There are Few Things Sweeter Than Being a Good Dad - A Conversation with SPIRIT 105.3 Artist TobyMac

January 27, 2026·11 min·1 clip

TobyMac shares that his son in a wheelchair is getting baptized by friends tonight, finding God amidst hardship.

The interview opens with mutual warmth between TobyMac and host Erica on Spirit 105.3 ahead of a Seattle concert. TobyMac expresses long-standing affection for the Pacific Northwest, citing its right-sized cities and summer beauty. The conversation turns to his new song 'Heaven on My Mind,' prompting him to share that he envisions heaven primarily as a reunion with people he has lost, including his son and his close friend and stage partner Gabe. He acknowledges the weight of those losses without dwelling, framing it in terms of faith in God's promises. The host shares her own lighter image of heaven involving a log cabin and a perfect cup of coffee, and TobyMac responds warmly. He recounts recently hitting a hole-in-one from 167 yards while playing golf with two of his sons, describing it as a felt message of divine love. The subject shifts to his adoption of twins — a boy and a girl — who came home at around three months old. He offers encouragement to adoptive parents by noting that rearing children is hard regardless of how they became part of the family. He credits his wife Amanda, whom he describes as an 'amazingly strong Jamaican wife,' for holding the family together. The most emotionally charged moment comes when TobyMac reveals that his son Moses, 23, who has been in a wheelchair since age six due to muscular dystrophy, is being baptized that evening. TobyMac notes that Moses organized his own Bible study and chose a friend his own age — an associate pastor — to perform the baptism, emphasizing that the decision was Moses's own. He says it is the clearest recent experience of God's love. TobyMac then tells the story of his own conversion at age 13, at what he thought was a basketball camp. A youth pastor read the Bible to the boys each night in their cabin. On the final night TobyMac lay in his sleeping bag wrestling with a desire to respond, until he finally unzipped the bag, walked into the other room, woke the pastor, and asked to meet Jesus. He reflects on how differently life could have gone if he had simply stayed in the bag. The interview closes with a brief exchange about his fitness routine, which consists mainly of basketball, pickleball, and walking golf courses with his bag on his shoulder.

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