Advice For The Kids

About

My name is John Brodrick and I am a millennial who lives in the United States. I am an average person who is not affiliated with the Church in any official capacity. I am a former sinner of the worst variety who has fully repented and come back to Jesus to the best of his ability after being out of Church for a significant amount of time.

This process started with thinking about how I wanted to raise my kids. Culturally I come from “Trump’s America” but knew that this was not how I wanted to raise my kids. There are good things that come from there, but passing on a culture of racism to my children was most certainly not one of them. This world view was also a contributor in keeping me out of Church. Coming back to God has totally opened my eyes to His love and caused a significant change in ways for me.

After learning about Jesus, I can tell you He has love and kindness for all of humankind. Also the community of Jesus followers embody the values of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and gentleness. After spending the majority of my adult life watching people just being mean to each other it is the kind of community that I want to be a part of.

I made basically every mistake under the sun and wanted to share my life advice here. It could help someone like me who didn’t know some of this stuff. The advice could be for young adults trying to find their way (the kids) but also is for parents who are trying to figure out how to raise their own kids.

When I was younger (in my 20s), I stayed out of church because I thought “The Church was only for happy people” and I was not even remotely this (happy). But this isn’t true. I came back to the Church in 2023 because I wanted my kids to know Jesus and immediately was greeted by a couple that exuded nothing but love and warmth towards me. Most churches are like this – they are very open and welcoming to all kinds of people (especially those in need of support in some way). They are filled with warm souls who are out there doing His work – which is serving those in need (the poor, the hungry and oppressed communities). After seeing so much evil in humanity I am at peace because I know that one day He will wipe away every tear and make all things right here on Earth. All my adult life I had an emptiness inside and was constantly searching for something to fill it. I had found what I was looking for and I wanted to share it with others. If anyone is helped by this site I give all the glory to God. Note: If you are on mobile, be sure to click the hamburger button to open the menu and see all the pages.

Finally, you will see that music and art is very important to me. Another goal of the site is to use music to bring diverse people together around God. The art is His. All artistic talents and gifts come from Him. He is the God of all people on Earth and everyone’s art is beautiful as long as it is respectful to God and people. Hate is something that is taught and learned over time and can be unlearned. My goal is to try and showcase a little of the best that everyone has to offer. So try to spend a little time with each song on the site.