{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sword&Spade","title":"Stop Waiting for a Bigger Life than This One w/ Tyler Blanski","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3293,"description":"Jason Craig sits down with Tyler Blanski, author of Find Your Fight: Rugged Wisdom for Faithful Dads Who Refuse to Settle, who grew up certain that following Christ meant dreadlocks, an urban church plant, and probably a prison cell in a third world country. Now, he mows his lawn in a Minneapolis suburb and calls it his vocation. They talk about what it costs a man to trade a radical vision of Jesus for an ordinary one, why nothing about being a husband or father works without friendship in order, and what to say to the guy in his forties who can feel his fire going out.\nIn This Episode, We Cover:Why a boy raised on missionary stories believed following Christ meant selling everything—and had to be converted toward an ordinary life in the suburbsThe collapse of a six-year plan to become an Anglican priest, and the salary that forced a move into businessWhy the book was born around fires and in parish book clubs, and why every good thing comes out of some fight with a friendThe tension the book is really about: turning the other cheek while flying a flag that says don't tread on meThe counsel for a man in his forties who's lost his fire—savor your wife, your children, and the life in front of youResources Mentioned:FraternusFind Your Fight: Rugged Wisdom for Faithful Dads Who Refuse to Settle by Tyler BlanskiTyler BlanskiThe Minnesota CatholicThe Liturgy of the Land: Cultivating a Catholic Homestead by Jason Craig and Thomas Van HornChapters:00:00: Introduction01:56: A Boring Dad Who Once Wanted to Be Radical for Jesus09:02: The Priesthood That Didn't Happen and the Job That Did13:11: The Friends Around the Fire Who Made This Book16:42: Can You Be Catholic and American at the Same Time?22:10: Detachment, Divided Interests, and Pleasing Your Wife24:44: Suburbia, Homesteading, and Where Fathers Actually Live32:55: Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold44:33: Our Lady of Grasshoppers and the Outpost of Normality51:10: Savor Your Wife, Your Children, and the Life You HaveJOIN...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1fxXTM8hCaOlZ1_SUD3cLJ3cmPKvLGnXHcYZar2Vno8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTI1/ZjhjODE1ZGY4YTNj/OWQxNTMzMzA2Mzcx/MTg3NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}