🎙️ Summary What if the key to raising faithful, resilient children is as simple—and as hard—as returning to reality? In this episode of Father and Friend, Father Peter Kavanaugh and Educator Benjamin Lyda explore how fathers can reclaim family, work, and worship as sacred acts.

🌱 Episode Overview In a culture of distraction, disconnection, and digital overload, this conversation dives deep into the pursuit of a meaningful family life. Father Peter shares how his family’s 40-acre Texas farm has become a classroom of virtue, work, and wonder—where imagination grows in the dirt and real education begins at the dinner table. Benjamin Lyda brings an educator’s insight into how fathers can form their children through leisure, liturgy, and shared life.

Together, they challenge the idea that parenting is about preparing kids for the “real world” and instead suggest that fathers should invite their children into reality through worship, suffering, beauty, and joy.

Books for further reading mentioned in episode:

The Family Economy by Rory Groves - https://amzn.to/4lvMYr6

Leisure: The Basis Of Culture By Josef Pieper - https://amzn.to/4kjgCPv

The Death Of Christian Culture by John Senior - https://amzn.to/3Gk9gxb

Connect with Father Peter and the Orthodox Church at https://www.saintbenedictorthodox.com/

Connect with Benjamin Lyda at https://scriptoriumwriting.com

📣 Call to Action - If this episode challenged or inspired you, please like, subscribe, and share it with a fellow father. Drop a comment about your own family rituals or efforts to reconnect with reality—we’d love to hear from you.

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