Helping Kids Navigate Failure
Remember flunking a test? Getting cut from a team? Getting caught drinking? Crossing sexual boundaries? Wrecking the family car? Having to attend summer school? Do you remember hating those moments, feeling like your life was crashing down quickly, and desperately…
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The Power of Parental Transparency
One of the most heart-breaking and difficult aspects of being a Christian parent who longs to see his kids embrace and mature in their own faith, is the rocky nature of adolescent faith. Much of their “wavering” is simply a…
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Episode 214: “What Do We Do with the Books and Resources of Fallen Ministry Leaders?”
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:Duffy RobbinsJason EngleKerry TrunfioThe Roys ReportWhen The Church Harms God’s People: Becoming Faith Communities That Resist Abuse,…
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Should I Tell My Kids about My Past?
“How much should I tell my kids about my life as a teenager?” Ever wonder about that one? You have if you’re conscious about the mistakes you made during your teenage years and you’re dreading the day one of your…
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Our Kids’ Mistakes and Our Shame
Remember what used to happen to the teenage girl from the Christian family who got pregnant? Maybe you don’t, because you never heard in the first place that the girl was even pregnant. She just disappeared. . . usually halfway…
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Episode 200: “School Cell Phone Policy” with Delaware County Christian School
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Delaware County Christian SchoolMark DixonChad FenleyComing In Out of the Wind: Of Cell Phones, and Learning,…
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How to be a Happy Parent
One of the biggest mistakes we make as parents is basing our happiness and emotional well-being on our kids’ happiness and emotional well-being. When we do this, we’re just setting ourselves up for disappointment. We’ve learned that even though we…
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