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Think safe gaming means blocking bad websites? You might be missing the bigger picture. In the deep corners of the metaverse, people are drowning in isolation. Guests Jonathan Ober and Frank Tulagowski are using platforms like Roblox to save lives. It’s time to trade your parenting fear for curiosity and learn how to navigate these digital borderlands.

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Your kids are living in digital worlds, but are they safe? More importantly, is anyone bringing light into those spaces? Jonathan Ober and Frank Tulagowski are stepping into VR Chat and the metaverse to meet isolated, searching people right where they are. Discover how to navigate online gaming safely as a family and, through Christian gaming, reach a subculture desperately looking for real connection.

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How do we protect our marriages in a world that tries to pull us apart? John and Debra Fileta break down three main areas of needed protection and share invaluable advice from their own marriage.

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You’ve been hit—perhaps by criticism, loss, church hurt—and part of you wants to shut down or fight back. But what if you’re missing what God’s doing in it? Dave Harvey pushes past easy answers, showing how weakness, enemies, and even unfair blows can expose what’s in you ... and build something steadier than image, control, or approval.

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You’re trying to stay strong—for your family, your church, your calling. But the cracks are showing, and you’re not sure what to do with them. Dave Harvey, author of The Clay Pot Conspiracy: God's Plan to Use Weakness in Leaders, flips the script. What if your weakness isn’t the problem—but the point? This conversation digs into purpose within suffering and failure, and finding real strength where you least expect it.

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Being a stepfather can feel like bathing cats with your hair on fire—but your thoughtful navigation of the dynamics in your home can make a difference that lasts for decades. Author Gil Stuart offers tips on stepfathering thoughtfully and shaping the kind of family you all long for.

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Stepdad: It can be a role full of landmines—and at the same time, a role vital and unsung. Author Gil Stuart offers ideas for doing it wholeheartedly and all-in, even amid the complexities of your blended family.

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Is your relationship with God not what you thought it’d be? Podcasters Rachel Faulkner-Brown and Karen McAdams have ideas to help you find Father’s House—and live your life from that well-loved space.

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Throughout her broken childhood, podcaster Karen McAdams sensed she was missing something. But even after coming to know God, her sprint from shame kept her away from the heart of God. Along with her co-host Rachel Faulkner-Brown, Karen shares part of her own story that fueled the duo’s new study, Father’s House: The Path that Leads Home.

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You’re doing all the right things: faith, family, showing up. But underneath? You’re exhausted, reactive, and not sure why it keeps spilling out sideways. Podcaster and author Alicia Michelle gets into the roots most people avoid—how old wounds, buried emotions, and survival patterns quietly shape your marriage, parenting, and faith—and why ignoring them isn’t working anymore.

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