255. Journey To Buck Commander With Parker Amos

What if you could spend an hour with the General Manager of Buck Commander, Parker Amos? Well, that's exactly what we did on this week’s episode of The Lion Within Us. Get comfortable as we journey alongside Parker from his humble upbringing in Auburn, Alabama, and his love for hunting and fishing, to his surprising audition with The Voice in 2017. Parker’s story doesn’t shy away from the hard truths. Navigating through the often-unspoken struggle with pornography, he sheds light on his path to recovery, the crucial role of accountability, and how he turned his life around for the better.

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Episode Transcript

Chris Grainger (00:03):
Welcome to The Lion Within Us, a podcast
serving Christian men who werehungry to be the leaders God
intends you to be.
I'm your host, chris Granger.
Let's jump in.
All right, guys, meet time.
I guess meet is the right wordfor this episode, because we are
going to have us a very specialguest with us today.
But before we get there, let'slook at our scripture.
Okay, so we're going to startoff with our scripture of the

(00:23):
week.
It's in the book of Romans,chapter 8, verse 17.
It says now, if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God
and co-heirs with Christ.
Don't miss that part, if indeedwe share in his sufferings in
order that we may also share inhis glory.
Guys, i really love that verse.
Go back and check out thespiritual kickoff.

(00:45):
I've spent a lot, so I'm tryingto unpack that.
I want to let you see how youare, wherever you're at in your
journey, a co-heir with Christ.
So today I'm excited, fellas wegot Parker Amos, who is
actually the general manager atBuck commander.
He is joining us today, solooking forward for you guys to
be able to hear this one.
This is a fun one, guys, but nodoubt this was a fun one.

(01:06):
So he was born and raised inAuburn, alabama.
He went to Auburn Universityand he relocated to West Monroe
in 20 of 20 now 2022 and Parkerand I we actually met then on
the plane when I was headed toLouisiana, headed to to meet to
meet Al and the duck guys thereon the under Shane podcast.

(01:27):
So I got a chance to meet AlField and Miss Kay and Si and
Jace the whole crew and we meton the plane and it was very
cool.
And Parker, he's a he's a avidhunter and fisherman.
His granddaddy introduced thatto him at a young age and he
just has a passion for theoutdoors.
And his story of how he wasraised in the church and then

(01:49):
how he fell off and how peoplepulled him back, the right.
He had the right man thatpulled him back so powerful and
now he's you know he is runninga business operation at Buck
commander and why the buck manout there doing their thing.
He's just.
He is just an amazing guy,fellas.
I thought his story wassomething that we wanted to

(02:09):
share on the line with Dennis,so hopefully you guys gonna
enjoy this one.
I really did.
And again, parker, he's out ofWest Monroe.
Now he lives with his wife,freddie.
I you want to see him go startglowing.
You get him talking about hiswife.
I mean, it's that dude, it'sjust it was really awesome to
see how he spoke so, just sopositive about his marriage and

(02:30):
the strength that they havetogether as husband and wife and
we're just gonna pray that Goddoes got great things for them
and their marriage as they moveforward.
But those, i'm telling yougonna enjoy this one.
Sit back, enjoy thisconversation with Parker.
So, parker, welcome to the linewith Dennis.
How you doing today, man?

Parker Amos (02:51):
man doing great.
Thanks so much for having meexcited to be here now.

Chris Grainger (02:54):
I'm excited to have you here, man.
I feel like we can't even getstarted without telling the
listeners out there how we metinside with the listeners so
many.
You want to kind of unpack thatfor a second absolutely so.

Parker Amos (03:07):
Me and my buddy, christian.
We we obviously live here inWest Monroe, louisiana, and we
have flown to Atlanta for theweekend for one of our buddies
weddings to quick 24-hour trip.
Well, we're getting on theplane to fly back to Monroe and
I sit down and happen to sitnext to Chris and we start

(03:28):
talking and find out he's comingto West Monroe to be on the
Understanding Podcast.
So I work for Buck Commander,so I know the family and very
familiar with the podcast.
So it's just really cool howour God crossed our paths and
what are the odds right that wesat next to each other on the
plane it was pretty cool it wascool man.

Chris Grainger (03:48):
I remember too, when you first sat down you were
asking the story is if youcould change seats, cuz you
wanted to sit next to Christians.

Parker Amos (03:54):
I'm glad she said no, that's right, that's right
this was cool by me.

Chris Grainger (04:00):
I, when you pulled your Bible out, i'm like,
yeah, alright, i'm sitting nextto a good dude here.
So it was.
It was a just man, one of thoseGod moments, for sure, and I'm
just excited to have you here.
And you know, you were verygracious to me.
I shared it on another episodeof how gracious you were to show
me around the, the, the, the,the commander and Buck Commander
headquarters there, and thatwas just awesome to see what you

(04:23):
guys got going on.
So, man, i'm anxious for toshare your story and maybe,
before you get into that, giveus a little fun fact about you
or something.
Parker, maybe something notmany people know about you.
I know that, again, it's goinghere okay, interesting fact.

Parker Amos (04:38):
I'll start with this.
Most people I don't think youknow this, but most people that
know me know that I do sing andlead, worship and join music but
, on top of that, actuallyauditioned for the voice in 2017
it was a pretty crazy story atthe time had a snapchat and
there was a little functionwhere you could send in a quick

(05:00):
video of yourself into the voiceand they would potentially
feature it on the show.
I was a freshman in college atthe time.
I said, okay, one, i don't justsend in a 30 second video.
So I did it, didn't think twiceabout it.
Six months later, i get anemail from a producer at the
voice saying hey, we receivedyour video.
We love what you sent.
We'd love for you to come tryout for the show.

(05:21):
Well, i thought it was a scambecause they were like if you,
if you're interested in signingup for the show, they wanted my
name, address, social securitynumber, you know my parents
names, anyone else kind of infoto verify who I was.
So I thought it was a scam.
But come to find out it wasactually legit, ended up flying
out to Dallas and auditioning inthis recording studio, and so I

(05:44):
made a little bit of a way butunfortunately never made it on
the show.
But it was still a super coolexperience and, yeah, not many
people know that, but it wassuper cool that was awesome, man
, so I'm not gonna make you singfor us today, but, man, that's
awesome yeah, it was a lot offun heck yeah, i did not get the
spiritual gift of singing man,so that's, that's.

Chris Grainger (06:06):
God didn't give me that one, so I'm glad you got
it.
That's awesome, buddy.
So now, enjoy it well, man, i'mpacking a little bit of force
about your journey.
We love to just hear you guystestimonies.
It's always fun for ourlisteners just to hear the
testimony of others and you knowhow God moved in your life.
So I mean, start back as far asyou want, just kind of unpack
as to where you're at now yeah,absolutely feel free to

(06:29):
interrupt me, point to ask mesome questions.

Parker Amos (06:33):
But I'm originally born and raised in Auburn,
alabama, which is where myfamily was from as well.
I grew up in an awesome family.
Both of my parents were alsoraised in church and so you know
, i couldn't really tell you thefirst time I heard about Jesus,
just because it was just alwaysa part of our lives, and every
time the doors open at church,from before I could talk or walk

(06:55):
, we were there, and so that waskind of that very enriched in
our family, and so I'm great,very grateful for that.
It's done a lot to shape the Iam today, and so when I was
seven years old, prayed a prayerto accept Christ and was
baptized there.
So, and from there I stayedpretty active in the church.
You know I was an RA ratherthan bastards, from my bad to

(07:17):
sprints out there you don't knowwho that is and continue to get
pretty plugged in.
But I must say you know,understood what the gospel was.
I understood who Christ was.
I feel like as much as I could.
But you know, really I feellike it was.
It was merely just an outwardthing, it was very legalistic,
it was very I just gotta obeythis and I gotta do that, and it

(07:41):
was really my.
I didn't feel like I truly hada heart change.
I just wanted other people toperceive me as godly.
I wanted to have that outwardlyactions, but I didn't really
care too much about truly beinga godly person, it just was just
about acting godly.
And so as I got on in juniorhigh, in high school, i told

(08:02):
myself, well, i'm gonna continueto be the godly guy, but I can
hang out with whoever I want tothe guys that are drinking, you
know, the wrong girls, thingslike that and this is not gonna
affect me.
You know, i'm good, i'm strongenough to stand on my own.
Well, ultimately, you know it,my foundation was revealed that
it really wasn't.
Christ, as you know, wentthrough some hard breakups and

(08:24):
again continue.
Let those outward influencesaffect me like friends.
And so I kind of kind of hitrock bottom after pretty hard
break, break up, got intodrinking, got into hooking up
with girls and things like that.
And I looked up and I didn'trecognize myself.
But luckily I had a couple ofmy best friends at the time
their families were helpingstart a new church in Auburn or

(08:46):
we lived and they just invitedme to come one Sunday night.
I was just 50 or so people, youknow, just some families and a
pastor, and and once I startedgoing there, about a month or so
in, i feel like I truly had amoment with God where I truly
understood the forgiveness thatJesus offers through his,

(09:08):
through his sacrifice, throughhis resurrection, and truly
understood the gospel.
It went from just all that headknowledge that I had, all those
scriptures that I could quote,but it actually went into my
heart, right.
Actually, that relationshipwith God started where it wasn't
just a religion, you know, itwas an actual relationship with
God, just like it says in John17 this is eternal life.

(09:31):
That they know, you, you knowit's not just about ascribing to
a set of rules, it's abouttruly knowing God.
And so that was a big shift forme.
It was pretty hard, it reallywas a hit to my pride because
for that, for 17 years of mylife, that time I thought that,
you know, i was saved.
I thought I was, i was on theright path, but I realized that

(09:52):
I really wasn't.
It was funny.
I was thinking about it.
Yesterday, after church, thepastor preached on John 3 and
about the story of Nicodemus.
And, yeah, obviously familiarwith the story, you've got
someone who couldn't be morerighteous, right and the eyes of
men, and Nicodemus right.
He was a spiritual leader atthe time, he knew all the right
words to say, he knew all thethings, but he truly wasn't born

(10:15):
again, and that's what GodJesus ultimately helped him.
Try to realize is that, hey,you can, you can do all the
right things, you can say allthe right things, but that's not
enough.
You can never be good enough toget to me.
It's about being born again,and so obviously I'm not saying
I was as righteous as Nicodemusby any means, but it was a
similar journey for me where,yeah, it went from hey, i knew

(10:37):
everything, i could sayeverything, i was truly born
again from God, and so thenagain, that was a big shift for
me.
I had to leave a lot of thingsbehind in my life that were hard
, like friends.
Friends were, you know, thebiggest influence I had.
My passion at the time told methat, hey, if you tell me your
five best friends are, and I'lltell you where your future's

(10:57):
headed and you know it's kind ofa common thing to say, but that
was a truly something I had toconsider and because of having
people like my pastor to comearound me, they really helped me
make that shift.
That was hard.
So just encouraging anyone elselistening that, hey, you know I
can't be one of the hardestthings to do once you decide to
follow Christ to say I'm gonnaleave behind people that maybe

(11:19):
even own your whole life butyou're really close friends to,
to go, hey, we can't.
I can't be super close to you.
We can't hang out every nightor every day.
There's gonna be friends, butat a certain extent, if it's
gonna continue to bring you down, yeah, you get into a place
where you can actually encouragethem.
It's not, it's not gonna befruitful.
So, anyways, that was a bigshift for me.

Chris Grainger (11:42):
Well, you know.

Parker Amos (11:42):
I'll say man.

Chris Grainger (11:43):
It's like one of those things they're either
gonna pull you closer to God orpull you, pull you further away
from God more, or the two.
You know you have to be socareful on that.
I'm curious too, man, beforeyou go much further Me.
You grew up in a Christian home.
You know sound like you had adrug problem.
You know when the doors areopen they drug you to the church
, right.
That was the only drug problem.

Parker Amos (12:01):
Yeah, right, i mean .

Chris Grainger (12:02):
So that's a problem to have and you had
obviously a lot of goodinfluences around you.
Yet still, you know you wentthrough a couple breakups and
then how quickly and easily Wecan, you know, kind of go down
our own path and want to do itthat way.
Just curious, man, do you see?
because I see that that's likea very common story with a lot

(12:22):
of guys that I talked with.
You know, we get saved, but wedon't have those guys That are
really that iron-staffling, irontype guys that are checking us
and trying to, hey, you know,quit going down that way.
You know, and it sounds likeyou were I'm not trying to put
words in mouth Was that kind ofthe case, or did you have those
guys?
you just weren't listening tothem.

Parker Amos (12:43):
Yeah, i would say I feel like I had, you know, my
core group of close friends.
You know I pause of influenceand, but like I had people in
church, you know, youth groupleaders or mentors and things
like that, i did have thosepeople telling me the right
things and wanting to guide me.
So I think, on one hand, iwasn't listening, but then again

(13:06):
I wasn't.
I Wasn't willing to getvulnerable and honest about
where I really was.
You know, I just wanted to putup the mask in the facade and it
was just my pride that saidthough I'm good, i'm okay, i'm
not struggling, i'm fine.
That was my biggest.
That was my biggest thing.
As I look back, people that dohave a similar story to me that

(13:28):
you know, grew up in church andall this know the right things
to say I feel like that's almosta harder spot To be in, because
you think you're good, versussomeone who's just Lived in the
world, don't know anything aboutGod, you know something like
that.
It might be a little easier forthem to realize their need for
Christ.
You know, it almost can be aharder place to be in.
So, again, i would say that itwas really just my pride and my

(13:49):
unwillingness to be honest andreal and vulnerable about Where
I was really at and where werethere like the relationships
with those, some of thoseleaders you were talking.

Chris Grainger (13:59):
I'm just I'm sorry I was hard to pull at this
a little bit.
I'm trying to understand Didthose people that were speaking
into your life, that wereobviously trying to help you,
did they have a realrelationship with you?
Do they know Parker, like thereal Parker, or was that kind of
surface level type of you knowI, you know these people there,

(14:19):
acquaintances, because there'sone thing that just I call me,
like you, 3 am Buddies.
that's the guys who you calland you know they're gonna pick
up at 3 o'clock in the morning,they're gonna be there on your
way and sometimes it's as in thechurch, we kind of had those
Sunday buddies, you know, orWednesday night, or we're going
to you trip, we'll have whatwill connect, but outside of
those church events We're reallynot.

(14:41):
We're really not close.
I mean, were those guys likethe 3 am Guys or were they more
of that surface level?

Parker Amos (14:49):
Yeah, they were definitely more surface level.
You know, we'd see each otherat church and that wasn't.
It wasn't.
It wasn't really the people Iwas, i was doing life with.
But I can't, you know, to oneextent I Just I hate to to blame
them totally for that because,again, i could have been more,
like I was saying, i could havebeen more honest and open About
where I was.
That you know, right.

(15:10):
That's another thing.
It's like people can ask youhow you doing?
you say I'm doing good, okay,great, good to see you.
That's right.
They could have pressed more,but then I could have been more
honest, right?
So yeah, you know.

Chris Grainger (15:21):
No doubt.
I mean, anytime I hear likeblessed and highly favored, i'm
like, yes, i'm really going onwith that guy, right, that's a
flag for me, man.
I'm like, all right, kevin wasreally happening there, bro.
So I mean, but it's common,dude, we see this all time
within church where it's justlike we just be high five, we
fist bump, we whatever, but wenever really want to open up,
like you said that you said thekey work a couple times be

(15:43):
vulnerable, be real.
We don't want to do thatsometimes with people and and I
totally get it, that's why Ithink Jesus really points us to
that relationship.
You want that relationship somuch and I'm just thankful You
mentioned there was a couple ofyou buddies who did pick you up
and point you back in thedirection.
So it's sound like those guyswere really, you know, pretty
influential for you.

Parker Amos (16:05):
Absolutely.
And and just to hit on thatvulnerability, because that
really was the ship, you know, ithink that growing up, one of
my biggest things again, justbecause I was grew, i grew up in
church, my family was superinvolved I just I felt this
pressure that I always had to beperfect.
Now I feel like I couldn'treally be vulnerable.
You know, even in my home Itwas like alright, everybody's

(16:26):
good.
We never talked about what waswrong and about the struggles.
It was just you have to be goodall the time And just anytime
you're sad, angry, struggling,you, just you just press that
down.
You know so for me it'sstarting about middle school.
I got introduced to pornographyAnd that pretty quickly became a
pretty serious problem, wasaddicted pretty quickly.

(16:49):
But you know, i would, i would,i had that super buried in, i
shared it.
You know, a few times peoplemaybe knew through things like
that, but I would just share it,maybe better for a week or a
month, right, and then it wouldjust come back.
You know it was truly anaddiction, you know so.
But again, once I got laid onin life, got better friends and

(17:11):
people are like, hey, youactually, i won't ever forget it
, i was.
It seemed so simple, yeah, butI was at Chick-fil-A Look up my
buddies, couple of my pastorsand at this time, and I went to
start going to New Church.
It has asked me to go tobreakfast And one morning we're
all just sitting there kind ofgoing through the word and one
on just stop, said alright, iwant everybody to go around,

(17:31):
share the one thing that youdon't want to share What's
really?
what's really going on?
What do you hide?
Everybody share And it just itwas a simple moment, was a
simple question.
You know what, in some Powerfulworship moment out of a youth
group or a Sunday morning outwhat?
in this big moment, it was justsomebody going, hey, what's
really going on, where youreally, at That, opened a door

(17:55):
for a serious life change and sothat'll go.
Hey, guys, i've been addictedto pornography.
I guess it was, you know, sixor seven years at the time.
Right, and once I truly openedup about that and have people
point me to the truth of thegospel and and Daily, weekly,
checking in on me, make me bevulnerable, putting thing, you
know, protective browsers, makethem practical steps to freedom

(18:19):
Was really a big shift to that,but you got to have people in
your life that not only check onyou But make a safe space to
where you can really you canreally say what's going on.
You can't, you like my life'shard.
I'm stressed, i'm anxious, youknow, whatever, no, like what's.
What are you stressed about?
What are you anxious aboutreally creating that safe place
for you?
Because we have that in thefather.

(18:40):
He is the safest place.
But we need those brothers andsisters, just like James five.
We confess our sins to eachother and we pray for each other
, will be healed.
I mean, that's a practical Step, that's real and I've seen it
happen in my life so many times,and so when I actually started
walking in that, i Saw a lot offreedom.

Chris Grainger (18:58):
Amen.
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(20:02):
So, parker, i gotta pull itthis a little bit, man, because
this is something.
I've actually had some reallygood opportunities to interview
some.
Some guys have made a bigimpact So far.
It's helping me and withpornography.
And one of them was Fred Stokeris very recent.
He wrote every man's battle.

(20:23):
That's one of.
You know.
Go to Christian books When itcomes to dealing with
pornography and it's justrunning rampant in the church.
It's almost like a churchdoesn't know what to do about it
, right, man?
And now it's.
Even the stats are showing thatit's impacting women even more
than men.
I'm the numbers going, becausethe way the porn industry works

(20:44):
And I'm actually interviewingsomeone from that industry, you
know they're coming on the showto talk about they were, they
were actually in that industryand they left.
They found Christ and But theway it works, man, they, they're
catering to that female crowdand it's very interesting to see
how it works.
So now I'm not just in ourchurch, do we have this like 80
something guys who have, youknow, either looked at or look
at porn on a regular basis?

(21:05):
But it's, it's affecting thewomen too.
And you said middle school, man, i got two middle schoolers
right now to live my house.
The realities it's out there,man, i mean it.
It's like you can't.
If you hand your kids an opensmartphone with no protection,
you might as well just hand thema loaded pistol, i mean it's
that, yeah, that dangerous.

(21:26):
So I mean, how are you accessingthat type of stuff at that
early age man?
Was it through smart devicesand things like that?

Parker Amos (21:33):
Yeah, i got a.
I was given an iPad.
You know they just came outtime the first iPad that came
out, and I had it, obviously formusic and games and movies or
whatever.
But yeah, that's where I foundit And there was no protection
or anything.
I can't they blame my parentsfor that.
It definitely wasn't as talkedabout then, especially how you
can restrict it, but that's howI got into it and I was always

(21:56):
had older friends as wellgrowing up, and so that was also
an influence.
You know it's a middle school,they were in junior high, they'd
already been looking at it, sothey would show it to me and,
right, it's created thatcuriosity.

Chris Grainger (22:09):
Yeah, it's just very common man, so I'm so happy
that you were able to.
It sounds like that onequestion.
I wrote it down.
That's a powerful one.
I'm when you said mydiscipleship group is One thing
you didn't want to share.
Sometimes it just takes thatwillingness as a leader just to
be able to say stuff like thatand actually Just open up that
door, and sometimes you have togo first.

(22:30):
Right It goes.
Guys don't want your first, andI think that's off to you for
for stepping in that opportunity, because it sounds like that
was where a significant momentfor your life of change happened
.

Parker Amos (22:41):
Yep, absolutely, and, and I will say I think it
was about I can remember thetimeline correctly It was about
eight or nine months After.
That moment Was the last time Ilooked at pornography, even
still to this date.
So praise God for that.
It's only because of him, but,yeah, just to encourage people.

(23:03):
You know it's, once you makethat confession, when you step
out into the light really forthe first time, it's kind of the
beginning of the journey, right, it's not.
So, i confess time.
Good, you know, let's move on.
Right, you know it's.
It really takes thataccountability.
It's.
It's like that was years andyears of my life.
At that time my brain had beenso formed by that I was truly

(23:27):
chained to it and so it reallyit would get better, right, i
would go a month or two outlooking at it, or a couple weeks
, you know, it definitely wasn'tevery day still during that
time, right, as I continue tolearn What it was truly doing to
me, how it was cropped my mindand my heart and the effects on
it.
I believe it's secondCorinthians for sex on my doubt,

(23:49):
i'll get to the verse later Butwhere it says all other sins a
person commits outside one'sbody.
But whoever sends sexually sinsagainst their own body
literally says that sexual sinhas a different impact on us
Than other sins.
So, really understanding Whatit was doing to me and what it

(24:10):
was costing me, not only now butto my future family, my future
marriage, those things I, whenyou understand the cost it
helped me go.
Okay, this is not worth it.
This is the enemy's been lyingto me and I've got to see it for
what it is.

Chris Grainger (24:27):
I'm just thankful that you saw it, man,
because there's so many guys outthere that think that there's
no escape from it, right?
And one thing Fred and I talkedabout at length was so much at
times.
it's not sexually driven, it maystart off as a sexual driver,
like because you were a youngadolescent and I'm sure it was
pretty.
You know that was just a trailyou wanted to go down, but most

(24:47):
of the time now the stats showedthe guys that get sucked into
that it's stress, it's anotherdriver, it's not sexually
related, you know.
Maybe it's financial burdens orthings that are going on with
work or things that's just goingon with your health or whatever
it is, and it's a way to gaincontrol.
And once you start connectingdots the way, man, this is not
really a sexual desire.

(25:08):
This is a way I'm responding tosomething else in my life.
Man, you can really, you know.
But I also appreciate how yousaid.
It's not cold turkey, it's likeyou can just lay this stuff
down.
Sometimes there's a process youhave to work through, but that
accountability, man, it's soimportant.
So I just appreciate yousharing that, bro, because
that's real right there.

Parker Amos (25:28):
Yeah, now I hope it encourages somebody Like I said
.
You know, because I felt thesame way that you just said,
like hey, there's no way out,like I'm addicted.
I got literally remember therewould be nights where I'm like
man, i don't want to do this.
I would.
A practical step I would takeis like it would use.
It happened for me at night Andso I was like, okay, i'm going
to start reading my Bible atnight.

(25:49):
You know, just let's, let's trythis Something, a common tip
that someone told me you knowknow your triggers, know when
that's going to happen, knowwhen you're tempted to do it and
try to replace it withsomething else.
Don't try to be alone duringthat time.
You know, like, right, be, beprogressive in action.
And there would be times whereI would read my Bible at night
and it'd be great.
And then a couple of minutesand then bam, i would still fall

(26:11):
into it.
You know, even though I wasjust trying, i was like man.
It's full of hopeless and youfeel so chained to it.
But the more you let thereality of the gospel come in,
that we're no longer slaves tosin anymore, it doesn't have
control over us, you can trulywalk in that freedom.
So I think it's justcontinually having to walk into
that and surrender in every daythat can really help you get

(26:34):
free.

Chris Grainger (26:35):
Right, we're in that whole process of
sanctification, man.
I mean just constantly, dayafter day, just growing close to
him.
I think that far I didn't knowthat you were going to bring
this up and say I'm learningwith the listeners now.
But I mean, but this, this is,this is real guys.
I mean, you gotta, you've heardhow Parker dealt with this and
we've had other guests sharevery similar stories.

(26:55):
But I think, too, having thataccountability, like we have a
couple of guys within ourcommunity right now, within our
line within this community, butthat I'm their accountability
partner And I just I give themencouragement because the
biggest thing is like, look bro,you brought this in the light.
Finally, this is not in thedark now, and that's are we
going to fix this overnight?
No, we're not going to fix itovernight, but you, you exposed

(27:18):
it to the light And if it's outthere, you'll be able to work
through it And I, you know I'llbe able to have accountability
for you and things like that.
But man, it's just soencouraging because so many guys
out there feel like that's,they're defined by that right,
this, i, i watch porno andthat's what I do, and I'm like
no, that does not have.
You don't have to be defined bythat.
You don't crisis when it getsto define you.

(27:39):
Yep.

Parker Amos (27:41):
Absolutely.

Chris Grainger (27:43):
Well, man, walk us a little further.
So you, you overcame thepornography And then you said
you went to Auburn, by the way,how does that work?
And you worked with the duckguys for big LSU fans.
You know Auburn guys, yeah.

Parker Amos (27:58):
No, it's been fun for sure.
I went to Auburn the grip ofhuge Auburn family, you know,
living in Auburn, alabama, andstuff in the community Didn't
apply to any other school.
It was always a die hard Auburnfan And so went there, had a
tremendous time Again, we'vealready hit it, touched on a
little bit, but just had areally great community of guys

(28:20):
that were around me and thatreally led to me having a great
college experience.
I didn't praise God, Didn't,you know, bought into the
drinking scene and my girlfriendanything like that, just
because I did have that goodcommunity and college.
So, as that college I met one ofmy best friends, christian Huff
.
We stayed friends throughcollege and we ended up getting

(28:41):
married about the same time.
He ended up marrying marryingSadie Robertson, willie's
daughter, and so that's kind ofhow we got connected to the
Robertson family and ended upworking for a buck commander.
But it's what's funny is mywife.
actually she got offered a jobfrom Sadie first.
Like I said, once we gotmarried around the same time, we
became close friends with themand Sadie's ministry, liv

(29:04):
Original.
They reached girls all over theworld and they really needed a
counselor to be able to walkthrough some really hard stuff
with all the girls that theyreached, and they wanted to have
someone who was actuallytrained to handle that.
And so my wife was in gradschool at the time at Auburn to
be a mental health counselor,and so she reached out to her

(29:25):
and said, hey, we'd love to haveyou as a part of the team.
We prayed about it.
It took me a little longer tocome around.
I thought I was going to die inAuburn.
I loved it and never wanted toleave it And my family was there
and everything Tremendouschurch.
But God had other plans and manam I thankful.
So we decided to make the movehere to here.

(29:47):
But we still had a couplemonths.
We actually moved and in thattime Willie reached out to me.
He had a job opening with buckcommander, and so it all, just
Lord.
The Lord really just worked itall out in his perfect way and
his perfect timing.
So we moved here in May of lastyear's has been a little over
here now and we're loving it.

Chris Grainger (30:07):
That is so awesome, man.
I mean, how far is Auburn fromWest Monroe?

Parker Amos (30:13):
It's about a six and a half hour drive, so it's a
little further than just youknow scooting over there.
But yeah, it's not.
it's not awful.

Chris Grainger (30:22):
Okay, but you do got a plan that you're not just
going to have, you're going tohave to hop over here after
church one day, right?

Parker Amos (30:27):
No, no, yeah.

Chris Grainger (30:27):
Not at all.
Well, that's awesome, and so Imean that's so.
I didn't realize that's how youmet, where you met Christian at
two.
So, starting, the dots arestarting to come together.
And, man, let's, let's take aquick break because I want to
dig into when Willie gave you acall.
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So, parker, you get that phonecall from Willie and talking
about an opportunity.
But, commander, what was thatmoment like?
Walk us through that.

Parker Amos (32:06):
Yeah.
So it was super cool.
It started with Christian.
He called me and said, hey,look, i know you're looking at
moving here and Willie has a jobopening.
You know, would you be willingto talk to him?
I was like, yeah, i mean, ofcourse, why not?
I was working for my dad at thetime.
He has his own business and Iwas doing sales And I was
traveling a ton all over theSoutheast, northeast, midwest

(32:26):
and really everywhere.
So I was like, well, i can justkeep doing that And my nose got
an airport.
I'll just keep traveling andI'm good.
But I was like, hey, i'llcertainly be open to it.
So when Willie called me, he wasactually originally looking to
hire an assistant, his assistant, johnny D.

(32:47):
A lot of people know he'dworked with him for 10 years.
They're actually family.
But he decided to go work forhis family's business and needed
somebody else, and so we talked.
We really got along, had somedepth, with some similarities in
our stories, but unfortunatelyat the time it was still going
to be that time.
It was going to be about eightor nine months before we could

(33:07):
actually move to Monroe.
So it was like, look, i want tohire you, but I can't go that
long without an assistant.
So if anything else he's like,i'll keep my eyes open.
If we have another opening I'llcall you, but I just promote
the office.
I don't think it's a good move.
I said absolutely Not, as if wedon't get it, no problem.
So that was in like October, andthen January 1st I get an email

(33:29):
saying hey, i need a newgeneral manager for Buc
commander.
Great job, lots of fun.
Let me know if you'reinterested.
I was like, wow, that soundssuper great.
I love hunting, grew up huntingand that sounds like a much
better fit for me.
And so we kind of emailed backand forth.
It took a month or so before wecould get on the phone.
He's super busy And we talkedabout it and yet just worked out

(33:52):
, worked out really great.
So it's crazy, since then myjob's changed a lot.
I came in doing that andcertainly he's mentored me a lot
, helped me grow a lot, and Iactually did spend some time
being his assistant also inaddition to managing Buc
commander.
He needed that for a few monthsand just travel everywhere with

(34:14):
him and kept his schedule.
It was super crazy, super fun,learned a lot of stuff.
But it's transitioning now backto just doing Buc commander,
which is great.
It was just too much to kind ofdo both those responsibilities
at once and doing both the well.
So yeah, loving Buc commander,we're ready for the hunting
season.
It's coming up quick.

Chris Grainger (34:33):
It is man, so tell us out there, for the guys
that are listening about Buccommander.
maybe not everybody's familiarwith it.
So what do you guys do?
What's the ultimate goal withthe mission behind it And what
your day to day there?

Parker Amos (34:45):
Yeah, quick backstory.
Buc commander was founded byWillie Robertson in 2006.
He had taken over as CEO of Duccommander just a few years
prior to that from his familyAnd so he loved deer hunting.
He does it now way more thanduck hunting.
He would don't know that, buthe wanted to start something,

(35:06):
that he wanted to start his ownthing, even though he's doing
duck commander at the same time.
So they grabbed a couple of hisfriends and started Buc
commander, this outdoor huntingbrand, and really since then the
majority of what Buc commanderhas been as a hunting show.
So we were on the outdoorchannel for over 10 years.
We do sell some products reallyit's just merch and then a
couple of grunt calls.

(35:27):
We've worked a lot of companiesover the year for different
licensing partners.
We've had other products suchas crossbows and things like
that.
That's really been the bulk ofwhat our company is just a show
And we've got a lot of otherexciting things in the work
right now.
But for me as general manager,day to day, just keeping up with
our books and keeping up withour finances I work with all of

(35:47):
our sponsors, partners,licensing deals, just trying to
grow the business and make surewe obviously make money, keep
all the partners happy.
The other people that are apart of Buc commander as the
show, the main personalities, ifyou will is Luke Bryan, jason
Aldean, tom Bo Martin, adamLaRoch, ryan Langerhans, tyler

(36:09):
Far and obviously Willie Roberts, and all those guys are
actually owners in the business,but they're the main
personalities of Buc commander.
Now their families and friendsalso are involved, but that's
definitely the core of who weare.
So we travel with them aroundthe country as they hunt and do
other fun stuff.
But what makes this different asfar as a hunting show goes is
most hunting shows are superserious all the time, which you

(36:30):
know isn't a bad thing, butreally really wanted to bring
the entertainment side to it.
You know the fun of deer camp.
You know it's not just aboutkilling the big deer, right,
it's a lot of.
You have just as much funhanging out with your buddies in
camp, cutting up, you know,messing with each other, pranks,
all that fun stuff.
So we really wanted to bringthat to life where there's
someone in Buc commander deercamp that you can relate to in

(36:52):
your deer camp, right, you'vegot somebody like Willie who
sleeps in but then still getslucky and kills the biggest deer
, or somebody like Tom Bo whoshoots everything they see.
You've got people, maybe likeJason, who don't come to camp
all the time because they'resuper busy at work, you know.
So we just try to make it superrelatable compared to some of
the other hunting shows.
So that's just kind of the gist.

Chris Grainger (37:13):
That's really cool man, and I know I saw on
the I was doing a lot ofresearch just trying to get
ready for you know conversation.
Like you guys are doing a lotwith land management too, which
is awesome because you're takingthat step of helping others out
there.
So if you want to unpack any ofthat, i'd love to hear you know
what that looks like now.

Parker Amos (37:32):
Yeah, yeah, we're super excited to launch that.
It's a.
It's not even actuallyofficially launched, but video
coming out this summer to reallypush that.
But you know, we basically wantto take all the knowledge and
expertise we've learned and frommanaging deer on our properties
and provide that for all of ourlisteners and followers.
So we've got DJ Stakely.

(37:54):
He's worked at the E3 Ranch inSoutheast Kansas, which Adam
LaRoche owns.
He lives there and he's managedthat for three or four years
and he's really taken it to thenext level.
Year in, year out, they'rekilling 200-inch deer there And
it's really, really impressive.
And so we want to be able to gookay, say, chris, you've got a
couple hundred acres in NorthCarolina, but a minimum.

(38:16):
We can come in and we can dosome consulting for you.
So we come to your propertyright around, find out what your
goals are.
You want to shoot more deer,bigger deer, want to hold more
ducks in your property, so onand so forth.
We can write you a plan thattells you exactly how to get to
that point And even further.
We can actually come in and dothat work for you So we can

(38:38):
plant food plots, we can createmore habitat, put up blinds, you
know, do some feeding for you,so we can really be a turnkey
solution, not only improve yourland and your property, but get
you everything you need.
Also, if you want to do ityourself, as far as equipment
and blinds or tree stands,anything like that, so reach out

(38:59):
to us if you're interested.

Chris Grainger (39:01):
Yeah, I mean I watched a video about burn
management in one of y'all'svideos.
That was really cool, man.
Just stuff I never thought ofor learned, You know.
It was very educational.
But also I can see how it canhelp so many people out there
who want to do their part Andnot just, you know, take down
the big buck, but help, do whatthey can to help grow them, you

(39:21):
know, and take that to the nextlevel.
So hats off to you.
I'll be praying that that goeswell for you guys.

Parker Amos (39:27):
Thank you.
Yeah, we're really excited.
You know, the main two peoplethat we feel like, two type of
people that we thought we canhelp, is the person that just
doesn't know a lot.
Right, maybe they didn't have adad who got them into hunting
or grew up doing it And theyreally want to do it.
They just don't have theeducation.
We want to come in and help youdo that.
Or, if you're just super busyyou're a grinder at work and you

(39:47):
just don't have the time tospend every other weekend at
your property burning andcutting and clearing and hanging
and planting you want to beable to come in and help you too
, where you can roll into yourcamp and deer season and be good
to go.
So, yeah, the end goal iscertainly helping people and
just taking what we've learnedand help other people have
similar experiences.

Chris Grainger (40:08):
Oh man, i'm curious.
You got some big personalitiesthat you've listed there as the
Buckman.
I was doing my research onthose guys too, and what is it
like working with them?
I mean, i gotta know, man, whenyou guys have a, do you have
more meetings, do you guys gettogether, and what does that
look like?
I can only imagine the fun thatgoes down in those meetings.

Parker Amos (40:27):
Yeah, so because of who they are, everybody's super
busy, obviously, so we don'tget together as a full crew all
the time.
I worked here a little over ayear and we've only done that
once.
It was about a month or so agoin Nashville at Luke's house.
We had to do an interview andsome photos.
We were able to have a meetingand get together.
But, yeah, it's certainly a funtime.
There's never a dull moment.

(40:48):
Because of their schedule, someare obviously a lot more
involved than others Becausethey have the time to be.
So, yeah, it's been super fun,but I certainly talk to some of
them more than others.
But I guess what they got mehere for they don't have all day
, every day.
I think about Buckman.

Chris Grainger (41:06):
Right.
I mean, what is it like, though, man?
I mean, you've been at Buckmanor Lube a year.
That first meeting where you'rethere with Luke, brian, jason,
nadine and Willie, i mean youhave this moment of like wow,
i'm really here with these guys.
I mean, what does that?

Parker Amos (41:19):
work.

Chris Grainger (41:20):
I feel like for you.

Parker Amos (41:21):
Absolutely, man.
It was super surreal,especially, you know, following
those guys.
My whole life always lovedcountry music and always loved,
you know, their music and thingslike that.
So it was certainly surreal.
You know, the 16 year old mewould have been flipping out and
not playing it cool by anymeans, but you know I had to
play it cool and treat thoseguys just like anybody else.
I know that's what they wanted.
So that was certainly my goaljust love them and serve them.

(41:44):
But yeah, it was certainlysurreal.

Chris Grainger (41:48):
Well, i was reading a couple of their
profiles and I thought it wasawesome that so many of those
guys had had some mention offaith element or Christ element
or Jesus element.
I mean I'm curious when youguys get together or for Buck
Commander in general, is thatyou know?
where does that?
obviously we know where it's at.
We're duck commander with fieldand the things that he said in

(42:09):
place, but I'm assuming allthose things kind of correlated
with Buck Commander.
but how does the faith elementyou know come into the business
as well?

Parker Amos (42:17):
Yeah, no, absolutely So.
Willie is.
You know, he's the CEO of BuckCommander as well.
He founded it.
He certainly sets the tone, Hesets the pace of the company And
he just just like duckcommander right, Faith, family
ducks.
You know, faith, family bucks,It really does translate.
It's definitely a spiritualatmosphere.
I mean, we we baptized somebodyinto your camp, you know, this

(42:38):
past year, So that's kind oflets you in on it.
It's certainly something thatcomes up.
Everybody has a good time whenI'm hanging out.
But I was able to go to campjust a few times this past year,
a little bit to film, a littlebit just to hang out and hunt,
And I think pretty much everytime faith was coming up.
You know, these guys areactually checking in on each
other and making sureeverybody's doing all right,

(42:59):
making sure everybody's seekingGod, And so it's been super
encouraging to me, you know,because I'm super young,
obviously, and most of theseguys could be my dad or these
molecular or something you knowas far as age goes.
So it's super cool to see themand tell they lead their
families, tell they lead theirbusinesses and just look to
encourage each other.
Well, you know their camps easyto show up, hang out and never

(43:20):
really get deep, you know, neverreally checking on each other.
These guys do do that, So it'sbeen very encouraging to see.

Chris Grainger (43:27):
Man, you got hats off to what you guys are
doing And he also mentioned,before we start recording,
another camp that was veryChrist centered.
I want to give you anopportunity to talk about that
because it sounds like somethingthat was a wonderful thing that
a lot of our guys listening maybe interested in and supporting
in the future.

Parker Amos (43:44):
Man it's.
It's an awesome thing.
It gets me fired up.
So there's a camp here outsideof West Monroe.
It's called Camp Chioka.
It was founded by Chi YokaChristian Youth Camp.
Luke's Tamsport So CoreyWillie's wife, her grandfather
founded the camp back in the 60s, so it's been in their family a
long time And it's a prettytraditional Christian summer

(44:08):
camp.
You come in for a week and theyteach you a lot about the word,
which also play plenty of gamesand you have fun and things
like that.
But they let butt commander andnot come in a little bit, but
come in for the week and we puton what we call sportsman's camp
.
So the totally differentschedule, totally different
routine, but we're teachingthese kids all about hunting,

(44:28):
fishing in the outdoors.
We teach you you know how theylearn this week how to cast, you
know what lures to use.
We went and shot some guns, evensome suppressed weapons, with
them, teaching them how to aim,teaching them how to shoot.
All the little techniques, alot of archery.
These are just the basics ofarchery.
A lot of people brought theirown bows and we have a 3D
archery course through the woods.

(44:49):
Taught them how to age deer, wetaught them how to track deer,
and then this goes on on how tobuild a fire if you're just out
in the wild and you need to knowhow to do that.
So we just teach them anything,everything we can, but it's
still certainly Christ focused.
We started and ended every daywith the reading of the words
and devotional time, even hadsome worship there in the

(45:09):
evenings for the kids, and soit's really cool.
We honestly used the huntingand the fishing aspect and
usually Willie and Phil andJason Sy they all come at some
point and speak and hang outwith the kids.
So we honestly use that just todraw people in.
There's an attraction thing,but we really just want to get
the gospel to them, and so it'sbeen a lot of fun.

(45:30):
We were to baptize a couple ofkids, and so it's just really a
highlight of what we do, and theoff season is just getting to
give back and share with thesekids a little bit of something
we learned along the way.
It's only about hunting, butabout life.

Chris Grainger (45:46):
And that sounds incredible.
So what's the age for thesekids?
Is this elementary school?

Parker Amos (45:51):
So it's ages 13 to 18.

Chris Grainger (45:53):
That's a middle school, okay, middle and high
school Okay.
Man, that's awesome.
So yeah yeah, it's awesome.
It's a week long camp.

Parker Amos (46:02):
It's a week long camp.
You get in on Sunday eveningand you leave Saturday morning,
so it'll be usually the lastweek of June.
So it'll be about that timenext year.
So we've got kids in that ageframe.
It's certainly a blast.

Chris Grainger (46:16):
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I'm sure there's a website orsomething that we can get.
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if you are ready to unleash thelion with in.
So, man, i wanted to kind of Ihad some some fun questions here
at the end For as far as wekind of get wrapped up towards
the end.
But I'm curious for you anymemorable hunting or outdoor

(47:18):
adventure stories that maybetaught you some lessons that you
would like to share.
I mean, i know you're anoutdoors guy and you probably
got some fun stories.
Man, anything you'd like toshare on our list?
I know that picture you sent meand that's going to be in our
podcast artwork Got a beautifulpuck on it, man.
So just just I know so many ofus connect to God.

(47:39):
We're in nature, man.
Anything you'd like to sharethat stands out.

Parker Amos (47:44):
Yeah, Maybe it's a lesson I've learned, certainly
through the outdoors is.
You know, first of all, mygrandfather was really the one
who got me into the outdoors andinto hunting.
They lived just a few minutesdown the road from us in Auburn
and my dad didn't really huntbut he did, And so I spent a lot
of time with them growing upAnd so he really got me into it

(48:06):
and it was.
It was cool because, you know,we were going to fish and going
hunting.
It wasn't just about the killor the harvest, you know.
It was really about let's enjoyGod's creation, And not only
that.
He took very intentional timesteach me things about life
through hunting, you know, Andso I really appreciated that,

(48:27):
And so I would just say, youknow, it's easy now, especially
with social media and stuff youjust want to make it all about
the kill, You want to make itall about the harvest or so much
more than that.
Could look back on my life Andmore than I really remember a
hunt with my grandfather.
Obviously, he's still here withus, But when I think about it,
I think more about the life, oflessons that he taught me, And
so I just want to encourage youguys out there.

(48:47):
You know, it's just such a.
You may think you're justtaking your son or your nephew
or a friend of yours hunting,but you really can use that to
make a lasting impact on people.
Yeah, man.

Chris Grainger (48:59):
I mean so much more than just the hunt man.
It's about the whole adventure,you know, from start to finish.
And just, i got so many buddies.
I got a really good friend,tyler.
I know he listened to the showsometimes but he's got four
young ins and it's just he'salways in the woods And I mean
it just feel like I've learnedso much just by watching him and
how he's with his sons and hisdaughters And man, it's just

(49:21):
something to be said about afather who takes the time to
teach his son or daughter abouthunting and connecting with God
and nature.
Man, i just, you know, i'm soglad you brought that up
Absolutely Well, all man, well,how about this?
Well, how about before we getto our lightning round, do you
have something with?

(49:43):
I'm trying to get a funny storyor something when you're with
those guys from Buckman orsomething.
He'd been on a couple of campswith them, any funny stories
that pop up that you rememberwith them on any of those camps
that you'd like to share with ustoday.

Parker Amos (49:59):
Well, let me see, i think it's just kind of funny.
So the first time that I wenton with the crew was in November
of this past year.
We went to South Texas.
It was me, willie Langy andTombo And people were hunting
with us in partners of ours thatmake our.

(50:20):
We have some wild gameseasonings and they're really
good And they have a bunch ofland down in South Texas, and so
they actually invited me tocome along and It was the 101,
the first evening we hunted andI saw a nice button at the deer
I was after came in.
The next morning It was barelyeven daylight, yet The buck I
was after came in and just shothim, smoked him.

(50:43):
It was awesome.
It was the deer in the picturethat I sent you.
That'll be over this.
And so what's funny is we getback to camp and nobody else had
killed anything yet And anyways, it really was giving me a
super hard time.
We got the intern out herekilling stuff.
You're not even letting us killanything.
What the heck's going on.

(51:04):
And what made it even funnieris that evening they put me back
out here like hey, there's areally old eight point over here
, it's just go kill him Okay.
So I went out there and got inthe stand and, sure enough, just
like they said, he came out andI shot him.
So I get back to camp and I'vekilled two deer before Pretty

(51:25):
much anybody else has killed one.
So they didn't like to let melive that one down.
Like you're supposed to be atthe office, you're supposed to
be out here hunting and wehadn't even killed anything.
So they're not going to let melive that one down.
But, anyways, it was a fun time.

Chris Grainger (51:41):
That's right, man.
You never know, man, when yougo hunting, how it's going to
land.
That's the same way withfishing, right?
I mean, there's just the way itworks, buddy.
So I've really enjoyed this.
We like to do something withour all our guests.
We call it feeding time.
It's just a lightning round ofquick fire questions for you.
It's kind of how we try to wrapup the line with us.
So you will in the play man,we'll jump right in.

(52:01):
Cool, Awesome, Awesome.
So, man, what's give us yourfavorite hobby outside of
hunting?
Do you have a hobby that youenjoy doing?

Parker Amos (52:10):
I love hunting.
It's my favorite but I like towork out and like to exercise.
I love some weights.
It's always fun.

Chris Grainger (52:19):
Are you doing that workout with Christian from
time to time?

Parker Amos (52:23):
We don't work out time together.
Actually, before this, we'reboth at the gym and we didn't
work out together, but we areboth there.
But he's, he's.
He showed me the plan that I'mfollowing.

Chris Grainger (52:32):
Okay, very cool, very cool.
I'm sure it's not an easy one.
It's not, it's not.

Parker Amos (52:38):
All right.

Chris Grainger (52:39):
So after those workouts, man, when you're
busting it, what's what's a goto meal, What's your go to food?

Parker Amos (52:46):
Man, i loved to come home.
My wife she's an amazing cook.
She was cooking me like somesteak and potatoes and like a
salad, just something classic.
But I love steak and I can eatit every day.
But I love to hit when I gethome.

Chris Grainger (53:00):
Nothing wrong about that man.
Nothing wrong with that forsure.
So when you think about justkind of more of a spiritual
question, but when you thinkabout God in general, what's
your favorite thing about it?

Parker Amos (53:11):
That's tough, i mean it's hard not to say
forgiveness, man forgiving,because he is so, so forgiving,
honestly you've got.
He forgives us for all our sin.
There's that moment where hesaves us with his forgiveness.
But it man, it's daily.
We need that forgiveness And Ithink if we stay close to them

(53:31):
and remind ourselves of that man, it's just life changing.

Chris Grainger (53:35):
It really is.
Now.
That's flipping 180.
What's your least favoritething about Satan?

Parker Amos (53:42):
Man, he's smart man .
he knows exactly how to attack.
He knows your weaknesses, heknows your bands.
He knows how to distract youand gets you off course He does.
unfortunately, it's not anaimless attack.
He's not just throwing thingsto see what's to see.
He knows, he sees what yourweaknesses are.

Chris Grainger (53:59):
unfortunately, Yeah, yeah, it's very, it's very
targeted, that's for sure.
Yeah, so I mean, how about,when you think about over the
last 12 months?
you've had a lot of change,you've spent too much time doing
over the last year.
If you would go back and kindof evaluate the last year again,
we're trying to help leadersgrow, so leaders always evaluate
What.
do you spend too much timedoing last year?

Parker Amos (54:21):
Man I would say, just being on my phone.
Sure, i mean, it's just a lotlately.
I mean I've had to, i'm aboutto have shrimped on anymore,
just like I've got time limitson all my social media, you know
.
so it's like 30 or so minutes aday total across all social
media.
It's tough because I need itfor my job.
It's a big part of what we dois content creation and stuff.

(54:42):
So, I have to be on it, so it'shard.
But I just being on my phoneyou know where that's when I'm
at home just scrolling, being onmy phone too much and I could
be having more attention on time.
You know my wife, or even ifit's at work, just taking too
many five or 10 minute breaksthe other day to look at my
phone.
You know it's just, it's sodistracting, like you don't
realize it in the moment, butyou're just your mind's so full

(55:05):
because you're constantlyfeeding it with just dumb stuff
and you go to try to sit downand process things or pray.
You're just your mind's socluttered because you're just
feeling stuff It doesn't matter.
So I say it's definitelysomething that I've let distract
me Amen to that, buddy.

Chris Grainger (55:23):
I think there's a lot of guys, including me,
struggle with that one.
So you think about, you know,moving forward, maybe a recent
habit or something that you wantto create, any new habits that
you want that you wouldrecommend to guys, or something
that you've enjoyed gettingstarted or looking forward to
starting.

Parker Amos (55:40):
I would say it's helped me lately It's been at
work, but it certainly can applyacross, you know, all areas.
It's just I mean just trying tobe more organized.
You know I have not decided todo this.
You know, just so many thingsalways constantly pop it up I
need to do, but I just I've gotI've got like an app or website
I can use that organizes all thethings that I have to do, and

(56:02):
so it's not.
I'm not letting just the urgentthings tell me what to do.
I'm actually able to prioritize, okay, what's important today.
I got to make sure it gets done, and so I'm just letting what's
popping up during the day Andthen suddenly it's important
might get slipped down becauseyou're just constantly just
you're responding to thingsinstead of being proactive, and
so actually having a system andan app that can, for me, if I

(56:24):
just write everything down onthis notebook over here, it's
just going to get lost, becauseI fill up four sheets a day
right now and everything I'mthinking, so yeah, starting my
day, i'm going on, this iseverything I need to do today.
So I got to you know I but Iwas someone get 100 emails every
day, stuff that's coming inthat's going to happen but just
prioritizing that and that it'strying to get more organized at

(56:45):
work.
But that helps me.
Just having to happen.
A spot that kind of monitorsthat for me.

Chris Grainger (56:50):
I mean, i'm just curious.
You don't have to just tell uswhat is.
What app are you using?
because we're always lookingfor resources to give our guys
the things to check out.
I mean, i know there's thingslike Asana There's different
ones out there for management oftime, because I just hear
intentionality right here when Iheard you say that man you're

(57:10):
super intentional about yourtime, and I think that's
something that so many of usleaders need to think about.
So just curious which one thatyou're trying out right now?

Parker Amos (57:18):
Yeah, it's called todoistcom.
Okay, So I almost like to dothe list which is todoist,
todoistcom.
Yeah, i can.
Just, you can have, you canprioritize things like it's like
priority one, two, three, four,yeah, and you can put do dates
on it, like all right, i need todo this by today or by next
month or whatever.

(57:38):
Very cool.
So, yeah, it's just helping mebe more organized.

Chris Grainger (57:43):
That's awesome, man, that's awesome For our last
question, for the lightninground of awkward.

Parker Amos (57:47):
what's one thing you hope the guys remember from
our conversation today One thing, man I didn't say this directly
but I think you know.
if you just think about mystory, think about all the
things that I've said, somethingthat lately I really try to
emphasize anyone I get thechance to talk to is that.

(58:08):
and living for Jesus is better,right, simply put.
you know we have a lot ofdifferent options of things we
can live for, right.
We can live for work, money oreven good things like our family
.
The world is going to offer usplenty of things that we can
live for, but if you lay all thethings you can live for out

(58:28):
there, you compare them.
I mean, nothing compares toliving for Jesus.
It's so much more fulfilling, somuch more freedom is found in
that, because I've tried livingfor myself, i've tried living
for all these other things Andit's just going to lead to
emptiness.
Only Christ fulfills.
So I would just say living forJesus is better.
So it's.
in the day to day and thestruggles it's really easy to

(58:50):
lose sight of that in the grandof life.
The more you can remindyourself, the better.
At least it has been for me.

Chris Grainger (58:59):
Amen to that brother, Amen Well, Parker,
where do you want guys to go?
I'm sure a lot of them want tofind out more about Buck
Commander and maybe even connectwith you directly.
So any places you'd like topoint them.

Parker Amos (59:12):
Yeah, obviously, buckcommandercom.
Actually just redid our websiteabout a week ago, so plenty of
cool things to check out there.
Happy to answer any questionsor connect with any of you guys.
My email is just parker.
At buckcommandercom You put outthe show notes, whatever you
want to do.
But, yeah, happy to talk toanybody that has any questions,
or always love an opportunity toconnect with you guys and

(59:33):
encourage anybody I can.

Chris Grainger (59:34):
Amen, man, we'll definitely make sure that stuff
is synced up for you listenersout there.
So, parker, anything else you'dlike to share today on the line
with Dennis?

Parker Amos (59:42):
Man.
thanks so much for having me.
Chris has been awesome.
Love what you guys are doingJust to empower men to be the
men that God's called them to be.
Keep doing what you're doing.

Chris Grainger (59:50):
Amen, brother, that's what it's all about.
I've enjoyed this one.
The next time I get to go toLouisiana, we're gonna have to
connect again.
Man looking forward to it.
Absolutely All right, buddy,you have a good day.
Yes, sir.

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