Love this interview and conversation. I just love hearing your story’s of how God worked and is still working in your life. It’s definitely hard for me to find joy in those times of trials and struggles, I just keep reminding myself of God’s word and James 1:2. Constantly striving keep my eyes and mind on Christ and not myself but it’s a constant struggle. Thanks for sharing!❤
I have to say, I'm a little jealous for all the knowledge you have in your young parenthood. I'm at the other end of the spectrum. My husband is with Jesus now and I'm moving forward with life. But reflecting back on our years of childrearing brings me great sadness at times. Don't get me wrong, we raised two intelligent, kind, law-abiding citizens of this world. In saying that, our kids are grown and we can't go back to fix the things we messed up on when they were young. Our greatest prayer while our kids were growing up, was "Father, please protect them from the mistakes we are going to make." And now I'm watching my son parent his kids, making some of the same mistakes we made - and sometimes worse ones. Even though we raised our kids in a Jesus-believing church, the world today has made it so easy to turn their backs on what we hoped they woud learn. Our daughter is in her 30's, with no plans to marry or have children. She is very tainted in her views on married life from what she has observed in the world. In many ways, I find that being the parent to adults, is the hardest part of parenting. I know that God gave us free will so we will come to Him by choice and not cohersion. And for that reason, all I can really do is love them unconditionally and pray for them furvently.
My husband and I just finished habits of the household! Wonderful, practical, and incredibly helpful book. Looking forward to reading made for people! Thanks for having them on the podcast 😊
Hi Shawn & Andrew! We totally love your podcast! I have one very selfish request - you are always mentioning books that you recommend, is there a spot where you could write down all of your book recommendations so that we can easily go back to it when looking for new books to read??!?
You two are cement and glue. The fam will be a great group of athletes and humor loving people. Formation is important, God always in the mix and you can't lose. Those moments of insanity create balance and give you great material for a book. ❤
This was powerful. Oh how I wish my husband had this podcast when we were young. Interested in the new book about friendship. We've recently made a big change in our life and I'm having to create a new friend group. It is scary and lonely.
I love this and want this but what happens when you've been burned by a friend of over 20 years ? What happens when you have been vulnerable and that one person you have trusted for 20 years stabs you in the back and trust is now broken? I've always kind of been too much of a trusting person. Now I feel like I can't trust any woman out there. And one woman at my church actually admitted that my feelings are valid. She actually said that she is the person who stabbed a friend in the back. When she said that, I immediately stopped talking to her. How do you trust another friend. I'm a woman and I feel like I can't trust women to be my friend. I would love to have what they're talking about
Another thing to add... it takes two in a friendship. If one person in the friendship is vulnerable but the other person is only friends on the surface, then it doesn't really work. This person who I was friends with for 20 years would let me share personal stuff but she wouldn't share back. That went on for the last 10 years of the relationship. I think finding a friend who wants to get deep in a friendship with you is hard this days. Most people want friendship only on the surface. They don't want deep. I would love to have someone I could trust again to go deep with. Right now the only people I go deep with is my mom and my husband
Love this interview and conversation. I just love hearing your story’s of how God worked and is still working in your life. It’s definitely hard for me to find joy in those times of trials and struggles, I just keep reminding myself of God’s word and James 1:2. Constantly striving keep my eyes and mind on Christ and not myself but it’s a constant struggle. Thanks for sharing!❤
LOVE this interview and conversation!!! This is what the world needs!!
I have to say, I'm a little jealous for all the knowledge you have in your young parenthood. I'm at the other end of the spectrum. My husband is with Jesus now and I'm moving forward with life. But reflecting back on our years of childrearing brings me great sadness at times. Don't get me wrong, we raised two intelligent, kind, law-abiding citizens of this world. In saying that, our kids are grown and we can't go back to fix the things we messed up on when they were young. Our greatest prayer while our kids were growing up, was "Father, please protect them from the mistakes we are going to make." And now I'm watching my son parent his kids, making some of the same mistakes we made - and sometimes worse ones. Even though we raised our kids in a Jesus-believing church, the world today has made it so easy to turn their backs on what we hoped they woud learn. Our daughter is in her 30's, with no plans to marry or have children. She is very tainted in her views on married life from what she has observed in the world. In many ways, I find that being the parent to adults, is the hardest part of parenting. I know that God gave us free will so we will come to Him by choice and not cohersion. And for that reason, all I can really do is love them unconditionally and pray for them furvently.
My husband and I just finished habits of the household! Wonderful, practical, and incredibly helpful book. Looking forward to reading made for people! Thanks for having them on the podcast 😊
What a gift this podcast was. Thank you for this real wholesome content that can make a positive impact on families.
What a fantastic podcast/interview. I need to look into these books - so relevant!
Hi Shawn & Andrew! We totally love your podcast! I have one very selfish request - you are always mentioning books that you recommend, is there a spot where you could write down all of your book recommendations so that we can easily go back to it when looking for new books to read??!?
You two are cement and glue. The fam will be a great group of athletes and humor loving people. Formation is important, God always in the mix and you can't lose. Those moments of insanity create balance and give you great material for a book. ❤
This was powerful. Oh how I wish my husband had this podcast when we were young.
Interested in the new book about friendship. We've recently made a big change in our life and I'm having to create a new friend group. It is scary and lonely.
Just bought my copy of Habits of the household. Looking forward to reading it. Definitely struggling with some of the things mentioned
Love this podcast God is good
Love this interview!
I love this and want this but what happens when you've been burned by a friend of over 20 years ? What happens when you have been vulnerable and that one person you have trusted for 20 years stabs you in the back and trust is now broken? I've always kind of been too much of a trusting person. Now I feel like I can't trust any woman out there. And one woman at my church actually admitted that my feelings are valid. She actually said that she is the person who stabbed a friend in the back. When she said that, I immediately stopped talking to her. How do you trust another friend. I'm a woman and I feel like I can't trust women to be my friend. I would love to have what they're talking about
Another thing to add... it takes two in a friendship. If one person in the friendship is vulnerable but the other person is only friends on the surface, then it doesn't really work. This person who I was friends with for 20 years would let me share personal stuff but she wouldn't share back. That went on for the last 10 years of the relationship. I think finding a friend who wants to get deep in a friendship with you is hard this days. Most people want friendship only on the surface. They don't want deep. I would love to have someone I could trust again to go deep with. Right now the only people I go deep with is my mom and my husband