This week Tim and Stephen talk about the season of Lent, in the lead up to Easter!

Quote:

• …the season of repentance known to us as Lent... We all have settled down into cozy situations of existence. The problem is that that existence is in a foreign land. To varying degrees, we all have acquiesced to a human condition chronically diseased by sin. For some, the home away from home is plenty sufficient and the vision of a true home becomes too implausible, so it fades from memory. For others, the memory of home still lives, but the risk of the expedition is overwhelming fraught with danger and uncertainty. Truly, one could lose it all in such a venture. There are no guarantees of success. There are others who have made the decisive step. They packed the family and are on the way with the bumper sticker “The kingdom of God or bust.” But as the hardships of the expedition become real, the temptation is to turn around and go back before it is too late. Finally, there are those who left, made the journey, settled into the land and are overtaken by bitter regret and resentment caused by internal bickering, favoritism, corruption, and incompetence. - Keith Ruckhaus, As Though We Were Dreaming: A Commentary on the Songs of Ascents for Lent (Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2013), 17–18

Scripture:

• 1 Peter 2:11-12
• Hebrews 11:13-16
• Matthew 6:14-18
• 1 Corinthians 7:5

Books:

• Sacred Seasons: A Family Guide to Center Your Year Around Jesus - Danielle Hitchen

This week Tim and Stephen talk about their summer, and what resources they have been looking at. It's quite a list!

Opening Quote:

Augustine, On Christian Doctrine, 2.18.28 -

"…let every good and true Christian understand that wherever truth may be found, it belongs to his Master…"

Scriptures:

• Exodus 12:35-36
• Proverbs 22:17-24:34
• Colossians 3:16

Books:

• Dad Tired - Jerrad Lopes
• God’s Big Promises Storybook Bible - Carl Laferton
• The Biggest Story Bible Storybook - Kevin DeYoung
• Little Me Big God Series - Steph Williams
• Books for Little Ones - Amy Carmichael
• Training Young Hearts Series - Abbey Wedgeworth
• Wherever You Go, I want you to Know - Melissa Kreuger
• His Grace is Enough - Melissa Kreuger
• Tales that Tell the Truth Series - The Good Book Company
• Taste and See: All About God’s Goodness - Irene Sun
• Little Pilgrim’s Big Journey - Tyler Van Halteren
• The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
• Big Questions Series - Chris Morphew
• Worth It! - Chris Morphew
• A Dozen Disappointing Disciples - Tom French
• Weird, Crude, Funny, Nude - Tom French
• 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) About Christianity - Rebecca McLaughlin

Podcasts:

• Family Discipleship Podcast - https://www.familydiscipleship.com/podcast
• Tiny Theologians Podcast - https://www.tinytheologians.shop/pages/tiny-theologian-podcast

This week Tim and Stephen talk about all things Christmas, and movies and screen and what we watch.

Here are some things we talked about:

Scripture:

Philippians 4:8

John 15:19

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

2 Corinthians 10:5

Books:

Tony Reinke, Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books

G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy.

Daniel Strange, Plugged In : Connecting Your Faith with What YouWatch, Read, and Play

Websites:

IMDB (especially the parents guide section!)

Movieguide.org

Axis.org

Commonsensemedia.com

Re putting this episode up, now with show notes. Thanks to those who messaged in!

Tim has put together a MASSIVE wonderful list of resources, that is too long for the show notes.

⁠Access that here. ⁠

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In this episode Tim and Stephen chat through Tim's recent Mental health first aid training, as well as some research coming out. Once again at the centre of the discussion is how we raise our kids to know and love Jesus.

Books:

Johnstone, Matthew. I had a black dog.Constable & Robinson: London, UK; 2005. (non-Christian, but a great way of illustrating depression)

Murray, David. Why am I feeling like this? Crossway: Wheaton, IL; 2020.

Murray, David. Why is my teenager feeling like this? Crossway: Wheaton, IL; 2020.

Thomas, Alan. Tackling Mental Illness Together. IVP: London, UK; 2017.

Thompson, Katherine. Christ-Centred Mindfulness. Acorn Press: Sydney, Australia; 2018.

Welch, Edward T. A Student’s Guide to Anxiety. Christian Focus Publications: Rossshire, UK; 2020.

For Parents

parentingstrategies.net - a websitededicated to equipping parents to care for their child’s mental health.

National Institute of Mental Health - USGovernment website has plenty of resources and articles.

In this episode, Tim and Stephen chat through Tim's recent mental health first aid as well as some research coming out. Once again, at the centre of the discussion is how we raise our kids to know and love Jesus.

As a church family, Stephen and Tim have a large change just over the horizon. This started then the changes they have gone through both in their lives, and thinking about how to prepare our families for it!

This week, Stephen and Tim talk about communion, with a special interest in WHEN is a good time for kids and teens to participate, as well as WHO can have communion.

In this episode, Stephen and Tim talk about what different ideas of family devotion looks like.

As well as some of the wins, and misses!

And now for the second half of Stephen and Tim's chat, from when Tim was able to attend a seminar on what it means to raise kids in a tech healthy way.

This was put on by Daniel Sih.

Find his website and resources here. Home - Raising Humans

This week Stephen and Tim talk about a recent event that Tim went to.

A night with Daniel Sih, an expert in raising 'tech healthy humans' .

This chat went for so long, we have split it into 2 parts.

You can find Daniel Sih's website at Home - Raising Humans