Jay Payleitner

About Jay Payleitner

Jay Payleitner, national speaker and best-selling author of 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, What If God Wrote Your Bucket List?, The Prayer of Agur, and more than 25 other books. Find out more at jaypayleitner.com.

How to Find Rest as a Dad

2023-08-25T12:10:29+00:00

  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28 NIV It’s easy to love Matthew 11:28. The message feels like a comforting embrace and delivers clear meaning and intent. “Work hard and then rest.” There’s even an easy-going lyrical quality to the words of this [...]

How to Find Rest as a Dad2023-08-25T12:10:29+00:00

Make this Simple List for Your Spouse and See What Happens

2023-07-21T12:04:47+00:00

  There’s a strategy I’ve been endorsing for years. It’s for husbands (and wives) to literally make a list of things your spouse likes. Not huge, extravagant, budget-breaking trips or gifts. Small things. Things you can share with each other on a weekly or daily basis. Let me explain. […]

Make this Simple List for Your Spouse and See What Happens2023-07-21T12:04:47+00:00

How to See God in Your Fatherhood

2023-04-06T15:16:21+00:00

  Are you a new dad, up to your knees in dirty diapers, baby bottles, and stained bibs, with a young wife mired in postpartum depression? Are you the hardworking father of sprouting children, trying to build a career while also being a model parent—feigning interest at back-to-school night, scratching your head over math homework, dramatizing bedtime stories, [...]

How to See God in Your Fatherhood2023-04-06T15:16:21+00:00

How To Stop Having Pretend Conversations in Your Marriage

2023-03-01T13:18:19+00:00

  A couple exactly your age is sitting at a table in a kitchen that looks a lot like your kitchen. She’s talking. He’s listening. Except that really he’s not. In many ways, it looks like he’s listening. He actually was for a while. The topic of the conversation wasn’t a topic in which he [...]

How To Stop Having Pretend Conversations in Your Marriage2023-03-01T13:18:19+00:00

What Happened After Jesus Overturned the Tables and What it Says about Anger as a Dad

2023-04-04T11:50:50+00:00

Ever get angry at something in front of your family? Then you try and justify it. Find out what happened after Jesus overturned the tables and what it says about anger as a dad.

What Happened After Jesus Overturned the Tables and What it Says about Anger as a Dad2023-04-04T11:50:50+00:00
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