In part three of the Summer Multipliers series, Jeff reads Chapter 8 of the DADAWESOME book — the story of the ordinary Tuesday he sold a $200 TV to a couple worth $5.5 billion and never had a clue. That encounter, paired with memories of his dad's stat-tracking clipboard in the bleachers, unpacks the difference between fathering as God's employee and fathering as God's son. The episode closes with a few minutes from Jamie Winship (episodes 314 & 315) on how false identity fuels fear — and why the truth of who you are is the greatest gift you can hand your kids.

This week we zoom way out and remember that the current chapter of dad life is not the whole story. I read Chapter 2 of the DadAwesome book, The Tale of Two Thieves, a ridiculous cookie dough heist that turned into a lesson about choosing curiosity instead of reactivity when life goes sideways. Then Phil Comer joins us with a clip about giving a blessing instead of returning evil for evil, and how the little eyes in the room are watching every choice we make.

There's a moment in Interstellar where Matthew McConaughey sits down and watches 25 years of video messages from the kids he left behind. Daniel Chesnut drove home from that movie snot-crying, climbed into bed next to his sleeping two-year-old, and asked God a simple question: why is this wrecking me? What he heard back changed the way he has fathered for the last decade. In this conversation, Daniel shares listening prayer with your kids, why vulnerability is actually strength, how to play the long game with a 14-year-old, and the truth that's rescuing him in every transition: nothing is lost.