What better follow-up to Father’s Day than to witness a dad’s heart for his daughters.

Discussions and debates over gender roles for women in the church can be fierce, divisive, and abstract, although the impact on women and girls is far from abstract.

That whole discussion takes on a whole new sense of urgency when it impacts someone you love.

The Following to Lead podcast gave me another opportunity to promote women and girls as ezer-warriors for God’s purposes—created to cultivate the gifts God has entrusted to us and to use them for his purposes. This is God’s calling on all of his daughters, from first to final breath, and we are indispensable allies with the men and boys in our lives.

When host Kevin East started the conversation, I had no idea this discussion would take on such profound personal significance for him. But Kevin is a dad with young daughters he loves. For him, our conversation was about them and underscores the indispensable role a father has in the flourishing of his daughters. We need more dad’s like Kevin!

Like I said, this is a great follow-up for Father’s Day.