Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship
385 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsA weekly podcast designed to strengthen your marriage, parenting, and personal relationship with Jesus. Let's Parent on Purpose is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit www.ChristianParenting.org
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174: Engaging Your Kids in Family Devotions with Laurie Christine Ressler
May 17, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBToday I’m joined by author and speaker Laurie Christine Ressler as we talk through ways to engage your children in family devotions. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I send a weekly email called “Things for Thursday” and it includes things I’ve found helpful related to parenting, ...
173: Navigating Media Choices with Neal Harmon of VidAngel
May 10, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBIf your home is like mine, you’ve seen an uptick on the amount of time on screens and devices as we’ve all self-isolated. Today I’m joined by Neal Harmon, co-founder of the streaming service VidAngel. We talk about the challenges and resources for parents navigating all of the media choices for our children. Neal brings a lot of wisdom and some encouraging options to help our families. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free reso...
172: Watch Your Tone
May 03, 2020 16:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBDo you remember when you were young and your mom and dad used to tell you to watch your tone? I think that’s a reminder that I’ve needed in these last few days of being around family members non-stop – not to remind my kids to mind their tone, but to remind myself to watch my tone. That’s what we’re going to talk about on today’s Let’s Parent on Purpose. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with oth...
171: Hunter Wheatcraft: God Redeems Messy Childhoods
April 26, 2020 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBSometimes as a parent, we can worry that the decisions we make or even one bad decision might wreck our children for the rest of their lives. Today I am joined by someone who has become a dear friend. Hunter Wheatcraft has served as Children’s and College Pastor at our church for the last three years here at Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church in Stuart, Florida while he completed seminary at Palm Beach Atlantic University. This is his last week with us, as Hunter and his bride Anna are hea...
Bonus: Homeschool Peptalk with Eliza Huie
April 21, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThis is a bonus edition of Let’s Parent on Purpose, especially for all of you moms and dads that found yourselves thrust into the role of homeschool overseer on top of all the other things you’re trying to reorient in nearly every area of your life right now. I’ve got one major word for you today: relax. Join me as I speak with Christian counselor and veteran homeschool mom Eliza Huie for a few moments of encouragement before you rush back into all that you’re carrying. If you find thi...
Covid-19: Wisdom for Thriving from a Parent in Lockdown with Virgil Tanner
April 19, 2020 16:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBToday I have a dear friend joining me from Spain where he and his family of six have been in lockdown for more than three weeks. He's going to help give us wisdom and counsel on how we might set ourselves up to thrive spiritually, physically, and emotionally, while also having realistic expectations for ourselves [...]
170: Covid-19: Wisdom for Thriving from a Parent in Lockdown with Virgil Tanner
April 19, 2020 16:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBToday I have a dear friend joining me from Spain where he and his family of six have been in lockdown for more than three weeks. He’s going to help give us wisdom and counsel on how we might set ourselves up to thrive spiritually, physically, and emotionally, while also having realistic expectations for ourselves and those around us as we continue to navigate Covid-19. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to...
169: Survival Guide: Resilient Faith with AM Brewster
April 12, 2020 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBYou and I have been given the responsibility to raise children with a faith that’s going to persevere in a culture that is changing faster than in any time in world history. Just think about it. 13 years ago at this point, the iPhone hadn’t even been released yet. I’m so honored to be joined again by my friend AM Brewster, the host of the Truth.Love.Parent. podcast, as we talk about how to equip our children with resilient faith. It’s the next item on my survival guide of how to raise chil...
168: Survival Guide: Transforming Gospel
April 05, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe Risen Jesus is a Saving King. Of all of the important principles of our survival guide series, this is the heart and the core. This is the essential one that we want to demonstrate in our families, to our kids, and it’s the topic of our discussion today. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a...
167: Survival Guide: Ultimate Authority with AM Brewster
March 29, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBGod’s will is found in God’s word. In a culture that teaches every person is free to determine their own version of truth and morality, it’s essential to equip our families with an understanding that God’s word is not just an inspirational suggestion book. Today I’m joined by biblical councilor AM Brewster, host of Truth.Love.Parent., and we’re going to talk about the next pillar of my survival guide for children: God’s word as our ultimate authority. If you find this podcast helpful, yo...
166: The Coronavirus, Anxiety, and Jesus
March 22, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBIt seems like every half day there’s a bit of news that changes what the future feels like it’s going to be. I thought we’d take a little bit of a break from the Survival Guide series that I’ve been doing, but today I thought we would just focus a little bit on something that I’ve been wrestling with, which is trying to keep the anxiety and worry down in the midst of the constant barrage of news and updates and the ground moving out from under us. If you find this podcast helpful, you can ...
165: Survival Guide God Centered Identity
March 15, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIt’s time to talk about one of my favorite and one of the most crucial subjects in our survival guide series. That’s instilling a God-centered identity in our young men and women here on Let’s Parent on Purpose. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I send a weekly email called “Things...
164: Survival Guide: Biblical Literacy
March 08, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBFor our children to believe and follow the Bible, they are going to need to be able to understand the Bible. Today I cover the sixth key principle in our survival guide for young people: Biblical Literacy. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I send a weekly email called “Things for T...
163: Survival Guide: Moral Boundaries
March 01, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOne of the most important tools our children can leave our house with is a wise set of moral boundaries. That’s going to be the topic of our time together today as I continue my survival guide series. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I send a weekly email called “Things for Thursd...
162: Ellen Martin: Hard Conversations
February 23, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBYou cannot have meaningful growth in your family without having hard conversations. Today I’m joined by Ellen Martin, author of A Life Shared: Meaningful Conversations with Our Kids. We talk specifically about how to leverage difficult conversational topics into real growth points in your family life. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Pa...
161 Survival Guide: Spiritual Disciplines with Hunter Wheatcraft
February 16, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBYou may have never used the term “spiritual disciplines” when thinking about the way that you’re raising your children, but I guarantee that you have been instilling them in their lives, over the course of the last several years. Today I’m joined by my good friend and co-pastor at my church, Hunter Wheatcraft and we talk about ways to instill spiritual disciplines in different age groups, all the way from elementary through college aged students. If you find this podcast helpful, you can...
160 Survival Guide: Wise Choices
February 09, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBToday on Let’s Parent on Purpose, we’re going to talk about how to encourage our children to walk wisely in a fool’s world as I continue my Survival Guide series on the most essential things that we want our young people to know before they leave our house. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming ...
159: Survival Guide: Others First
February 01, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBToday I’m going to cover the concept of considering others before yourself. For something that sounds so simple to say, it can be one of the hardest practices to master in life. It’s also my second topic in my survival series where I cover the core principles that your child needs to master before leaving your home. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help s...
158 Survival Guide: Meaningful Friendships
January 26, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBWhen your child has graduated and now they’re out of your house, sitting on their bed in their dorm room or apartment, what are the key principles that you pray are driven deep into their soul? Today, I’m going to begin a series that 12 most important principles that will help our children go beyond survival and thrive in a turbulent world. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! ...
157 How to Disciple Your Children
January 19, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBThe concept of discipling our children can sound very intimidating. There’s no end to the volumes of books and programs that have been created to help us make disciples. But sometimes all the books and programs bring confusion rather than clarity. As I think through the discipleship of my own children, I begin to think of how Jesus made disciples. My brainstorm quickly grew to a list of 25 ways that Jesus made disciples. Ironically, the larger the list grew, the more encouraged I was. I wa...
156 Single Parenting with Grit and Grace
January 12, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBRaising a child as a single parent has to be one of the most difficult things you can do on this earth. Whether you’re a single parent right now or whether you’re in a married relationship, I encourage you to listen to this podcast because you’re going to be encouraged, you’re going to be challenged and convicted as I talk with my friend Marissa Morris on the challenges and joys of single parenting. If you’d like, you can read Marissa’s testimony HERE. If you find this podcast helpful, ...
155 Filling Your Day With What's Most Important
January 05, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis year I’m incorporating a new strategy to help bring accountability and focus to my days. I’m want to share it with you because if you’re like me, there are plenty of things in each of your days that are out of your control and I want to help you define a specific set of actions that you can control that can bring stability, focus, and perspective to your days. To save you some scrolling, if you’re looking for My Wife Emily’s Habit Tracker just click the link. If you find this podca...
154 This Year: Do Less, Better
December 29, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBToday I’ve got five questions to share with you as you go into this new year that might help you to do less, but to do it better. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I would like to thank my Patreon supporters for their support. I use this money to outsource things I do not like to ...
153 Seasons of Life
December 22, 2019 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBIf you have any hope of parenting your family over the very long run, then you have to understand and live by some helpful rules for recovery. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming a patron. I would like to thank my Patreon supporters for their support. I use this money to outsource things I do...
152 Nir Eyal: Raising Indistractable Children
December 15, 2019 16:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIn today’s world, parents and children alike seemed to be fighting an endless battle with distraction. It seems like every month a new technology comes out that shortens our attention span. But what if the technology isn’t to blame? What if the real issue isn’t our phones, it’s us? My guest today Nir Eyal, author of the book Indistractable, is going to coach us on understanding the tendencies that we have for distraction, and help us with a roadmap for Raising Indistractable Children. If y...
151 Teaching Your Children How to Grieve with Bethany McLaughlin
December 08, 2019 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBAs much as we would like to shelter our children from any terrible events and tragedies happening in their life, life is going to be filled with grief and loss. My friend Bethany McLaughlin joins me today as we talk about how to teach your children to grieve. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by becoming...
150 How to Survive an Ostrich Attack with James Breakwell
December 01, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBSometimes you come here for help on your marriage. Sometimes you tune in because you need an encouragement on your walk with God. And, sometimes you need to know how to save your child from ostrich attacks, accidental time travel, and anything else that might happen on an average Tuesday. Today I’m joined by Twitter comic James Breakwell and we talk about… well, you’re just going to have to listen in and see. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to fin...
149 Proactively Planning for Family Holiday Gatherings
November 24, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWe’re entering the season filled with awe, wonder, gratitude, and dread. It’s that time of year where we get to spend time with family we love. Sometimes, we get to spend time with family who are easier to love at a distance. Let’s be honest, just because we grew up together doesn’t mean we now have the same worldview, parenting styles, standards, goals, or aspirations. And sometimes we love every member of our family, and are mostly on the same page as them, but it’s just overwhelming ...
148 "Our Divorce Didn't Work Out" with Tray and Melody Lovvorn
November 17, 2019 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBPlenty of marriages end in divorce. But today you are going to hear from a couple who’s divorce didn’t really work out for them. Tray and Melody Lovvorn share their story of marriage, addiction, divorce, and remarriage to one another. Their story is going to strengthen your own marriage. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! I want to thank my Patreon supporters. Without them, thi...
147 Samuel Thomas: Living on Mission Won't Make Your Children Miss Out
November 10, 2019 16:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBIf we’re honest, sometimes, we are afraid that following Jesus is going to be too costly for ourselves or our children. What if my obedience to Christ turns my children off to following Jesus themselves or it makes them lose out on some amazing opportunities that they may otherwise have? Today, I am having a conversation with the son of one of this past century’s greatest missionaries. You will hear how a childhood spent with parents who were radical in their obedience to Christ prepared him...
146 Dealing with Doubt
November 03, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDo you ever have doubts about your faith? Do your children? Whether it’s doubting the existence of God altogether or doubting whether you have everything particularly right in Scripture, we all go through times of doubt. Today I want to share some insights on how you can walk forward as you’re dealing with doubt. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help supp...
145 An Innovative Method for Discipling Children with James Harvey
October 27, 2019 16:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBToday I want to share a method to unleash your children’s creativity to help them draw deeper into their discipleship and understanding of the gospel. With me this week is James Harvey, one of the authors of the book Draw Disciples. The concept of the book is teaching people stories of the Bible through stick figure drawings. As you start looking at the details of this book, you start to see pictures of the stories come to life. Today’s podcast is a conversation with James that goes into di...
144 Rules for Recovery From an Injured Spirit
October 20, 2019 19:49 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBThis is a special podcast, today, as I am sharing something for the very first time. First, though, I want to talk about the Let’s Parent on Purpose Power Pack. I have created a slew of resources to help my family and others. I have four different resources: the Fun Family Conversations eBook, an Interactive Marriage Snapshot, a Marriage on Mission Tool, and a 52-week Scripture Memory Tool. All of this is free on my website when you sign up using your email address. You will also get the T...
143 Teach Your Children To Love Special Needs Kids
October 13, 2019 16:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBToday we’re going to have a unique conversation with Tim Price, who is the father of a Down Syndrome child. We’re going to better learn how to train our children to love others with special needs. I really think you will be encouraged as you listen to this interview. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. Feel free to share with others, as well! If you would like to help support Let’s Parent on Purpose, you can do so by b...
142 Anthony ONeal: Debt Free Degree
October 06, 2019 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBDo you have a plan for getting your children through college debt free? Today’s conversation is incredibly helpful to that end. Anthony ONeal, author of the new book Debt Free Degree and speaker with Dave Ramsey’s team talks with me today about how we can get our children through college without going into debt, so that they can thrive into adulthood. Since 2003, Anthony ONeal has helped hundreds of thousands of students make smart decisions with their money, their relationships, and their e...
Episode 8: How To Charge More
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Episode 7: Qualify Your Clients
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Episode 6: Effective Wireframing
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Episode 5: Per Hour, Per Day or Per Project?
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Episode 4: Keep Track Of Time
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Episode 3: How To Use Gradients
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Episode 8: Deciding A Bonus Scheme
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Episode 7: Office Essentials
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Episode 6: What Is A Deductable?
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Episode 5: Bookkeeping For Dummies
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141 Raising Teens in a Hyper Sexualized World with Eliza Huie
September 29, 2019 16:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBDo you ever feel awkward or overwhelmed with the thought of talking to your teenagers about sex? Author and Christian counselor, Eliza Huie, joins me today as we talk through this immensely practical book that she wrote called Raising Teenagers in a Hyper-Sexualized World. I found this book so helpful and insightful that I asked the author, Eliza Huie, to come and discuss what she brings to light in the book. Eliza is the Director of Life Counselling Ministry and the Dean of Biblical Cou...
140 Chick-Fil-A Can Teach Us A Lot About Parenting
September 22, 2019 16:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBNathan Buchanan is an operator of two Chick-Fil-A franchises in Martin County, Florida. He’s also a husband and the father of five children as well as a pastor’s kid and a follower of Jesus. He manages to get exceptional quality service out of a group of rotating teenagers. Join me as I interview Nathan and discuss how the principles found in the Chic-Fil- A franchise can help you parent your children. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics a...
139 Marriage on Mission with Jenny Price
September 15, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBToday we are talking with my friend, Jenny Price, and an incredible, practical tool for couples to strengthen their marriage called Marriage on Mission. Jenny is a Pastor’s wife, mother of five, and coach who is passionate about building healthy marriages. The Marriage on Mission tool is one that will help you and your spouse dream, plan and sharpen your direction in a healthy way. If you find this podcast helpful, you can subscribe and click here to find past topics and free resources. ...
138 Spiritual Warfare in the Home
September 08, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBSpiritual warfare is all around us. It exists in our everyday lives. However, we often overlook aspects of it because we are looking for the big moments of fighting instead of the small daily instances. So, today I want to look at a certain aspect of spiritual warfare that I believe can derail our families and our relationships with others if left unchecked. If you like the content of this podcast and find it insightful and helpful, please subscribe. If you would like to support Let’s Pa...
137 The Power of Addiction, The Freedom of Recovery
September 01, 2019 16:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBToday I am joined by my good friend, Melissa Weimer. Melissa is a wife, mother, and the ministry leader of Celebrate Recovery at Covenant Fellowship Baptist Church. During this episode, Melissa shares her encouraging redemption story, starting with how she began spiraling into addiction at a young age and how that carried into her early years of marriage and parenting. As you listen, I think you will see that Melissa’s story is Jesus’ story. If you find this podcast helpful, I’d love f...