We welcome Jay Kim as our guest on the show today! Jay is a pastor, author, speaker, husband, and father. Jay has dedicated so much of his work to the topic of examination in the areas of technology, Christianity, and family. This delightful conversation dives into the Ignatian practices and how we can incorporate them into our daily lives, especially with our children. There are genuine moments and examples in this conversation that are refreshingly humble and helpful as Jay shares his passion ...
Oct 23, 2024•44 min
Today, we’re joined by Darren Whitehead to discuss his book, The Digital Fast . He highlights the crucial role of community in helping us break free from excessive phone use and invites us on a 40-day journey toward less digital noise and more spiritual peace. The average person spends 7 to 9 hours a day on their phone, and while we know it’s not a healthy habit, changing it can feel incredibly challenging—especially when we try to do it alone. In this conversation, we’ll explore the four key mo...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 188
You are in for a special treat; we did our first-ever live Q+R recording from the Motherhood retreat! We had hundreds of women send in questions from the weekend that touch on many deep topics like giving care before criticism, how to encourage your husband, is anything off-limits when you are lamenting with God, how to cut the deadly loop of envy, how to offer help to your friends in a way they can say yes and so much more. We hope you join us today for a tiny taste of our 2024 Intentional Moth...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 187
Get ready to take some notes with this conversation! We have Justin Whitmel Earley on the show today. Justin is a full-time lawyer, writer, speaker, husband, and father to four boys. Justin’s books, especially Habits of the Household, center around habit formation, how our habits affect our family and personal well-being, and the idea that things can change when we bring those habits into the light of the gospel. Join our conversation as we talk about tickle blessings, bedtime liturgy, new habit...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 186
We have a guest on our show today who is going to help you lower your defenses when it comes to the topic of technology use while at the same time giving you tools and encouragement to build a healthy relationship with it. We are so pleased to have Joey Odom on the show. This conversation is rich, deep, intelligent, and packed with practical help. Get ready to laugh at some great stories, connect with relatable examples, and encourage you to take a step closer to a healthy relationship with tech...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 185
On today’s show, Brook + Elizabeth and Phil + Diane respond to three questions that were sent in. This episode may be helpful to you if you have kids that express their emotions in big ways, if you want to understand your parent’s culture of Christianity to understand how it affected your upbringing, and if you have a neurodivergent child or grandchild and you want to cultivate hope and learn ways to support your child, your spouse and your grown kids. Enjoy! Join our Legacy Builders!!! Motherho...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 184
What does it look like to not only follow Jesus but also share Jesus in our time? We welcome the one and only Josh White back to the podcast today. Josh White is the pastor at Door of Hope in Portland, Oregon. He’s also an author, speaker, and musician. Join us for this deep and helpful conversation as Josh speaks the truth in love. We explore how sharing our faith is an excellent medium for sanctification and how our faith is communal, confessional, and personal. We also sit in the beautiful tr...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 183
Is it our responsibility to do it all? Is there a better way? We have ideals, sometimes we feel like it’s all up to us, other times we have fears that show up in our thoughts and responses and we don’t always see our limitations, especially with the perspective that they can be a gift to us. Join us today as we explore these 5 questions to ask yourself: 1: Is this Striving? 2: Is it fear? 3: Are we accepting our limitations and the limitations of our family? 4. Is it obedience? 5. is it yours to...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 182
We are privileged to sit and talk with Jerry and Pat Sittser today. If you don’t know this couple you are in for a treat. They deposit thoughtful and Godly wisdom about marriage and blended families. They share how blended families and marriage are incredible gifts while acknowledging the dynamics are complex. As you will hear from their stories today, they are passionate about serving each other, their grown kids, and their grandchildren. They have learned to ask themselves helpful questions to...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 181
It’s Q+R time today! All four of us are here to answer some really great questions. We first dive deep into the question; how do you allow Jesus to change you so you can convert head knowledge into action? We also explore how to keep your relationship with God fun and lastly, we offer a few things we have learned about parenting teens as we experience our own in real time. Enjoy! Book Recommendation: Seen by Will Hutcherson and Chinwé Williams Scriptures mentioned: Psalm 103v14: Philippians 2v12...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 180
Today, we welcome back one of our favorite guests and good friend, Greta Eskridge. Greta and her husband have four kids of their own. They are navigating this cultural moment when it comes to protecting their kids from pornography, and understanding how to be proactive with technology. In today’s conversation, Greta shares her wisdom about big issues our kids are facing like sexing, sexploitation, pornography, smartphones, mental health, and how important it is for parents to have regular conver...
Jul 31, 2024•55 min•Ep. 179
Today, we welcome back John Mark Comer to the podcast. Get ready to take notes on many key moments in this conversation that will have you hitting replay! John Mark deposits some helpful thoughts around information versus spiritual formation, stages in our spiritual journey, refreshing views on what parents really need- rest, and how we can practically keep taking one more step in the right direction. If you are feeling weary in parenting you will not want to miss conversation. ENJOY! John Mark ...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 178
Today we have Megan Fate Marshmon on the show! If you know, you know! Megan is determined to use her life to spread hope, share truth, and celebrate others. She is finishing her Doctorate of Ministry as she serves as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at Arbor Road Church in Long Beach, California. We cover grief, loss, anger, sadness and what happens when life blows up and what is life ...
Jul 17, 2024•53 min•Ep. 177
Join us today with our special guests and dear friends, the Jauregui’s. They share their family’s story of longsuffering and loss. If you are in a season or have been in a season of suffering and loss we pray today’s conversation blesses your heart as you continue to bring your pain to Jesus. The Jauregi’s teach us a few things they have learned along their journey and we hope you will be encouraged by their hearts and character. Enjoy! Gaetano’s Music: Spotify Youtube Scripture: 2 corinthians 1...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 176
The culture of comparison is thick around us. It can be so easy to get caught up in it, even when it’s not as obvious and sneaks up on you. It’s constantly in our faces through social media or media of any kind. Today’s conversation is all about the ways comparison shows up in our lives and how God feels about it. There are 6 major areas that we often get stuck in comparison, but we don't have to stay stuck there. Join us as we name these spots and explore how to healthily combat them. Enjoy! 6 ...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 175
We all are leaving a legacy. The question is, what legacy will you leave behind? Parenting adult children and grandchildren can be tricky because it means you have to let go while still staying present and supportive. Today, Brook and Elizabeth interview Phil and Diane about what it means to be an intentional grandparent. Phil and Diane share a few key elements they have learned through the years. They share how their perspectives have changed as the world has changed and how humility, grace, an...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 174
What are the lies you are believing? On today's show, we walk through three common lies that many of us are prone to believe. We explore where lies entered our story as humans and how we can combat them. So often, our enemy carefully crafted the lies we hear for each of us. We hope today's conversation brings hope and healing to a lie you believe. Enjoy! Three lies that we believe: 1) Our worth is based on what we can produce 2) I'm just a bad parent/human 3) It's all up to me Scriptures: John 1...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 173
We have an incredible guest on the show today; Andy Crouch joins Brook for an insightful and rich conversation about technology and the family. You may know Andy Crouch from his books The Techwise Family or The Life We Were Looking For. In this episode, we ask Andy questions like, what is the family for? And what worked or didn’t work as Andy and his wife raised their two kids? Brook and Andy also explore the superpowers we are drawn to and rely on and how choosing to be happy now or happy later...
Jun 05, 2024•58 min•Ep. 172
Complaining is not new to the human experience. We all suffer on this side of heaven; some is circumstantial, and some is perspective. Thankfully, the Bible has a lot to share with us about complaining. We hope you will join us for our conversation today, where we talk about perspective in suffering, some sneaky ways the enemy likes to fuel the fire and a few helpful questions to ask amid your grumbling. We also talk about negative development and some essential tools to help you escape a cycle ...
May 29, 2024•57 min•Ep. 171
Join us today for a Q+R where we respond to a few of your wonderfully, honest questions. This episode is for you if you are a highly sensitive person or are parenting one, if you struggle to connect with your child or they rub you the wrong way, and if you find yourself in a season of obscurity wondering when your life’s work will begin. We talk about all this and more and get down to the root of these questions to lend hope and encouragement for the season you find yourself in today. Enjoy! Scr...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 170
We have the whole crew here today, and we are diving into a great question that was submitted to us: How do you talk to your kids about alcohol in a culture that normalizes it? There are a lot of nuances to this topic and it’s not black and white. We discuss conviction versus preference, parenting out of relationship, and how easy it is to turn to external things rather than God. We hope you join us as we talk about what the Bible says about alcohol and how to live in a way that we can offer our...
May 15, 2024•45 min•Ep. 169
How do we practically train our children to walk with Jesus and do what He did? On today’s show, we talk about a 4- step process that shows us how to bring our children on the journey with us. Just like Jesus involves us in His work, He wants us to do the same with our children. There are different stages in training our children and as you walk through each stage you give them the gift of leadership and equip them for their individual God-given callings. Enjoy! 4-step process 1) I do- you watch...
May 08, 2024•58 min•Ep. 168
Our culture is highly individualistic, but is this the way of the Kingdom? When we look at the early church in Acts, there is a marked difference in how they lived beyond themselves. They lived for their community and God. In today’s show, Phil+Diane and Brook+Elizabeth talk about three key elements to living a life counter to our culture and our natural desires. Enjoy! Three Things to Live Beyond Ourselves: 1) Hospitality 2) Generosity 3) Service Scriptures mentioned: Acts 2v42 Romans 12 Romans...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 167
We probably all have experienced a poor apology or even given one. On today’s show Phil+Diane and Brook+Elizabeth all sit down to discuss what a good apology looks like. It is so much more than the words you say or don’t say, although they are important. They unpack God’s heart for forgiveness and how it goes hand in hand with apologies. They also go through the 5 steps to apologize from the book, When Sorry Isn’t Enough by Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas. Enjoy! 5 steps to an apology: 1) Expre...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 166
A.J. Swoboda is back on the show today! A.J. and Brook sit down to talk and laugh about deep thoughts that are vulnerable and real. Their conversation gets into desires and how critical it is to live in a place of satisfaction in Christ. In this topic of desires, the conversation covers so many facets, from unwanted desires, practical desires, the balance of naming our desires and knowing when to die to them, how we bless our children, how we can learn from those closest to us to be transformed,...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 165
Brook, Elizabeth, and Phil are here today to answer more of your questions. They cover three that range from how to align our bodies and emotions with the truth that our hearts already know, what true repentance looks like as a parent who wants to teach it to your children, and how to navigate church hurt. With each of these questions, they dive into scripture and practical wisdom that has helped them in their personal and parenting journeys. Enjoy! Scripture: Phil 4v8-9 Romans 8v1 Acts 26 2 Cor...
Apr 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 164
Dallas Willard said it so well when he said, “Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.” We live in the “I feel, therefore I am” culture and no longer live in truth. In today’s show, we discuss how our emotions are tools given to us by God. God values emotions and feelings, but we must have them in the right order. We discuss how parenting is a space where emotions come up often, not just for our kids but for us as parents. We go over six big emotions that arise within us and ...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 163
Today’s show explores the question, What is God’s Heart with our capacity? Just because we are capable of something doesn’t mean we have the capacity for it. The questions we discuss in today’s show will challenge you in self-awareness to help you discover your gifts, your capacity in them, and the season in which God is asking you to use them. We dive deeper into more areas around this topic, like our insecurities, how our community can help us discover our calling, and most importantly, how ou...
Mar 20, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 162
We have Michael Handler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Awana, on today's show. Brook and Michael talked about becoming emotionally healthy and safe parents when this was not the model they grew up knowing. Michael reminds us that Christ is in the business of redeeming our stories and how God often uses our children in this formation process. In this conversation, you will hear about how multigenerational churches are a gift, how it's essential, to be honest about your story while honoring your...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 161
Marriage is hard, but it is worth the fight. On today’s show, we talk about marriage and things we can do or not do that will allow your marriage to thrive. Phil and Diane have been married for 45 years and Brook and Elizabeth just celebrated 17 years and they have some helpful insights that they have learned along the way to share with you today. Grab your spouse, take some notes, and be ready for some practical tips and some refreshing encouragement. Enjoy! A few key takeaways: -Learn your spo...
Mar 06, 2024•51 min•Ep. 160
