\"uagb\/container\";i:1;s:12:\"core\/heading\";i:2;s:9:\"core\/html\";i:3;s:10:\"core\/group\";i:6;s:21:\"uagb\/advanced-heading\";i:7;s:14:\"uagb\/separator\";i:8;s:14:\"uagb\/icon-list\";i:9;s:20:\"uagb\/icon-list-child\";i:10;s:11:\"core\/search\";i:13;s:18:\"core\/legacy-widget\";i:16;s:10:\"uagb\/image\";i:17;s:17:\"core\/social-links\";i:18;s:16:\"core\/social-link\";i:19;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";i:20;s:30:\"meta-box\/fl-conditional-blocks\";i:21;s:12:\"uagb\/buttons\";i:22;s:18:\"uagb\/buttons-child\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:1;s:11:\"uag_version\";i:1776384200;s:6:\"gfonts\";a:1:{s:7:\"Default\";a:2:{s:10:\"fontfamily\";s:7:\"Default\";s:12:\"fontvariants\";a:0:{}}}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:71:\"\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Default&subset=latin&display=fallback\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2025\/03\/image.jpg",1024,1024,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Margaret","author_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/author\/margaret-coylefamilylife-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"What does it mean to be a man in today's world? Author Brant Hansen talks about the crisis of masculinity and how to reclaim a biblical vision for manhood.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/branthansen\">Follow Brant on Instagram,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@branthansen\">YouTube,<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/branthansen.com\/\">check out his website.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.familylife.com\/march-2025\/the-young-men-we-need\/\">Brant's book, \"The (Young) Men We Need\"<\/a> is available at no cost to you with a donation of any size this week, as our way of saying a huge \"Thank you!\" for partnering with us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Find resources from this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/radio-resources\/\">shop.familylife.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/past-radio-resources\/\">See resources from our past podcasts.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find more content and resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/app\/\">FamilyLife's app<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Help others find FamilyLife. Leave a review on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303\">Apple Podcast<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm?si=d6dfa8d2415f4750\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check out all the FamilyLife's podcasts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/flministries\/familylife-podcast-network\/\">FamilyLife Podcast Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylife.com\/fl2025-03-03.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>FamilyLife Today\u00ae with Dave and Ann Wilson - Web Version Transcript<\/p>\n<p>This content has been generated by an artificial intelligence language model. While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided will most likely not be entirely error-free or up-to-date. We recommend independently verifying the content with the originally-released audio. This transcript is provided for your personal use and general information purposes only. References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the use or interpretation of this content.<\/p>\n<p>Reclaiming Manhood<\/p>\n<p>Guest:Brant Hansen<\/p>\n<p>From the series:The Young Men We Need (Day 1 of 3)<\/p>\n<p>Air date:March 3, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u201cWhat is masculinity supposed to be?\u201d \u201cWhat's the construction?\u201d Deconstructing things is a lot easier than constructing things. Again, it can be a great point: \u201cYou shouldn't do this,\u201d \u201cYou shouldn't do that,\u201d \u201cMasculinity shouldn't be that,\u201d\u2014it shouldn't be\u2014\u201cOkay; but what is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Welcome to FamilyLife Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Ann Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I'm Dave Wilson. And you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com. This is FamilyLife Today.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Okay, I don't think it's any secret that you're like my favorite pastor of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I hope so! I thought you were going to say your \u201cfavorite man,\u201d but your \u201cpastor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Well, you are, of course. But I'm saying it's one thing to say you're my favorite man; but to say you're my favorite pastor\u2014think about this\u2014over the decades and years of people we've heard, and listened to, and sat under.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And you have high standards; I'll say that.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:But my favorite time of year came, when you spoke, was at Father's Day every year when you'd speak to the men. I don't know if men liked it; but all I know is all of us women were like, \u201cThis is so good!\u201d; because you're talking about God's love; God's call for manhood. I especially wanted all of our boys with us because you painted the picture of what God has for them so beautifully. I think we were all sitting on the edge of our seats, wanting to know: \u201cWhat does this look like for men?\u201d \u201cWhat does this look like for our sons?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I think I'm going to cry; I didn't know you're going to start there.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It\u2019s true! You're so good at that.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, I'm excited because Brant Hansen is back in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I don't know how many times you've been here; but every time, we love\/absolutely love having you here.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:It's so fun; you guys are fun. I even like hearing you guys just talk to each other. That really is a high compliment.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Okay; just sit over there; we're going to talk for the rest of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You don\u2019t know\u2014people, like you, in public, facing Christian stuff; whatever it is\u2014and for the wife to genuinely say, \u201cYou're my favorite pastor,\u201d\u2014after knowing you thoroughly; that's really cool. I like hearing that.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And I wouldn't make it up.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I know you wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I really do feel like\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, that's not who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I like hearing it too. You can say it every program. Could you start every program just like that?<\/p>\n<p>Ann:But I think, too, that Brant carries the same passion for men and boys\u2014in our culture, in our country, in our society, in our world\u2014of a biblical mandate\/a call for men. And when Brant speaks on it, I remember you coming in from the Love Like You Mean It marriage cruise, saying, \u201cThis guy just nails this topic; it's so good!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, we're going to talk about your most recent, you wrote The Men We Need; now, (Young) Men We Need. We\u2019re waiting for our book\u2014The Old Men We Need\u2014but I'm sure it's coming! But your spin is so fresh; I haven't heard it\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:What do you mean by spin?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014in decades. Well, they\u2019re your perspective\u2014we're going to talk about it\u2014it's fresh. In fact,\u2014and I'm not just saying this\u2014it's the only book I recommend to people now on manhood, and I know them all.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Thank you; thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I'm hoping to write one;\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And there's some great ones out.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014I still think I'd recommend yours, because it's so fresh: it taps into history in the Bible. But the next generation, I think, resonates with what you're saying about manhood.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And it's such an important conversation right now.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I feel like it's so important because, even, guys in the church have no clue. We keep saying\u2014and I appreciate the intent behind this\u2014but we keep saying: \u201cWe need men to man up,\u201d \u201cWe need guys to be men,\u201d \u201cWe need men to be\u2026\u201d It's like, \u201cOkay, but what does that mean?\u201d If you're 17, 15, or 50\u2014and no one has ever told you what is genuinely, uniquely awesome about masculinity; it's life-giving to people around you\u2014if you don't have a vision for it, you have no idea what people are talking about.<\/p>\n<p>What happens is you get confused with all the tropes about masculinity, where it's like: \u201cOkay, we need men to be men. Does that mean I have to be an Army Ranger?\u201d \u201cDoes it mean I have to hunt?\u201d \u201cDoes it mean we have to go camping?\u201d \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Well, it's interesting\u2014tell me if you agree with this\u2014at my church in Michigan, that I helped start 30 years ago, we started a men's retreat. Guess what we called it?\u2014\u201cMan Up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Of course, as you should.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:This was the \u201890s; early 2000s. And it was like, \u201cYeah, we're going to go away.\u201d We did\u2014we had hunting and all the\u2014we had flag football; all the stuff. We talked about manhood all weekend; it was great stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But when my youngest son\u2014who's 33 now; Cody is 33?\u2014was probably just getting out of college\u2014and he says to me as, we're driving to this retreat; he goes, \u201cDad, \u2018Man Up\u2019 is the wrong title for this thing.\u201d I go, \u201cWhat are you talking about?!\u201d I was like, \u201cAre you ripping what we created?\u201d He goes, \u201cYou really want men to do the opposite of that.\u201d I go, \u201cExplain that.\u201d He goes, \u201cWe don't want men who man up; that means: \u2018Stuff your feelings away,\u2019 \u2018Be macho,\u2019 \u2018Be tough,\u2019 \u2018Don't be authentic,\u2019\u2014that's a bad title.\u201d Guess what? He was right; do you agree?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You can take it anyway; all sorts of people can take it all sorts of way. You're not giving content to the idea of what it is to be masculine.<\/p>\n<p>What I'm trying to do is actually give the vision. If you don't have a vision for it, you settle for something dumb or evil. We see that even among Christian guys. I saw Nancy Pearcey tweeted about this recently about a conversation with somebody who teaches in a Christian school. He was saying all the guys in his school are into Andrew Tate, who's this toxic\u2014truly toxic\u2014influencer who's had 14 billion video views.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Wow!<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I mean, he's influencing. He's got all these women; he's got all these children by all these women. He's got these cars. He's jacked; he's a former UFC guy or whatever. It's like, \u201cOh, that's masculinity, huh?\u201d Well, it's not; it's not. But if you can't articulate what it is, they're going to go for anything.<\/p>\n<p>That's what I see as a crisis\u2014and that's what I try to do with this book\u2014is to go: \u201cLook, this may not be the perfect thing; but I think I'm onto something.\u201d I'm trying to tell guys: \u201cWe should be keepers of the garden, because that's the job that Adam was given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the wild thing about this is it doesn't take long for guys to get it\u2014you\u2019re talking about cultivating other people's lives, protecting them, allowing the people in your sphere of influence to bloom and thrive\u2014but that's your role. And when you do that\u2014when you provide security and not insecurity\u2014people recognize that as masculine. You don't need to be jacked to do that; you don't need a big truck; you don't need to be good at ax throwing; you don't need to be an Army Ranger. All that stuff's great\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014if that's you.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, that\u2019s fine; fine. But that's not masculinity. You can be great at all that stuff and be a threat to good people, including maybe your wife.<\/p>\n<p>So when you understand that: \u201cThis is the vision\u2026\u201d; and we can talk about what that looks like. The fact that you're supposed to be a purveyor of security, or provider of that: you're someone who allows the vulnerable around you to thrive; people are more secure because you're around.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have that vision, it\u2019s life-giving to everybody around you. People find it very attractive\u2014which is also interesting\u2014women will find that attractive. Other guys will find that incredibly respectable; there's something deeply true about that. And you don't have to be all that stuff; you can be like me\u2014I play the flute\u2014that's not in most of the man's books. They don't have a guy playing the flute on the cover; it's usually somebody climbing up rocks and stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You're a flautist.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, I'm a flautist. But there are a lot of artsy guys, right?<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Totally.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Or guys who are accountants or professors of archeology. Not everybody's going to be\u2014you're an athlete, which is awesome\u2014but not everybody's that. So if you're going to equate all of this stuff with being a man, it's incredibly discouraging to most guys!\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah, it is.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014who don't have a six pack and aren't on the cover of Men's Health and don't\u2014it's unfortunate, because the church has kind of bought into a lot of the tropes of the larger culture\u2014when we could teach this kind of masculinity. It would help people thrive; families would thrive; and young guys would thrive, finally have a vision for who they're supposed to be.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah; when you hear that, Ann, what do you think? I mean, you're the only woman sitting here.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I was just going to say, \u201cSee, that's why women love Father's Day. A real definition of masculinity is described from the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It makes women sit on the edge of their seat.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, as you were talking, Brant, it made me teary in terms of: \u201cYes! That's what we, as women, long for. We're not looking for the guy who\u2019s so cool, and he's doing all these things. We're looking for the faithful man, who will be beside us; protect us; care for the vulnerable. And we long for that for our sons too. But I'm just going to say, in our culture\u2014now, that we have four grandsons\u2014I'm looking for models of that.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And I don't see it around very many places.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No; I want to scream it from the rooftops, honestly, because of that. And guys are so desperate for this\u2014they just need somebody to tell them\u2014just need somebody to tell them. I talk about when our son was nine, and I told him\u2014and it never dawned on him; and frankly, it hadn't really dawned on me until it came out of my mouth\u2014he was picking on his little sister. I had to go back there and break it up. I told Justice, our son, at the time, \u201cJustice, you're supposed to protect your little sister. I'm having to protect her from you. You've betrayed your role.\u201d I don't remember having that problem again with him; I honestly don't. Maybe we did, but I don't remember it.<\/p>\n<p>I think little guys get it when you tell them; because it's so deeply true that: \u201cWe're made for this. You're given strength, and you're given intelligence, and you're given whatever talent you have to be this role,\u201d\u2014and not a domineering, overbearing masculinity\u2014it's the opposite. But you're using your strength and what you have to let people bloom, like little species that can't thrive in the wilderness, in a garden that's tended by somebody who's caring and strong. That species gets to bloom; it gets to become beautiful because you're there.<\/p>\n<p>It's not only women who resonate with that. You tell guys this; they're like: \u201cYes, that's it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u201cThat's what I\u2019m called to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah! \u201cAnd I can use whatever I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:We were walking out of a high school football game Friday night this past week.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I just happened to take a video of this.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I\u2019ve got it. I wanted to show Brant this video. I was walking out in front; and we had our two grandkids, a five-year-old and three-year-old\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:The oldest is a boy.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014boy and girl. Ann shoots this video from behind him. Watch Bryce protect his little sister. It\u2019s so\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014nice.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I didn't even see it, because I was in front of them. But here they are. [Video playing] There they are, walking out.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Oh, sweet!<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Look how his hand is on her back.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014in a crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Somebody was going to run into her, so he gets her out of\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014ushering her around. That's pretty awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:His hand is on her back the whole time; and then, he just can't help but just touch her hair.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Anytime somebody gets near, he just sort of pulls her away.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That\u2019s really impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Wow! That's what we're called to do: keeper of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:They get it; they understand it.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Our son had the same talk: \u201cYour job\/your role is to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:And he understands it at five. That's why\u2014can you send me that video?\u2014that's really interesting; because again, it's just a matter of articulating this within your family. Maybe you're a single mom, or maybe you're a dad, but you've got a son. Tell him: \u201cThis is his role.\u201d Tell him\u2014because if you don't hear it; articulate it\u2014are you just supposed to pick it up from the atmosphere in the culture? No.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014not going to get it there.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:You're not going to get it there, and you're not going to get it from just going, \u201cYeah, you need to man up.\u201d \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d So tell them: \u201cThis is their role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is why I wrote the book; and if there's a similar book, it doesn't matter if there's one like that. I would like to drop them from airplanes, scatter them all over\u2014Christian schools, and churches, and whatnot\u2014guys resonate with this. They read it; and they're like, \u201cOh, I get it.\u201d And then it winds up being a blessing to their future wives, or their families, or even their neighborhoods; because they now understand: \u201cI'm here to provide security, and to let people thrive, and defend the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Now, talk about\u2014you already used the term, \u201ckeeper of the garden,\u201d\u2014we know what it means; you've talked about it with The Men We Need. Is it different or is it a different nuance with the (Young) Men We Need? Why a follow-up?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:The follow-up: I just made it shorter, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Really?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yep; I know young guys. That's not your number-one reader demographic. And I try to inject it with humor and stuff too\u2014it's quick\u2014but it makes the point. I also, when I wrote this book, I remember reading Christian books or books that were for teens or something when I was a kid, and feeling like my intelligence was a little insulted. I was like, \u201cI'm not going to do that\u201d; so I didn't make it dumb.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:So you're going to speak to them as men?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Absolutely; if they learn a few new words, great. But I'm speaking to them to call that out of them. It is angled towards them understanding that a lot of what we're talking about is, at this age, but they do understand it\u2014that's just it\u2014because it's deeply true.<\/p>\n<p>When I talk about this model of masculinity in groups\u2014it can be adults who are at a secular corporation\u2014they have some Christian leadership, so they'll have me come in. I'm watching the women who, again, they didn't sign up for Christianity or anything necessarily; but they're like: \u201cWhat's going on? What are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I'm wondering what they're thinking when I'm talking about this. I get done: they come up; and they're like, \u201cHow do I tell my boyfriend what you just said?\u201d There's something deeply true about this role that Adam was given that people pick up on it. I'm wondering if they're like, \u201cMan, this is sexist\u201d; it's not sexist. And they can tell: \u201cThis would be life-giving,\u201d and \u201cIt'd be good news for me and everybody around me if he understood that this is who I want him to be; and he could be this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Paint a picture for us, guys\u2014I'm asking the two of you\u2014for young men today; what you think: \u201cDo they have any idea?\u201d \u201cWhat do you think culture is telling them?\u201d You've already said it's this macho man; but even for the younger men: \u201cWhat's going on in them today?\u201d and \u201cWhy is there no example?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I will defer my time today.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014to the old man in the room.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, no, no. I don't think culture\u2019s telling them anything constructive,\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014only deconstructive, including church stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:What do you mean by that?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Well, we've got books about masculinity that are popular: Jesus and John Wayne and whatnot, within Christian circles. And it's like, \u201cMan, you make some great points; but what is masculinity supposed to be? What's the construction?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deconstructing things is a lot easier than constructing things. Again, it can be a great point: \u201cYou shouldn't do this,\u201d \u201cYou shouldn't do that,\u201d \u201cMasculinity shouldn't be that,\u201d\u2014it shouldn't be\u2014\u201cOkay; well, what is it?\u201d If you don't have a vision for it, what are we supposed to be doing?<\/p>\n<p>Guys grow up without being able to articulate it. I'm quite sure I could go to a Christian high school, ask guys individually: \u201cWhat is masculinity?\u201d and not get a good answer.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah; what do you think they'd say?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They'd say the things Brant said earlier: jacked, good-looking, money, women.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014cool truck; yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:As a woman, hearing that is the saddest thing ever! Because I think women feel like: \u201cI have to bear the load. I have to take care of everything and everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's interesting too; because when we talk about toxic masculinity\u2014and I talked about this in both versions of the book\u2014but there's toxic in the overbearing, domineering sense; we know that. But there's a toxic passivity too, and it's\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Talk about that; that's rampant.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Well, it's what Adam was guilty of\u2014Adam wasn't overbearing\u2014but he just laid there, didn't do anything. While Eve is being tempted, he's right there; and he does nothing, and everything falls apart as a result. I say it's toxic because\u2014both of those examples\u2014bring insecurity into the home or into a relationship because your wife will feel that way if you're married: \u201cIt's all on me. I guess he's not going to rise to the occasion. He's not going to; he's off on his own thing. He's not plugged in, and he's so passive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both of them bring insecurity into the garden, so that's why they're both toxic. I do think the idea of constructing something, though\u2014a vision like this\u2014for young guys is so important for that very reason. Because within\u2014we're talking about Christian schools, churches\u2014there's not really a good articulation of it. And then outside, we know our culture's completely confused and would utterly resist any sort of idea that masculinity is beautiful in any specific wonderful way.<\/p>\n<p>I love that we get to articulate this now. Again, I just want to bombard young guys with this; because they love it; they actually like it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I don't know about you, but I need parenting help\u2014not just sometimes, but most of the time\u2014so maybe you feel like that too. We have resources to help you, as a parent. You can go to FamilyLife.com\/ParentingHelp, and you're going to find resources that will really help you, not just once in a while, but as much as you want. That's the benefit. Again, you can go to FamilyLife.com\/ParentingHelp.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I know that, in 33 seasons with the Detroit Lions, as their chaplain\u2014because we lost a lot\u2014went through 12 coaches\/head coaches. And I'm not exaggerating; every head coach ended up coming to chapel, where I would speak on the Bible on Saturday nights before our game. Every year I would give a message on biblical manhood: \u201cWhat's a man?\u201d Every head coach, after they heard that message, would say to me: \u201cEvery season, you have to give that same message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Isn\u2019t that something?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:He goes, \u201cThese young men don't know what a man is. That vision they don't have. You got to give that every year.\u201d It was the only message I ever gave, they said, \u201cYou got to do again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Isn't that something?<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And I was like\u2014they knew that they don't\u2014and they also knew this: \u201cIf these guys in this locker room understand what a real man is\u2014what God calls them to be\u2014not only will we win football games, because it will translate into better things happening in their job; they'll go home, and be better men in the community, in the church, in their homes and dads.\u201d You know this\u2014but even non-Christ-following coaches are like: \u201cI don't know where you get all that stuff, but that's what a man is,\u201d\u2014it's actually out of the book written by\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014God.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014the Man who is the best Man, Jesus. They didn't even know that; they just resonated\u2014their soul resonated\u2014\u201cThat's the vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Think for young guys too\u2014the stuff that they struggle with\u2014if you don't have a vision in life for what you're supposed to be, you'll fall for anything: \u201cWhy not?\u201d \u201c What's the thing?\u201d So with anything in life\u2014all of this: all of the foolish dumb things that we can get addicted to or be involved in\u2014it's like, \u201cYeah, you can only give that up if there's something bigger that you're embracing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014bigger vision.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah. You can't just go, \u201cNah, I'm done with that, and I don't have a bigger vision.\u201d You always give it up because you love something more. To have a vision\u2014that guys are like, \u201cWait, that is who I want to be. I know who I want to be,\u201d\u2014now, this other stuff doesn't make sense. It starts to fall apart, like sitting and playing video games 16 hours a day. Again, nothing wrong with video games per se; but it's like there is something wrong with that, because we needed you. God gave you skills and abilities\u2014maybe they're physical stuff, maybe it's intellect, maybe it's verbal\u2014whatever you've got. We needed those skills and ability; we needed you to show up.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I love your chapter title where you talk about video games in (Young) Men We Need.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah; I said, \u201cVideo Games Are Too Awesome.\u201d And I mean it.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014meaning?<\/p>\n<p>Brant:They're actually too awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Yeah, they can take over.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, there's so much fun. See, the problem is it pays off so fast. You don't level up constantly in life\u2014you get a job at the grocery store: they don't level you up every five minutes\u2014so you don't get the dopamine hits. You do from this other stuff\u2014from this fake stuff\u2014real life has a hard time competing with that.<\/p>\n<p>But once we get this vision of: \u201cHere's what society needs\u2026\u201d \u201cHere's what my neighbors need\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026what women and children need\u2026\u201d\u2014\u201cThey need me in this role. People should be safer, because I'm there,\u201d\u2014even if they don't know it\u2014even if they don't know they're safer\u2014because I'm there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung guys\u2014football players\u2014but young guys who are in their athletic prime: 19, 20, 21 years old; and you've got testosterone like crazy\u2014that makes you want to take risks and do things. That's to provide security; I mean, you're made to do that.\u201d It's not to be a threat. Ideally\u2014if we would tell guys that: \u201cThis is actually what your strength is for,\u201d and give them a vision for life\u2014we would see groups of guys, who are 20 years old\/19, walking down the street; and we wouldn't hide the others. We'd be like, \u201cAw, good. I'm glad we got some young guys here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah; \u201cThe protectors are here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah! The strong ones.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They're not just going to take stupid risks.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:No, but they're willing to take risks\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:They\u2019ll take the risk.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014for the right reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:They're not stupid. You talk about that; it's like, \u201cAt some point, your girl just thinks you're being dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I do have a chapter about taking risks can be good if it's in the service of protecting the vulnerable. But if it's not, it's just like, \u201cHey, I'm going to jump this canyon with this awesome BMX bike.\u201d She might, at 24 go, \u201cWhy? You're a father; I'm not attracted to that anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What they're thinking\u2014I'm telling young guys this\u2014\u201cWhen you're young in high school, they'll look at somebody who does that kind of stuff,\u201d\u2014or they're in middle school: \u201cLook at him jump on his bike&amp;lt;\u201d\u2014they're thinking, \u201cHey, he's brave. Down the line, he would be really good to protect the family.\u201d But if you're doing it at 30, and you're still taking those risks for no reason, then it's not attractive anymore at all\u2014it's the opposite\u2014because now, it brings insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:So true.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:So you're hoping that that football player\u2014like you looked at him in high school: \u201cHe's strong; he's a leader. That'd be great,\u201d\u2014but if you marry him, and he turns out that he just flirts with other women; and he's all about his own body\u2014well, now, you resent it; because he's not bringing security. You were hoping that; but now, he's not.<\/p>\n<p>I do think, though\u2014once you give guys a vision of this\u2014they can actually self-correct too; and with the Lord in their life, say: \u201cThis is who God actually wants me to be, and it's what my wife's hoping me to be. Wait a second; I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I mean, we're almost out of time for the first day. I would love to know, as a woman\u2014because wives are listening right now\u2014and some of them are thinking, \u201cHow do I help my man capture that vision of being keeper of the garden?\u201d They're going to say: \u201cHere's a podcast you should listen to,\u201d \u201cHere's two books you should read\u201d; and they're going to put them by the toilet, and say, \u201cPlease read these.\u201d That doesn't work. I know you've experienced a toxic passivity, sometimes, in my life. How do you speak into a man's life? And Brant, \u201cCan she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah; here's what I suggest, honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:Yeah, go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:I've had this question from a lot of women. I think there's probably something in this book that will remind you of your husband, something. It's just a little bit of\u2014something he's ever said; something he\u2019s ever done\u2014and you could say, \u201cYou know what? This kind of reminds me of you. I think you're going to like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:That's a good way to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:That's great!<\/p>\n<p>Dave:That's positive; that\u2019s encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:It\u2019s not correcting; it's not: \u201cBoy, you're failing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I would even go a little bit further, if possible, if they can see it. If you've heard this, and you think, \u201cMy husband has a piece of that,\u201d\u2014maybe it's tiny; maybe it's a pea size\u2014but if you say to him, which I've said this to our sons as well\u2014\u201cMan, I see: I don't even think you understand that you have this leadership gift that, when you talk, people listen to you. There's a power in that.\u201d If you, as a wife, found something that was said today\u2014you can just say, \u201cI listened to this today. It reminded me\u201d\u2014just like you're saying, Brant\u2014\u201cIt reminded me of something you're good at. I could see you really liking this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Yeah, that way you're building them up; and this is very powerful. We can talk more about this later; but when a wife says, \u201cBoy, it's attractive when you do that,\u201d\u2014and it could be the smallest thing that you're willing to act; you're willing to do something\u2014that, as a man, it\u2019s like, \u201cWhoa! Is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You might have just created a monster.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:He might just do some more.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:He\u2019s going to keep doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:It's funny;\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Brant:Honestly.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014I sat down with that five-year-old grandson, and I showed him the video; and Dave did too. We said, \u201cBryce, look at you protecting your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's genius; that's genius.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And he said, \u201cI didn't even know I was doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brant:That's brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:And we said, \u201cIt's because it\u2019s a part of who you are. Your mom and dad have been telling you: \u2018You are the protector of your sister,\u2019\u2014and you can't always be perfect\u2014but when you're with her, you're having an eye on everybody around to make sure she's safe.\u201d He was beaming; he was so proud.<\/p>\n<p>Brant:\u2014so proud. Yep; that's how you shape someone into a keeper of the garden; that's how you do it\u2014you're commenting on it; bringing it out; complimenting it, saying, \u201cThis is what you're made for; way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave:You can't shame them in.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:No, I've tried that; it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:I tell you what: this conversation with Brant\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:We love you, Brant!<\/p>\n<p>Dave:\u2014is so rich; it just really is. And the truth in his book, (Young) Men We Need, nobody's telling the young men these kinds of things.<\/p>\n<p>Ann:I know.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:And so this is the kind of book and content you want to get for your kids\/for yourself. We want to get it to you. Here's how this works. We would love you to give us a financial gift to FamilyLife. That\u2019s how we do what we do; because partners, like you, say, \u201cI'm in.\u201d And if you give it a gift of any amount, we'll send you (Young) Men We Need; we'll send you Brant's book. I think you'll love it. I think you'll use it for decades to come. This is a truth that's universal, and it isn't limited to a time; it's forever.<\/p>\n<p>Here's how it goes: just send a gift\u2014or actually, you can go to FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014find out how you can send a gift there; or if you would like, just give us a phone call here at 800-358-6329. That's 800-F as in Family, L-as in Life, and the word, TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>Again, man, I hope today's conversation has been great, but it ends; and you turn it off. The book will be on your coffee table\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Ann:\u2014coffee table; and you can underline it over and over; and read it through many times.<\/p>\n<p>Dave:Of course, you can listen to this broadcast over, and over, and over again.<\/p>\n<p>FamilyLife Today is a donor-supported production of FamilyLife\u00ae, a Cru\u00ae Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Helping you pursue the relationships that matter most.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve benefited from the FamilyLife Today transcripts, would you consider donating today to help defray the costs of producing them and making them available online?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 FamilyLife. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>www.FamilyLife.com<\/p>\n","theme_header_position":"Sticky","post_header_is_sticky":"default","is_header_overlay":"0"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/313020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313020"},{"taxonomy":"podcast_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast_series?post=313020"},{"taxonomy":"cwp_profile","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile?post=313020"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=313020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}