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  • Face the Culture - What We Don't Know about Severe Neurological Injuries

    Katie Asher comes back to visit with us and we continue our discussion with a book she has written called The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith. This is a memoir co-written by Katie Asher and her severely neurologically injured autistic son, Houston. What began as a family’s struggle with disability has become one of the most talked-about—and scientifically examined—cases at the intersection of neuroscience, consciousness, and faith.

    #Constitution #Family #autism #spirituality 

    46 min
  • Teach Them Diligently - How to Raise Gender-Confident Kids in a Confusing Culture with Dr. Kathy Koch + Dr. Jeff Myers

    How do you help kids develop clarity and confidence about who they are when culture constantly pushes confusion? In this episode, Leslie Nunnery is joined by Dr. Kathy Koch (Celebrate Kids) and Dr. Jeff Myers (Summit Ministries), co-authors of Raising Gender-Confident Kids: Helping Kids Embrace Their God-Given Design , to talk about one of the most urgent discipleship challenges facing families today: raising gender-confident kids in a culture that’s increasingly confused about identity and God’s design.

    In this conversation, you’ll hear practical ways to begin (or restart) discussions with your kids, why questions are often more effective than arguments, how social media shapes what kids believe, and why gender confusion is often a subset of broader identity confusion. You’ll also walk away encouraged that it’s not too late—parents can respond with compassion, hope, truth, and courage.
    for a deeply practical and hope-filled conversation.

     
    IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

      • Gender confusion often reflects deeper identity confusion—start with who God says your child is.
      • Parents don’t have to know everything; they can say, “Let’s learn together.”
      • Use questions to invite conversation instead of accusations that shut it down.
      • Social media can accelerate confusion through echo chambers and algorithms.
      • It’s not too late to start—humility and apology can rebuild trust.
      • A helpful framework for hard talks: CUE = Curiosity, Understanding, Envisioning.
      • Practical posture sequence: Compassion → Hope → Truth → Confidence → Courage.

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        RESOURCES MENTIONED:

        • Raising Gender-Confident Kids: Helping Kids Embrace Their God-Given Design (Dr. Jeff Myers + Dr. Kathy Koch)
        • Resources and book access: GenderConfidentKids.com 
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          CONNECT:
          • Teach Them Diligently
          • Guests: Dr. Jeff Myers (Summit Ministries) + Dr. Kathy Koch (Celebrate Kids)

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            ABOUT THE GUESTS:

            Dr. Kathy is not only “Pro-Life,” she is “Pro-Abundant Life.” With a passion for being an influence and for helping build strong and healthy families, Dr. Kathy writes (6 books and counting) and speaks (a lot and often) on a wide range of topics that are both timeless and current. Her humorous and easy-to-learn-from speaking style, foundational wisdom, and practical and relevant details leave her audiences empowered with strategies to navigate the challenges of raising and teaching children. She warmly speaks to young people and their adults with compassion and understanding, never shying away from tough topics in our current culture. Her messages are always beautifully woven with Biblical truth and hope.

            Dr. Jeff Myers is

            41 min
          • Read-Aloud Revival ® - Best of RAR: When Your Developing Reader Resists Reading

            Learning to read can be hard. And when our kids are still learning to read fluently and well, helping them fall in love with books can feel impossible.


            But it doesn’t have to be that way.

            Today on the show, I’m sharing some strategies to help hook your developing reader. And of course, I have some suggestions for books that they won’t be able to resist.


            In this episode, you’ll hear: 

            • Why helping your kids fall in love with story is the the key to helping them fall in love with reading 
            • The way short, frequent phonics and reading sessions propel budding readers toward fluency and ease
            • How to become a book-matchmaker for your child 


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            • Waxwing Books
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            Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/child-resists-reading

            32 min
          • Focus on the Family with Jim Daly - Slowing Down to Embrace God

            Life seems to be moving faster and faster, so it requires intentionality to slow down. Jennifer Dukes Lee ran so hard that she reached a breaking point, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. She and her husband decided to leave the hurry sickness behind and go back to farm life, where they could learn a different pace and discover a deeper relationship with God and family through the seasons of life. In this discussion, Jennifer will help you “grow slower” to refresh your mind, body, and soul.

             

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            28 min
          • Liberty Spenders™ - What Performance Problems Reveal About Ownership Gaps | Jerri Ann Jensen

            Why do teams stall even when everyone knows what to do?

            Kurt Luidhardt sits down with Jerri Ann Jensen, founder of COSMO Advantage, to explore why execution often breaks down long after the strategy is set.

            Teams can have clear goals, defined roles, and capable people in place, yet results still lag. The obvious explanation works for a while, until the same problems keep showing up.

            Jerri Ann says that many leaders are diagnosing the wrong layer. A story from her own family brings that pattern into focus and shows how quickly the conversation changes when the real issue gets named.

            From there, the discussion turns to the same tension inside organizations, where resistance stays hidden, alignment gets overstated, and performance problems are blamed on everything except the thing underneath them.

            This episode is for business leaders trying to understand why execution keeps breaking, even when the plan looks solid.


            0:00 Intro

            03:27 Origin of COSMO Advantage

            08:11 Integrating COSMO with Existing Frameworks

            14:34 Diagnosing Organizational Gaps

            20:41 Listening and Questioning for Diagnosis

            26:17 Ownership Transformation Story

            32:52 Learning to Hear and Respond

            39:08 Lightning Round


            Resources Mentioned:


            COSMO Advantage

            https://cosmoadvantage.com


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            48 min

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