Podcast: FAMILY

Ep. 35: The Boy Mom with Monica Swanson

Today, we’re passing the mic to Monica Swanson wife, mom, blogger, podcast host, and author of The Boy Mom: What Your Son Needs Most from You. Monica is passionate about encouraging moms who are raising boys in today’s world and she’s joined us today in a candid discussion about a mother’s influence in the life…

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Generational Racism: Using the Genogram to See and Slay It

In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Americans and people around the globe are expressing outrage and grief on a level I’ve never seem in my lifetime. It appears to be a moment in which God is doing something significant in the world and the church.

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163. A Family Inventory: What We Learned, Where We’re Going

Social distancing threw us a few curve balls. With that season seemingly coming to a close for many across the world, the question we have to ask as families is: What did we learn? Not only is social distancing coming to an end,

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RAR #155: Your Questions… and Library’s Most Wanted

In today’s episode, I’m answering your questions – from reading to separate age groups and how to make time for that (!), to what to do if summer reading programs make your kids want to read LESS… In this episode,

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Ep. 34: The Praying Mom

Nothing we do is more important than prayer, and time on our knees will bear more fruit in our children’s lives than any other activity we engage in. Prayer is powerful and the sooner we learn to harness its incredible power correctly, the better. It’s the best investment we can make in anyone’s life, especially…

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162. Growth Environment for Kids: Part 2 Spiritual Growth

Social distancing has given us a chance to really focus on the atmosphere of our home, both emotionally and spiritually. It’s made us a little more intentional, but also has brought a lot more fun to our home as well.  In this episode,

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RAR #154: When Your Child Doesn’t Love Reading

We know that we want our kids to love to read. And it’s important (really important!) to give them the best chance fall in love with books. That’s why so many of us get worried when we have a child who doesn’t love reading. It’s a valid worry.

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How to Handle Trouble

The theme of the whole book of 1 Peter is about how a Christian can face troubles and suffering in such a way that it turns us into something splendid, instead of crushing us.
In the Christian life, suffering and glory are inextricably bound up together,…

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161. Growth Environment for Kids: Part 1 Emotional Growth

No doubt your child’s world has been rattled in some way by the uncertain times we live in. How we respond to our child’s big emotions now will set the stage for how they learn to manage those emotions and make decisions in crisis as they grow older.

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Ep. 33: Foundations to Shape a Family with Ruth Chou Simons

In today’s culture, families struggle to find the time and the urgency to be in the Word together. Today, we are joined by Ruth Chou Simons, bestselling author, artist, entrepreneur, speaker, and mother to six boys who will help us build a Biblical foundation that will shape our family for eternity.

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