Ep. 87: Escaping the Roommate Stage, Raising Kids Who Still Call & TikTok Church Experiment

This week’s episode is all about connection: rediscovering it in marriage, sustaining it with our children, and questioning it in the age of viral faith and social media.

💑 Forever Segment — The Silent Drift & The Intentional Return

We’re unpacking one of the quietest relationship killers: emotional distance. How do couples go from passionate partners to polite roommates and, more importantly, how do they find their way back? We talk about the small choices that rebuild intimacy and the daily habits that turn drifting into direction.

🌱 Roots & Bloom Segment — Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home

What does it mean to raise securely attached children who still want to be around you when they’re grown? We explore how emotional safety, consistent love, and healthy boundaries create relationships that last well beyond childhood.

🙏 Lifestyle Segment — The Appalachian Grandpa & The TikTok Church Experiment

“The Appalachian Grandpa” and the “TikTok Church” experiment. Would your church give a single mother a can of formula for her starving child? What do these trends say about faith, influence, and the way people are finding (or performing) spirituality online?

Today we’ll be touching on: 

• The Mary Crystie mystery
• The Silent Drift & The Intentional Return: The Roomate Marriage
• Raising Children Who Keep Coming Home
• The TikTok Appalachian Grandpa

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