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We have an incredible guest on the show today; Andy Crouch joins Brook for an insightful and rich conversation about technology and the family. You may know Andy Crouch from his books The Techwise Family or The Life We Were Looking For. In this episode, we ask Andy questions like, what is the family for? And what worked or didn’t work as Andy and his wife raised their two kids? Brook and Andy also explore the superpowers we are drawn to and rely on and how choosing to be happy now or happy later can either transform us in the way we want to go or the way we don’t want to go. Enjoy!

Complaining is not new to the human experience. We all suffer on this side of heaven; some is circumstantial, and some is perspective. Thankfully, the Bible has a lot to share with us about complaining. We hope you will join us for our conversation today, where we talk about perspective in suffering, some sneaky ways the enemy likes to fuel the fire and a few helpful questions to ask amid your grumbling. We also talk about negative development and some essential tools to help you escape a cycle of complaining. Enjoy!

Join us today for a Q+R where we respond to a few of your wonderfully, honest questions. This episode is for you if you are a highly sensitive person or are parenting one, if you struggle to connect with your child or they rub you the wrong way, and if you find yourself in a season of obscurity wondering when your life’s work will begin. We talk about all this and more and get down to the root of these questions to lend hope and encouragement for the season you find yourself in today. Enjoy!

We have the whole crew here today, and we are diving into a great question that was submitted to us: How do you talk to your kids about alcohol in a culture that normalizes it? There are a lot of nuances to this topic and it’s not black and white. We discuss conviction versus preference, parenting out of relationship, and how easy it is to turn to external things rather than God. We hope you join us as we talk about what the Bible says about alcohol and how to live in a way that we can offer our bodies as a living sacrifice to Jesus. Enjoy!

How do we practically train our children to walk with Jesus and do what He did? On today’s show, we talk about a 4- step process that shows us how to bring our children on the journey with us. Just like Jesus involves us in His work, He wants us to do the same with our children. There are different stages in training our children and as you walk through each stage you give them the gift of leadership and equip them for their individual God-given callings. Enjoy!

Our culture is highly individualistic, but is this the way of the Kingdom? When we look at the early church in Acts, there is a marked difference in how they lived beyond themselves. They lived for their community and God. In today’s show, Phil+Diane and Brook+Elizabeth talk about three key elements to living a life counter to our culture and our natural desires. Enjoy!