Parenting
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Episode 144: How To Have a Secular Child, Part 1 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) As 2021 gets underway, Adam and Leah go back to their podcast roots, encouraging Christian parents. This week, they begin a three-part series on how to raise secular children. Step one? Put everything else before attending worship.
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Some Things Should Never Be Normal
Normal. It’s a word that so many of us have said in the last few months. We just want things to return to normal. As so many things have changed, many have altered that statement a bit and said that they hope things return to normal, whatever that may look like. We like normal. We like routine. We like knowing–as best we can–what to expect. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, there are certain things, if we are going to be children of light in a world of darkness, that should never be normal about us. If we are being honest, the biggest things about our lives are not going…
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Episode 143: Christmas 2020 and Podcast Plans for 2021 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_143.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) 2020 is slower for many families, including this Christmas season. Adam and Leah share some simple traditions they have done this year you may want to try, or file away for future years. Then, they preview how they plan to start the 2021 podcast season.
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Episode 140: “Making” Your Kids Go to Worship [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_140.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) Parents often make going to worship and youth activities optional for their children, especially as the children get older. On this podcast, Adam and Leah talk about why parents should not waiver one bit from their children being at worship and youth activities. (And there’s even a connection with Thanksgiving!) Resource We Were Made to Go on Sunday Nights [The Messy Christian; Facebook] CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADAM & LEAH’S PARENTING SEMINAR. DATES FOR 2021 AVAILABLE!
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We Are All At Risk
I know. I know. You probably don’t want to read another blog post about the coronavirus or Covid-19. I get it. Neither do I, and I certainly don’t want to write another one! However, I have heard this sentence used over and over again concerning the virus. Sometimes it has been talking about those with serious underlying health issues, but when we try to explain that to another person, what we hear is “We’re all at risk.” And that is most certainly true. As I contemplated that sentence the last time I heard it, my mind went in an entirely different direction. I’d like to share some of those thoughts for your contemplation. Some of these…
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“For Fun?”
[NOTE: This post is intended for adults to read first. Parents, you may want to use it later to teach your children.] Leah and I are well-established into raising teenagers now. Mary Carol will be 15 in a few weeks, and Turner turned 13 back in March. That said, for several reasons, they seem to have a little more of their child-like innocence than most other young people their same age (and we are very thankful for that!). That innocence came through loud and clear a few weeks ago. Our family was watching a TV show together and the couple (husband and wife…we don’t watch shows where it is not…
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Episode 138: Masks Too Many Families Wear [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) During the pandemic, people have been wearing literal masks. Often, however, people–and families–put on masks of a different sort, and it leads to some unhealthy places. Adam and Leah talk about three areas–marriage, parenting, and finances–in which we can be tempted to wear masks as a family. Click Here to Learn about Adam and Leahs’s Parenting Seminar
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Can I Be a Christian and a Patriot?
We are living in times where there is a powerful tug-of-war over huge issues. Even Christians are debating things that are, thankfully, causing a great deal of study and thought. We dare not just answer with our own opinions or with concepts that have not been studied in light of Scripture. One of those issues is patriotism. In an election year, that issue is always heightened, but also, with the great civic and social unrest of the last few months, this discussion has only gained more traction. Honestly, these are the types of issues we need to consider deeply, and often. The truth is quite nuanced, I believe. This post…
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Behind Every Door
Some who read this will know that my family and I lived in Dexter, Missouri for eleven years. During those eleven years it was my privilege to preach for the church of Christ there, it was also my honor to work with one of the finest men I have ever known. Dale Grissom’s office was right next to mine. He didn’t spend much time there, though. He would take care of what he thought was necessary there and then “hit the road.” He was not taking off to play golf, go shopping, etc. He was off to do what a true shepherd of God’s people needed to do. Dale was supported by the church…
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Episode 135: Answering 3 Common Motherhood Myths [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_135.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) With Mother’s Day coming this weekend, Adam and Leah take some time to talk about three myths that mothers can too easily believe. We hope by answering these myths that mothers feel more excited and encouraged about their work. Resource “The Necessary Thing” (Blog post by Leah Faughn)
