Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Christian Podcast Central

Home
Evangelical - Sponsored
The Daren Streblow Comedy Show Mini-Cast 125: My Kid’s Chauffeur, Rich Praytor & Mac Powell

The Daren Streblow Comedy Show Mini-Cast 125: My Kid’s Chauffeur, Rich Praytor & Mac Powell

Last updated on: February 24, 2016 at 12:29 pm by Christian Podcast Central

The Daren Streblow Comedy Show Mini-Cast 125: My Kid’s Chauffeur, Rich Praytor & Mac Powell 2016-02-24T12:29:37-08:00 Christian Podcast Central

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The Daren Streblow Comedy Show Mini-Cast 125: My Kid’s Chauffeur, Rich Praytor & Mac Powell Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It seems like all I do with my days lately is sit in the front seat of my car all day, driving my kids places. I don’t even know why I bought a house!

It wouldn’t be so bad if there were a bit of planning done before these chauffeuring outings, but kids just aren’t the best planners.

“Dad… I need to be in Chicago… in ten minutes.”

“I need to be at a school basketball game… two nights ago.”

“Thanks for the lead time, kiddo. I’ll just drop everything and turn back the hands of time for you!”

And, I wish I could say that my wife had my back in this.

“Honey, I know that you have to catch a flight today, but could you take a couple of boys to camp beforehand? Also, they might need some shots first at the doctor’s office”

Image: Biblicone

Who’s planning all this stuff for kids nowadays, anyway? When we were kids, we never traveled like this. If I got a trip to the local planetarium, I thought that was exotic. But, the kids who are planning excursions for our kids today are trying to get them to explore ever corner of North America and beyond.

Isn’ that why they made books and videos… so we don’t have to physically go everywhere in order to learn about something?

“Good news, kids… today, we’re going to Cape Canaveral today! Can your dad drive?”

Apparently school buses are useless. They’re fine enough to transport our kids from our neighborhood to the school and back; but that’s the easy part of youth-transportation. I have an idea, how about I handle taking the kids back and forth to school, and Joe Busdriver take on all the extracurricular voyages… then we’ll see who gets more freetime out of their day! Let’s see who gets to take a shower every now and again.

And, it’s not just school field trips. My kids want to be shuttled back and forth to their friends’ houses. Because, apparently spending seven hours a day together at school isn’t enough. They need late afternoon and evening times together, too.

Meanwhile, I haven’t seen my wife since parachute pants were in style.

Even our church is contributing to the problem. You know, when the Bible says to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations… I’m pretty sure Jesus didn’t follow that command with, “…and make your dad drive you.” Rich Prayter

Next, my buddy Rich Praytor joins the show to talk about the “joys” of parenting. Rich has a nine-year-old, an eight-year-old and a six-year-old… so he’s just happy to get a moment to talk with another adult without distractions… from his bathroom. There was a time when Rich wanted four kids. But then, after having three kids, Rich realized he really just wants two kids.

But, the truth is that he and his wife were extremely excited when they were first “diagnosed with pregnancy”; but when the baby actually came, instead of being “the most beautiful thing they’d ever see” as people had lied to him, their baby was nine different colors.

Rich looked at the doctor and said, “Oh great… my wife just gave birth to a bag of Skittles!” At that moment, Rich, though he heard his baby whisper, “Taste the rainbow!”

One unexpected challenge Rich and his wife have encountered, when it comes to raising a family, stems from being a tall family. Rich is 6’5” and his wife is 6’2”, so naturally all three of their kids are tall as well. So, every time they go out as a family, people stop them and say, “Oh my gosh… look at how tall you guys are! You guys are all so tall!”

This only happens to tall people.

No one would ever approach a short family and say, “Oh my gosh… you guys are so short! You are so amazingly little! Do you guys all play miniature golf? Do you represent the Lollipop Guild? What’s it like working for Willy Wanka?” Mac Powell

Finally, I am joined by singer/songwriter Mac Powell of the Christian band Third Day. Third Day has been together for over twenty years now, technically going all the way back to the john McEachern High School Marching Band, where he began making music with bandmate mark Lee… and several hundred of their closest friends. Mac and Mark then started the not-so-famous garage band named Nuclear Hoedown. By the time they graduated high school, the guys started teaming up with friends who played drums, keyboard and bass, began sharing their Christian faith through their music and settled on the name Third Day.

From the band’s inception, Mac has always been the frontman. He initially wanted to be the drummer, but since he has very little rhythm, he was moved to holding a microphone. As Mac puts it, he plays a little guitar, but he doesn’t really consider himself a guitarist. That’s Mark’s job. In fact, as a songwriter, the only reason Mac started playing guitar at all was so that he could share his songs with other people and have some musical accompaniment behind him and sound like a Christian songwriter instead of sounding like a beatnik poet.

One aspect of Mac’s songwriting style is his commitment to sharing his Christian faith through song. Some may view this as a confining hinderance, but not Mac. As he puts it, when you are worshipping and following the Creator of all things, there is an unlimited well of creativity to draw from! Not to say that Mac only writes Christ-centered songs. He also has a country side that comes out in much of his solo efforts, including his latest album “Southpaw”.

In other words, Mac has the best of all worlds – being able to do what he loves to do and share his faith through song with a phenomenal Third Day fan base; and start a solo career recording country music in the secular arena, broadening his songwriting horizons.

Mac has a really cool and distinct vocal style – one that has developed quite a bit over time. If you listen to Third Day’s first album and compare his voice to his most recent songs, you’ll see quite a difference and maturity in his singing. In fact, if you can get ahold of any pre-Third Day recordings of Mac, you can hear influences of Michael Jackson in his voice when Mac was a kid, then Eddie Vedder tones sneaking in when Mac was in college. These types of influences, plus age, has culminated into Mac’s one-of-a-kind sound.

Well… kinda “one-of-a-kind”. Over the years, many people have compared Mac’s voice with his friend and neighbor Travis Tritt. Travis himself told Mac that a few years ago, Travis’ mom called the country legend and scolded him.

“Travis… why didn’t you tell me that you made a Gospel record?”

“Mama, I never made a Gospel record.”

“Travis… I just heard you singing on the Christian radio station, so I know you made a Gospel record.”

“Mama, that wasn’t me.”

About two weeks later, she called her son back and told him, “Oh, that band I heard and liked is a band called Third Day.”

So, Mac has been told forever by random people that his voice sounds a little like Travis Tritt, but when Travis’ own mother was fooled, that took the comparisons to a whole new level.

family friendly comedy

Previous Post

February 23, 2016

Summit Lecture Series: The Hadith & Islam's Battles with and Christians and Jews with Nabeel Qureshi

Next Post

February 24, 2016 I’m Waiting 17: Should I’m Waiting Be In Teen Parenting Classes?

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Brad Stine Has Issues Christian Podcast Central Classic Podcast Experience God Life Grounded Ouxano Parent Like You Mean It The Protest Show with Thor Ramsey The Summit Lecture Series Uncategorized What You’ve Been Searching For

Select a Month July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 June 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz