Latest Parentingforward Podcast Episodes
Dismantling Toxic Masculinity with Mike Reynolds
Parenting Forward - December 17, 2018 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsToxic Masculinity is the root of many of our evils in the world today. I ask Mike Reynolds, the founder of Everyday Girl Dad to join me in helping dismantle toxic masculinity. He gives practical tips on how to disrupt locker room talk and how to model healthy masculinity. Mike shares his cross s...
When a Pediatrician Faith Shifts - Joani Lea Jack
Parenting Forward - December 10, 2018 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsIt’s hard to believe we haven’t had a pediatrician on the show about parenting yet! This oversight ends today! So honored to have Dr. Joani Lea Jack on the show. She’s a pediatrician who grew up in the conservative Bible Belt culture of the South. She tells me about meeting her a resident who is...
How to Talk about Death with Children - Kay Bruner
Parenting Forward - December 03, 2018 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsAn unimaginable tragedy happened to one of our previous podcast guests, Kay Bruner. She lost her 28 year old daughter in the summer of 2018. I’ve invited her back on to our show to talk about death, this intrusion into her family life and turned her world upside down. We share tips on how to tal...
How to Parent while going through a Spiritual Migration with Brian McLaren
Parenting Forward - November 26, 2018 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsBrian McLaren, like many of us, grew up fundamentalist and then evangelical, and he has been a thought leader in forging a path forward to finding a way to sustain faith that is inclusive and healthy for the world. I am honored to invite him onto the show today to give us some of his predictions...
Episode 25: Good Christian Sex with Bromleigh McCleneghan
Parenting Forward - November 19, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThere’ no getting around the awkwardness of talking to kids about sex, but it’s also a critical conversation to have if we want our children to grow into healthy sexuality. Parenting Forward is here to help! Join my conversation with Bromleigh McClenghan, pastor and author of the book, “Good Chr...
Little Faith Podcast Crossover
Parenting Forward - November 13, 2018 19:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsBecause I’ve been traveling, I’m running a bit behind schedule. While I work to recover and get back on schedule, I wanted to run a crossover episode with Little Faith: A Podcast for Parents Who Doubt. Havilah interviews me so hopefully listeners of Parenting Forward will enjoy hearing the roles...
Episode 23: First Q&A Episode! Special Guest: Brad Jersak
Parenting Forward - November 05, 2018 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThis show is our first Q&A format! I answer questions from what to do if grandparents are spouting Right Wing rhetoric at my teenage son, to how to talk about the cross with 6 year olds, to how to raise our children to care about social justice. Special featured guest, Brad Jersak came on the...
Episode 22: Surviving a Cult with Carly Gelsinger
Parenting Forward - October 29, 2018 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsMy guest today grew up in a cult and tells her story in her memoir, Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith. We talk about why adolescents and teenagers are particularly drawn to community, supernatural experiences, and what it looks like to parent teens without taking advantage of their vulne...
Episode 21: Interfaith Parenting with Susan Katz Miller
Parenting Forward - October 22, 2018 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsOne of the pillars of progressive faith parenting is inclusivity, connecting with people of all religions and faiths instead of drawing dogmatic boundaries. Because of this, I think it is a critical conversation to have with interfaith families and children who are raised to be religiously lite...
Episode 20: Raising White Kids in a Racially Unjust World
Parenting Forward - October 15, 2018 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsRaising white kids is to raise children in a vexed location, at the intersection of whiteness and childhood. White children experience the smog of toxic white supremacy and yet are often silenced and rendered incapable of navigating racial tensions and build meaningful relationships with peers o...
Episode 19: Andi Cumbo-Floyd - Infertility, Miscarriage, Entering Parenthood at 43
Parenting Forward - October 08, 2018 07:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsAndi Cumbo-Floyd is a writer, editor, and writing coach, who recently entered the season of motherhood at the older age of 43. She struggled with infertility and miscarriage before giving birth to her baby boy Milo, and she share vulnerably of that emotional roller coaster to parenthood in this ...
Episode 18: Stereotypes of Mixed Race Children Debunked - Sharon Chang
Parenting Forward - October 01, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratings“Domination is built by binaries.” My guest today explains why the race conversation in America is often flattened to the black and white binary and erases other race and mixed race folks. Sharon Chang is an author and race activist and we have an interesting and informative conversation about h...
Episode 17: What Shall We Tell The Children in Trump era?
Parenting Forward - September 24, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsWhen November 2016, and the election results were final, many of us were shocked, scared, and confused. Parents, in particular, couldn’t fathom how we could talk to our children when violations of basic decency were put on display and voted in the highest office in the United States. Cheryl a...
Episode 16: Should I Raise my Children in Church - Barbara Brown Taylor
Parenting Forward - September 17, 2018 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsBarbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, teacher, best selling author, and one of the most profound voices for spiritual seekers and wanderers. It was a treat to get a chance to ask her questions about what it means to parent children into healthy spirituality. We chat about: The spirit...
Episode 15: 7 Spiritual Child Protection Policies
Parenting Forward - September 10, 2018 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsToday I am sharing 7 spiritual child protection policies to ensure that while raising our children in faith, we are minimizing the risk of them being harmed by toxic doctrines. These policies can act as a guide in your everyday parenting, or to check against your children’s faith communities or ...
Episode 14: Amanda Meisenheimer - Progressive Children’s Minister
Parenting Forward - September 03, 2018 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsAmanda Meisenheimer is a progressive children and families minister. She creates music and curriculum to help families raise children with healthy spirituality, and I am excited to have her on the show to share the resources she’s created for all of us. Amanda and I start the show with the...
Episode 13: Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Parenting Forward - August 27, 2018 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsRabbi Sandi Eisenberg Sasso is the author of several award winning children’s books on spirituality including God’s Paint Brush and In God’s Name. In this show, we talk about: How she became the first woman to be ordained as rabbi in the Reconstructionist movement. Why she began publishin...
Episode 12: Kaitlin Curtice - Decolonizing Faith as a Native American Parent
Parenting Forward - August 20, 2018 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsMy guest today is Kaitlin Curtice, Native American Christian author and speaker, and a mother of two boys. Kaitlyn shares with us how she embodies race, religion, & resistance in her identity and her work. I ask Kaitlin: - how to raise our children with a decolonized faith how Native Americ...
Episode 11: Carol Howard Merritt - Healing Spiritual Wounds
Parenting Forward - August 13, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsImportant to Parenting Forward is the practice of parenting ourselves, specifically, to name our past wounds and engage in the work of healing. Breaking cycles of pain and shame means dealing with our own childhood trauma first. In this show, I invite author, speaker, and pastor, Carol Howard Me...
Episode 10: Mihee Kim-Kort Queering Our Faith
Parenting Forward - August 06, 2018 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsMihee Kim-Kort is a Presbyterian minister, speaker, and author of several books including her most recent one titled, Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith. It is Mihee’s coming out story and is a beautiful book that expands our notions of what it means to be human...
Episode 9: Andrew Grant-Thomas at Embrace Race
Parenting Forward - July 30, 2018 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsAndrew Grant-Thomas is the co-founder, along with his partner, Melissa Giraud, of the organization, Embrace Race. Their vision is to help provide parents resources to talk about race with their kids, and their website is chock full of wonderful resources, please be sure to check it out. In thi...
Episode 8: Melissa Greene - Parenting with Rituals & Community after Faith Shift
Parenting Forward - July 23, 2018 11:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsMelissa Greene is a musician, most notably a member of the Christian group, Avalon, from the years 2002-2009, bringing us lots of hit songs. She served as a pastor at Grace Pointe in Tennessee, which is known for its progressive positions, including being LGBTQ affirming. And just recently, she ...
Episode 7: Parenting without Certainty of Faith
Parenting Forward - July 16, 2018 07:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThis show addresses some common fears and anxieties of those who are parenting with shifting faith. I am on a mission to convince parents that although it may not be the easy path, parenting with shifting faith actually gives us an advantage in parenting, especially in these unstable times of m...
Episode 6: Hayden Brandt - Anxiety and Saving the World
Parenting Forward - July 09, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThis is a special episode of Parenting Forward where I get to feature my own son, Hayden Brandt, who is 12 years old at this time of recording. I *obviously* love him but I also think you will too because he is articulate and fun and really quite emotionally intelligent. In this episode I ask h...
Episode 5: Danielle Shroyer - Original Sin is Damaging for Children
Parenting Forward - July 02, 2018 08:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsBy far, one of the most damaging doctrines to children is the Original Sin doctrine, and I try to advocate against it as much as possible. Thankfully, I can point people towards Danielle Shroyer’s work on this subject, how to view the Garden story, what Jesus atonement means, etc. if we were to ...
Episode 4: Bruce Reyes-Chow - Don’t Be An Asshat
Parenting Forward - July 02, 2018 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsBruce Reyes Chow is someone I have followed for a long time. I have him on today to discuss his parenting book that he co-wrote with his wife, called Rule #2: Don’t be an Asshat. This interview moves along very quickly as we discuss a smattering of the rules in his book, some serious, and some a...
Episode 3: Kay Bruner - Boundaries
Parenting Forward - July 02, 2018 07:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThere were so many things I could’ve interviewed Kay about, she is such a treasure trove of wisdom, but I know boundaries, especially for those of us who grew up without them, is so helpful and can literally be life-changing. In this episode, I ask Kay to share about boundaries, how to become aw...
Episode 2: Melvin Bray - Composting Toxic Stories
Parenting Forward - July 02, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsI always learn so much when I talk to Melvin Bray, he’s brilliant and kind and resourceful. I ask him to tell us about the COMPOST acronym which helps us determine whether a story is worth telling: Confess more than prescribe Opposing forces in dynamic with each other Meekness to admit ot...
Episode 1: Five Pillars of Progressive Faith Parenting with Daniel Kirk
Parenting Forward - July 02, 2018 06:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsIn this episode I invite Dr. Daniel Kirk onto the show as my co-host to introduce the five pillars of Parenting Forward. They are: Fluidity of Faith Egalitarianism vs. Hierarchy Activism for equality Connection over boundaries Learning to REIMAGINE stories Links (affiliate link...
Welcome to Parenting Forward!
Parenting Forward - June 25, 2018 18:06 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsThis is our pilot episode to introduce Parenting Forward, the new podcast exploring the intersection of parenting and progressive faith. I share a little bit of my own story, introduce some of the conversations we’ll host, and say hi to the world in podcast format. I’m so excited about this n...
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