To the father who feel like a failure

A father alone on a bench.

Another Father’s Day has come and gone. I don’t know how this one was for you. People have complicated feelings around their parents, and how they’re doing as parents.

Many of us fathers feel like failures.

We look at families in our churches and in posts on social media—families that seem to be thriving in Jesus—and we love them. But we also can’t help but feel a pang of jealousy. After all, despite all the books and podcasts, family discipleship never really came together in a consiste...

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Published on June 17, 2025 06:50
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