Podcast: FAMILY

RAR #153: Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook, 8th Edition

In today’s episode, I’m joined by the woman who recently faced the daunting challenge of updating Jim Trelease’s much beloved Read-Aloud Handbook. Cyndi Giorgis takes us behind the scenes of updating The Read-Aloud Handbook,

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Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering (Talk + Q&A)

Suffering is like the Great Wall of China. There’s no way around it. Many are personally suffering at the present moment. Others are not, but are nevertheless rightly troubled by it. Both groups of people will inevitably ask the question–why? But they’ll…

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159. Communicating in Marriage with John and Helen Burns

Who doesn’t need help communicating in a COVID-19 era? Learning to communicate with your spouse can take years. Fortunately, our cohosts for Sex, Love, and Relationships (on Hillsong Channel), John and Helen Burns,

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Ep.32: The Theological Mom with Phylicia Masonheimer

Our theology, or lack thereof, doesn’t just affect our eternity. It also affects our today. Simple, childlike faith is the start. But as you develop a deep relationship with God, it stands to reason that you’d want to know Him better–who He is and what He does. Theology is not for the Christian elite. It…

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158. Setting Weekly and Yearly Rhythms

We didn’t always have family rhythms established on paper. And we suffered for it, oftentimes feeling overwhelmed, other times feeling purposeless. In this episode, we talk about how we established family rhythms,

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RAR #152: Finishing the School Year Doesn’t Need to Be a Slog

Being stuck at home is getting old fast, but finishing the school year doesn’t need to be a slog. We’ve heard you loud and clear: it’s really, really hard to concentrate on homeschooling right now. And we all want to finish the school year strong,

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157. Kids, Food, & Exercise with Noelle Martin

How many times a day during social isolation have your kids asked for snack? Have you struggled keeping them, or yourself, moving? Noelle Martin, aka motherhoodandmeals, a registered dietician and university professor,

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Ep. 31: A Simple Start to Morning Time

Some folks prefer to call it Morning Basket, Morning Meeting, others who maybe choose to slot it at other times in the day instead of the morning have been known to call it Symposium or Power Hour. No matter what you call it, if you’ve been homeschooling for any length of time, you definitely know…

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156. Emotional Wellness with Miles Adcox

Your story matters and deserves to be told. That’s the heart and message of this episode with our friend, CEO of Onsite Workshops, Miles Adcox. An unexpected consequence of social isolation is how it’s forcing many of us to look at some pain or grief,

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Ep.30: Help for Schooling-at-Home

Now that life has shifted and we are all schooling at home, let’s spend some time chatting about what we’re supposed to do and how we should begin. If you’ve never homeschooled and this is brand new overwhelming territory, never fear!! Thank goodness for Jamie Erickson and September McCarthy, two seasoned and experienced homeschooling moms…

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