Christ in the Chaos

14 Modeling Healthy, Good, and Christian Behavior for Our Kids.

This week is all about the impact of modeling behavior for our kids.  We look at what we model well, what behavior we don’t want to pass down to the next generation and provide a strategy for breaking the cycle.

13: Personal Study. Using study to Live with the Word. And how to pass the habit on to your kids.

In this episode we talk about personal bible study including: why and how Cathleen studies, and why Joel doesn’t.  We also give 4 easy steps to get you started up if you don’t already have a study routine.  We also give suggestions for building up your kids’ bible engagement including lots of recommendations for books, music, YouTube and more.

 

Suggestions mentioned in the episode:

Resources: 

• Barclays Commentary
• Paul for Everyone
• Bible Project
• Bible in a Year app: Soul survivor

Youtube: 

• Pursue God Kids
• Saddleback Kids
• Sharefaith
• Veggie Tales

 

Authors:

• Bob Goff
• Jen Hatmaker
• Beth Moor

 

12 The Young (Kids) and the Rest(less): Getting Rest With a Family: Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional.

This week’s episode is all about  getting physical and spiritual rest in the busy season of caring for young kids.  Find out how we do (or don’t) recharge our energy, reset our minds and hearts, and relax our priorities in favor of His.

11 Get a Life: The pitfalls of finding your identity in your role as a parent instead of in Christ.

This week we look at the spiritual, relational, and practical pitfalls of finding your identity in your role as a parent instead of in Christ.  And how to create an identity with God and teach your children to grow into Kingdom Bringers.  (This isn’t a direct response to #collegescandal but it was very conveniently timed.)

10 The Lord's Prayer explained. Prayer for families, couples, and kids

This week we talk about the Lord's Prayer.  What’s behind all those fancy worlds and how you can use it as a framework for your daily prayer life.  You can find the sermon series we discussed here. 

09 Communication is Key: Communicating in relationships with your spouse and kids

This week we talk about the foundations of good communication in a Christian family: frequent, intentional, between people with trust, humble, soaked in affirmation, mutually understood, and open-hearted. 

08 Cathleen's Conversion Story

In this special episode, Cathleen shares the story of how she went from atheist to Jesus Superhero.

07 How Comfortable is too Comfortable?

How comfortable is too comfortable for a Christian family? We talk about how comfortable our family is in the areas of spending time and energy, money and material things, and relationships. 

06 Our Village

This week, we talk about the people who are helping us raise the two most incredible kids in the world and why we're letting them help. 

05 Dinner at Our Place?

In this episode, we discuss why we invite people into our home, who we should be inviting, and how to get over ourselves and invite people over even when we have a dirty bathroom.