Modern Mediocrity: A Millennial’s View

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A Millennial’s view of life, love, intimacy, race, ethnicity, values, and what we feel like greatness is.

Lonte Butler


    • Jun 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 172 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Modern Mediocrity: A Millennial’s View

    Be careful who you lend your ear to

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 17:08


    Lonte gives a glimpse into what could happen when the worng person provides info that was not meant for you.

    It's gotta be about…

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 15:20


    Host and Founder Lonte speaks about purpose, and what he has learned about what we desire. It's got to be about something deeper than money and your desires.

    Prayers aren't always aimed at your heart...

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 21:37


    Sometimes the prayers that we don't "feel" are because they are aimed at your demons and not for your heart. You won't always notice it, but clear indication is when you are numb to what is said. Lonte gives his insight on his experiences regarding those moments he has experienced this.

    Fatherhood Dilemmas

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 24:46


    Lonte discusses the challenges and joys of fatherhood, from parenting styles to work-life integration.

    Everything's okay right?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 8:58


    In this episode, Lonte focuses on growth, maturing, and knowing who God is. Even when things don't seem like it is panning out, everything will be alright. Right?

    Thankful Thursday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 12:43


    Today's podcast is about being thankful. Lonte shares things that he has been through and why he is thankful that they happened. Will you choose to be thankful, even when things are not going the way you envisioned them?

    Safety in troubled waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 13:56


    Lonte breaks down what it feels like to have comfort in God when chaos and danger is present. Have you ever felt calm when you should be breaking down?

    Love Across Generations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 18:06


    Let's go back to how love was been depicted back in time and how it is depicted today. Lonte talks about how that has changed and evolved.

    Move in Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 15:43


    Our host Lonte provides his wisdom and knowledge regarding how to treat others once they have wrong you.

    Don't let fear ruin God's plans

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 15:20


    Lonte gives his heartfelt account on how fear has hindered him in business and life. Fear is not uncommon, but it can be uncommon to you and your future.

    Let's go back to the drawing board

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 16:56


    Sometimes we have to go back to origin of where we started from, so that we can fully grasp how we got off track. Lonte expresses how to get back to the basics or go back to the drawing board.

    Does your expectations intertwine with God's direction?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 13:58


    Does your expectations align with God's direction is illustrated perfectly by Lonte. He gives his account on how he misconstrued what he saw with what God said. 

    Parenting and Partnership: Balancing the two

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 16:07


    In this episode, Lonte gives his insight on parenting and partnership. Great details and amazing perspective.

    It wasn't magic, It was God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 9:48


    In this episode, Lonte give his take on the things that happen and we don't credit it to God. We just think it happens. News Flash... It doesn't.

    Parenting is hard

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 18:19


    Lonte breaks down in his own thoughts why parenting is hard and what it so difficult.

    Why isn't celibacy in men a norm?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 17:53


    In this episode, Lonte gives his personal opinion on celibacy as it pertains to men. Why isn't it a norm?

    Watching my boy grow into a man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 16:31


    Host Lonte shares his thoughts on how it feels to watch his boy grow into man. The beauty of what is going to be versus the beauty of what is.

    How to unlock your potential

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 15:22


    In this episode, Lonte speaks on specifics that has helped him unlock his potential. He gives specific details that has helped him, in hopes that it helps others.

    The Merits of a Good Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 19:59


    In this episode, Lonte gives his take on what a good man is. What does one have to be to be considered a good man. Is it about characteristics or much more?

    GO

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 13:01


    Sometimes GO is all the information you need. In this episode, Lonte shares his thoughts on how the letters GO shaped his mindset. What GO means to him at this moment.

    In order to win, you first have to start

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 13:03


    Lonte gives the tips on how to win from the start. How his experiences shaped his thoughts and how he plans to move forward to win.

    The Effects of children outside of wedlock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 17:56


    Lonte breaks down how he has experienced this as well as how he has navigated through this with his oldest son. Marriage may not be for everyone, but making good decisions are.

    If I knew then what I know now…

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 21:34


    If we could reverse time and be better, what would you have done differently? In this episode, Lonte opens up about how this would different in certain areas of life. Maybe life would be different, or maybe not, but he would have no regrets.

    Break Free: You cannot make yourself be somewhere you don't want to be

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 16:17


    Be where you desire. Be where you are accepted and loved. Don't with a person or in a place that doesn't serve you.

    If you allow it Lord, I have to trust that I can handle it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 22:28


    Sometimes problems arise and when they do, you have to know that you are strong enough to face and get through whatever is ahead of you.

    It's okay to outgrow people, places and things

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 22:51


    Often times, when we are elevating to a different level; we feel about about our growth. It's perfectly okay to outgrow people, places, or even things(not your clothes, but you get the gist of what I am saying). You are allowed to grow, it's not a bad thing. We just have to take our feelings out of it and use logic and mature reasoning.

    What do you want?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 20:15


    How well do you know you? Can you differentiate your wants from your needs? Let's get into what do we actually want? From Life? From God? From yourself? What is it that you really want?

    “We treat God like a genie”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 18:00


    Why do we expect God to come through and save us after we have already made the conscious decision to do things? Like God is some magical responder on our time? In this episode, Lonte breaks down how we treat God like a genie.

    Weight of the world on your shoulders

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 21:44


    Ever feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders? As men, it is a daily struggle to juggle the world on your shoulders; with problems in your hands and hurt in your heart. So what do you do?

    Take my hand

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 18:20


    Remember when Jesus commanded the disciples to come to Him when He was walking on the water to them? The only one that came to Him was Peter. Fast forward to the part where Peter starting going under the water and Jesus stretched forth His hand. That is where we are going. I feel like God is stretching forth His hand for me(a lot of other people as well) and we are either willing to drown or afraid to trust he will save us

    Vision: What you see may not be for now, but prepare now.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 21:21


    When we receive a vision, more often than not; it is not for right now. The vision is a glimpse is a glimpse of what could be. So in essence, you are taking a glimpse into a future thing right now. The mistake that I made in my lifetime is, seeing the vision from afar and treating it the same. Listen in as Lonte gives his accounts of how he approaches visions.

    If the enemy can't get you, he'll go after those you love

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 24:34


    If the enemy cannot get to you, best believe you me; that the ones you love are immediately after. The biggest question to ask now is, what do you do with that info. How do you proceed forward?

    What do I actually know?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 27:53


    Often times what we learned as a child is the total opposite of what we know as an adult. We have a totally different understanding of hard work, life, love, and relationships. Most of all, what do you actually know about you?

    Heal the kid, save the Adult

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 24:43


    In this episode, Lonte give pointers on how to heal the kid in order to save the adult. Often times, we tend to overlook the things that we have gone through in our childhood and write it off. In those very moments, how we respond and act are deeply rooted in what happened to us as children. Compelling episode, very thought provoking.

    What you don't defeat, you repeat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 19:52


    I always thought growing up that once we go through something, once it was over, it was over. It never dawned on me that I would continue to go through that same thing until I defeated it. Until I learned learned how to master my temper, my responses, my attitude, my fleshly desires, and keep me to me. It was in those lessons that I learned that it would continue to be in my life until I defeated(passed) those tests.

    I lie because I love you

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 22:02


    As a man, I have heard and used this phrase. It is not gender specific and I am sure women use it as well. The fact of the matter is, it is not true. It what we make up in our minds as a cop out. An unthinkable Balme if you will. Listen as our host, Lonte give his take on I lie because I love you.

    Losing Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 47:27


    Season 6 starts off with a bang as Lonte welcomes Nanja Hill to the podcasting world. The topic nor did the conversation disappoint. They discuss losing yourself, how you return back to you if you so choose, and how to never lose you again.

    Risk: Is it worth it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 13:38


    We often take risks, but how often do we go back and review the worthiness of our risk? Think back on the risks you've taken, was it worth it?

    You got what you prayed for, now what?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 17:00


    What happens after you get what you prayed for? You got your heart's desire. What's next?

    Preferences

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 20:57


    In this episode, Lonte expounds on why preferences are personal and why it should not be help against a man for having a preference.

    Men do everything, yet can do nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 21:38


    Men are safe spaces, listening ears, a shoulder to lean on, protector and so much more. Yet, often times, it seems like so much more is expected of him and he is not accepted for the things he does. Society has a strange way of saying who and what a man should be and what he should do. In this segment, Lonte covers what a man does and what society states he cannot do.

    I can't help, if I don't know it's a problem.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 20:59


    Dealing with the many sides of life, sometimes it's easier to suffer in silence than to release the pain verbally. Learned a valuable lesson when I finally got my son to open to me.

    What's done in the dark

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 10:41


    We have all heard the expression what's done in dark… You can fill in whatever the ending is yourself as to the language that was used. I want to expound on what it's like to be in darkness and how that spills over in every other area of your life.

    Are we a microwave generation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 12:21


    As a society, we want everything right now. In this segment, Lonte discusses why instant gratification and instant success may not be the way to go.

    The difference between unhealed and broken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 19:45


    In this episode Lonte gives his take on unhealed and broken. Great perspective and great insight.

    What is healthy dialogue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 20:15


    What is dialogue to you? In this episode, Lonte gives his insight on what healthy dialogue looks like. He covers 5 different points that he feels is a base to identifying healthy habits to dialogue.

    Are black women aggressive?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 16:42


    In this episode, I debunk the notion that black women are aggressive. Black women are a lot of things, I would not call them aggressive. Strong, courageous, and driven maybe; but definitely not aggressive.

    Are you being considered?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 21:25


    This week, I want to peel back the layers of your feelings as well as mine. Let's talk about consideration. One of the most important things to me, in any relationship; is being considered. I want to be considered in every way. Consider my feelings, my thoughts, my mind. Are you being considered? Are you considering others? Let's talk about it.

    Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 21:26


    What does the dynamic of family look like to you? How do you define family? In this episode, Lonte gives his take on what family looks like and what they mean to him.

    Be my honey, not my homie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 15:57


    In relationships, men typically want what they do not have within themselves. I think that most women they exemplifies a lot of manly characteristics, is simply because their prominent relationships are with men. There is grave difference in a friendship and a relationship. This is my take manly characteristics within a relationship.

    Heart Check

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 19:12


    I started this phrase with my children as a means to bond. To share experiences, have heart to hearts, and to make them more comfortable expressing their emotions. It has since evolved into so much more. Tune in to see what has come of the HEARTCHECK.

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