Episode #015 - How Childhood Pain Sculpted A Calling To Heal Marriages & Families…with John Trent
John Trent – Chair of "Gary Chapman Marriage & Family Ministry" at Moody Bible Institute, Founder and President of The Center for Strong Families, a ministry for strengthening relationships within the family dynamic, and Author/Co-Author of over 25 books for adults and children.
John shares how growing up in a difficult home prepared him for heeding his calling as a writer and family counselor driven to positively impact the foundation of families.
Episode Highlights:
- John opens his inner door into how he got closer to God and never gave up on his passion to benefit others.
- How does John define having a calling and how did God orchestrate his life events that led him along his Calling Journey?
- How id John’s earlier life growing-up shape him for being used today to positively impact families
- How many people take their last breath with an unfulfilled divine assignment?
- What was the event that alerted John that writing was his calling?
- Would John have become a family counselor if it wasn’t for the struggles in his own family life?
- 22 publishers turned down the first book John Trent did before the 23rd published it…stay the course and persevere
- How did John transition into being an entrepreneur?
- What is John’s perspective on the desire to become a writer?
- Who is Anne Lamont, and how did her book / work affect John?
- What is storyboarding and how does John use it to write books?
- John shares a compelling story of praying for his dad as his dad in his last days.
- Host Jim Schubert explains his transformational experience related to his adoption.
- You don’t need a perfect past to move toward your calling…It’s all part of your story and serves in crafting your calling journey
- What was John’s vision behind his book The 2-Degree Difference?
- What advice would John Trent give to people to help strengthen their families?
Key Points / Quotes:
- The first step of figuring out your calling generally is someone points out something that stands out about you.
- Persevere in your pursuit of your calling and never give up on where you feel you are headed.
- “How many of you would like to change the pictures of your life story…?” - John Trent
- “My calling is alleviating people’s pain in terms of the brokenness in people’s families.” - John Trent
- “Forgiveness” literally means to ‘untie the knot’ in Greek…do we have any knots that need untying” - John Trent
Resources Mentioned:
- StrongFamilies.com
- Linkedin: John Trent
- Instagram: @strong.families
- HeedYourCalling.com