Joy Hour

Tom Lyman
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Welcome to Joy Hour with Tom Lyman. This is a faith-forward podcast for anyone who’s tired of surface-level answers and ready for honest conversations. We talk through the hidden struggles, the hard moments, and the quiet battles, with one goal: to find God’s joy and redemption right in the middle of real life.

  1. 2d ago

    Built Men: Winning the Mind (Part 5 of 8)

    In Episode 52 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman continues Part 5 of the 8-part Built Men series with a session on winning the mind. Built Men is a growing brotherhood of faith-based men who meet virtually every Tuesday night, stay connected throughout the week, and challenge one another to grow spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, and relationally with God at the center. This series gives listeners a look inside the conversations happening in that brotherhood, where men are learning to stop drifting, take ownership, and build lives with discipline, purpose, accountability, and faith. This episode is built around Romans 12:2 and the command to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. Every battle starts in the mind. Thoughts shape decisions, decisions shape habits, and habits shape the direction of a man’s life. If a man does not lead his mind, eventually his mind will lead him. Tom talks about the importance of reading, guarding what enters through the eyes and ears, rejecting lies, and replacing negative thoughts with truth. The mind is a gate. What enters gets planted, what gets planted grows, and what grows eventually produces fruit. This session also challenges men to stop trusting every thought that passes through their mind. Mental discipline requires repetition, just like physical discipline. Scripture, silence, prayer, journaling, and accountability all help create clarity and keep the mind anchored in truth. This episode challenges men to identify one recurring negative or limiting thought, pair it with Scripture or a clear truth, speak that truth daily, and share it with another brother for prayer and accountability. What thought have you been allowing to lead you instead of the truth?

  2. Aug 10

    Built Men: Winning the Morning (Part 4 of 8)

    Built Men is a growing brotherhood of faith-based men who meet virtually every Tuesday night, stay connected throughout the week, and challenge one another to grow spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, and relationally with God at the center. This series gives listeners a look inside the conversations happening in that brotherhood, where men are learning to stop drifting, take ownership, and build lives with discipline, purpose, and faith. This episode focuses on the first moments of the day. The way a man starts his morning often sets the tone for how he handles pressure, leads his family, responds to interruptions, and walks with God. A rushed morning can create stress, short patience, foggy focus, and reactive decisions. A protected morning creates margin, clarity, confidence, and spiritual direction. Tom shares how watching his dad pray in the mornings left a lasting example, and he challenges men to take an honest look at their own morning routine. Winning the morning does not have to look the same for every man, but it should include intention, time with God, movement, and a refusal to let the day begin in chaos. This session also connects winning the morning to winning the night. A stronger morning usually starts the evening before with better decisions about sleep, screens, routines, and what gets attention before bed. This episode challenges men to choose a consistent wake-up time, spend at least 10 minutes each morning in Scripture, prayer, or quiet time with God, and message another man after completing the routine for accountability. What would change if the first 30 minutes of your day belonged to God instead of chaos?

  3. Aug 3

    Built Men: Building Daily Structure (Part 3 of 8)

    In Episode 50 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman continues Part 3 of the 8-part Built Men series with a session on building daily structure. Built Men is a growing brotherhood of faith-based men who meet virtually every Tuesday night, stay connected throughout the week, and challenge one another to grow spiritually, physically, financially, and relationally with God at the center. This series gives listeners a look inside the kinds of conversations happening in that group, where men are learning to stop drifting, take ownership, and build lives with purpose. This episode focuses on the importance of structure. Freedom may sound like doing whatever feels good in the moment, but a life without structure usually leads to chaos, frustration, missed priorities, and inconsistent growth. Structure is not restriction. Structure protects what matters. Tom walks through why so many men live reactively instead of intentionally, confuse busyness with progress, and give their best energy to work while leaving their family, faith, and personal growth with the leftovers. Daily structure helps create margin, reduce decision fatigue, build confidence, and make room for the things that actually matter. This session challenges men to choose one daily non-negotiable, write down the three most important actions for each day, and share that plan with another man for accountability. Simple done daily beats complex done rarely. What would change if your days were built by design instead of default?

  4. Jul 27

    Built Men: Killing Drift (Part 2 of 8)

    In Episode 49 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman continues Part 2 of the 8-part Built Men series with a focused session on killing drift. Built Men is a growing brotherhood of faith-based men who meet virtually every Tuesday night, stay connected throughout the week, and challenge one another to grow with discipline, purpose, accountability, and God at the center. This series gives listeners a look into the conversations happening inside that group, where men are learning to stop drifting, take ownership, and build lives that hold steady. This episode is built around Hebrews 2:1 and the warning to give careful attention to what we have heard, so we do not let it slip. Drift rarely happens all at once. No man plans to drift away from God, his marriage, his purpose, his health, or his convictions. It usually starts quietly: skipping what once mattered, lowering standards little by little, getting too comfortable, becoming too busy, and tolerating what once would have been rejected. Tom talks about the cost of drift, including lost clarity, lost momentum, weakened leadership, and damaged relationships. He also explains why discipline is the anchor that keeps a man grounded. You do not fix drift with emotion. You fix it with awareness, intentionality, and action. This episode challenges men to identify one area where they have drifted, recommit to one discipline they stopped or softened, and tell another man where they are resetting. Where have you drifted, and what discipline do you need to return to?

  5. Jul 20

    Built Men: Discipline Over Motivation (Part 1 of 8)

    In Episode 48 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman begins Part 1 of an 8-part Built Men series with one of the most important foundations of growth: discipline over motivation. Built Men is a growing brotherhood of faith-based men who meet virtually every Tuesday night, stay connected throughout the week, and challenge one another to grow spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, and relationally with God at the center. This 8-part series gives listeners a glimpse into the kind of conversations happening inside that group, where men are learning to stop drifting, take ownership, and build lives marked by consistency, purpose, obedience, and accountability. This first part focuses on why motivation cannot be trusted. Feelings change. Energy comes and goes. Excuses show up easily. But discipline responds to commitment, not emotion. A man does not become strong because he feels ready every day. He becomes strong because he decides what matters, puts it on the calendar, and follows through when no one is watching. Tom also connects discipline to humility, leadership, and personal integrity. It is not enough to teach, lead, or encourage others from theory. Real influence comes from lived experience, consistency, and the willingness to do the work before asking others to do the same. This episode challenges men to choose one daily discipline, follow through no matter how they feel, and invite another man to hold them accountable. Discipline is not punishment. It is preparation. What would change in your life if you stopped waiting to feel motivated?

  6. Jul 6

    Built Men: Why Brotherhood Changes Everything with Ben Barichivich

    In Episode 47 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman sits down with Ben Barichivich for a conversation about broken homes, rebuilding after divorce, spiritual discipline, testimony, and the power of brotherhood. Ben shares how the divorce of his parents shaped his early life, how his own marriage later fell apart, and how those painful chapters forced him to stop trying to figure life out alone. What began as a surface-level walk with God became a deeper pursuit of prayer, fasting, accountability, and real surrender. This episode also explores what it means to break generational cycles. Sometimes the damage from the past does not disappear overnight, but children can still see the difference when a father chooses healing, discipline, honesty, and a new direction. The goal is not pretending the brokenness never happened. The goal is letting God restore what was broken and building something different from that point forward. Tom and Ben talk about the importance of sharing testimony without shame, creating trust through honesty, and why men need other men who are willing to challenge, encourage, and call them out when they begin to drift. The conversation also gives a deeper look into Built Men and the kind of brotherhood it is becoming: faith-driven men growing stronger spiritually, mentally, physically, financially, and relationally with God at the center. This is a conversation for any man who has been trying to carry everything by himself, wondering why the same patterns keep repeating, or searching for a clearer sense of purpose. What could change in your life if you stopped trying to fix it alone?

  7. Jun 29

    Men with Hearts: Raising the Next Generation of Leaders with Lee Adams

    In Episode 46 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman sits down with Lee Adams, founder of Men with Hearts, for an honest conversation about fatherhood, mentorship, redemption, and why boys need strong men in their lives. Lee shares his own story of growing up with love in his home, but without the consistent presence and direction he needed. He opens up about the pain, destructive choices, addiction, self-hatred, and searching that followed, along with the men God used to interrupt that cycle and show him what grace, accountability, and real mentorship looked like. That journey became part of the burden behind Men with Hearts: men of integrity raising the next generation of leaders. This is more than a group built around camping trips, Pinewood Derby races, archery, service projects, or events. Those activities create space for something deeper: relationships, trust, brotherhood, and boys watching men live out faith, responsibility, and service in real life. Tom and Lee also discuss the fatherlessness crisis, why men need more than careers and financial success to feel fulfilled, and how purpose often becomes clear when a man starts serving someone besides himself. The episode is a call for men to take off the mask, ask for help, answer the call of God, and become the kind of presence they may have needed when they were younger. Who is watching your life, and what are they learning from it?

  8. Jun 23

    What Anger Is Really Costing You with Pastor Glenn Williams

    In Episode 45 of Joy Hour, Tom Lyman sits down with his father-in-law, Pastor Glen Williams, for an honest conversation about anger, pride, forgiveness, marriage, and the work required to become a healthier man. Pastor Glen brings more than a decade of experience teaching anger management, substance abuse, domestic violence, and behavioral change through the NCTI curriculum and the On Track Life Enrichment Program. Together, he and Tom explore why anger is often misunderstood, why so many men refuse to admit they have a problem, and how pride can keep someone trapped in the same destructive patterns. The conversation looks closely at the connection between values, attitude, and behavior. A man may claim honesty, integrity, and faithfulness as core values, but when his behavior no longer reflects those values, frustration and anger often begin to build. Anger is not always the real problem. Sometimes it is the visible result of disappointment, hidden failure, unresolved pain, unmet expectations, or a life being lived out of alignment. Tom and Pastor Glen also discuss the difference between righteous anger and destructive anger, why anger itself is not automatically sinful, and how the response to anger determines where it leads. They examine the danger of unrealistic expectations, taking everything personally, refusing to ask for help, and allowing resentment to quietly grow. A major part of the episode focuses on forgiveness. Unresolved wounds from parents, spouses, childhood experiences, rejection, abuse, and personal failure can follow a person for years. Pastor Glen explains why forgiveness is necessary for healing, why men sometimes need to ask their own children for forgiveness, and how letting go of the past can change the way someone responds in the present. The conversation also addresses the damage uncontrolled anger can do to a marriage. Broken communication, lost trust, emotional distance, and unresolved conflict rarely appear overnight. They build when couples stop listening, stop forgiving, and stop allowing God to shape the way they respond to one another. This episode is a challenge to stop normalizing anger that is damaging a marriage, frightening children, destroying peace, or holding back purpose. Healing requires honesty, brotherhood, wise counsel, spiritual growth, and a willingness to change. What is your anger trying to reveal about what is really happening inside you?

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Welcome to Joy Hour with Tom Lyman. This is a faith-forward podcast for anyone who’s tired of surface-level answers and ready for honest conversations. We talk through the hidden struggles, the hard moments, and the quiet battles, with one goal: to find God’s joy and redemption right in the middle of real life.

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  • Creator
    Tom Lyman
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    52
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