# Tyler Staton: The Dad Tax and Other Holy Subtractions

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954/tyler-staton-the-dad-tax-and-other-holy-subtractions
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954/tyler-staton-the-dad-tax-and-other-holy-subtractions.md
Podcast: [Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954)
Published: 2026-07-21T07:18:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSF1087176050.mp3
Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/TSF1087176050.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954/episodes/tyler-staton-the-dad-tax-and-other-holy-subtractions
Duration seconds: 3687

## Resource

In this episode, the fellas interview Tyler Staton, lead pastor of Bridgetown Church and author of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools. Tyler shares his journey from a middle-school prayer revival in Nashville to navigating faith in New York and Portland. He offers a profound look at contemplative prayer, which he defines as sitting "naked and unashamed" before God to settle the inner "snow globe" of surface-level wants. Moving into fatherhood, Tyler details his hands-on discipleship with his three sons, including a 10% pastry "dad tax" and using jelly beans to encourage emotional honesty. The episode highlights Tyler’s pursuit of being a more "interruptible" and playful father, revealing how daily Nerf wars became his most formative spiritual practice of the year. Balancing humor with depth, they also discuss the "Angel of Light" temptation to do good things for the wrong reasons. Join us: ⁠http://dadville.substack.com⁠ Thanks to our sponsors! Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://shopify.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠ Boll & Branch - Get 15% off plus free shipping on your first set of sheets at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bollandbranch.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Exclusions apply. Quince - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://quince.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954/episodes/tyler-staton-the-dad-tax-and-other-holy-subtractions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dadville-with-dave-barnes-and-jon-mclaughlin-405954/tyler-staton-the-dad-tax-and-other-holy-subtractions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.