Home But Not Alone

Today on Home But Not Alone we’re working on our communication skills. As parents, we spend a lot of time with our kids. And when we do get the opportunity to chat with other adults, we quickly realize that we’ve forgotten how to have adult conversations.

So let’s practice breaking the ice with some fun and unconventional icebreaker questions.

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re wrapping up 2020.

This year has been a whirlwind. Things have been different from what we’re used to, different from what we expected. It has been a real challenge.

But we have learned a lot of lessons from dealing with the craziness of this year, and we want to share those with you today!

This is episode number 50!!

This show closes out season two of HBNA, and our first year of this podcast. We love that you all have been with us for this crazy ride of parenting. We’re going to take a few weeks winter break, and we’ll be back in 2021 with more encouragement and real life conversations!

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re talking TODDLERS!!!

Sara recently challenged herself to “A Day in the Life of a Toddler” - in which she spent her entire day doing everythinggg her kiddos did (and especially focusing on her toddler!)

Today, she's going to share with you what the day was like and what she learned.

We want to encourage you to try this challenge as a practice in empathy and charity for your kiddos, whether you have toddlers, elementary kids, teens, or any age!

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re going to learn about another virtue (you know this is one of Sara's fave topics!) 

This time we’re talking about Fortitude! 

Sara is really excited about this episode, because when Tim asked her what virtue she wanted to talk about, and she suggested Fortitude, he wasn’t quite sure he knew exactly what that meant… 

And a lot of us have been there - unaware of what these virtues mean, exactly, and how to practice them. Which is why studying and practicing the virtues is so important!

So let’s dive into Fortitude today!

Book on Virtues:

If you loved learning about the virtue of Fortitude and want to learn more about the theological and cardinal virtues, check out Sara's book: Becoming Holy, One Virtue at a Time.

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Happy Liturgical New Year! Today on Home But Not Alone we’re talking all about the season of Advent.

Tim has 10 Advent quiz questions - play along to see if you can beat Sara's score!

Sponsor:

Thanks to Katie Kinuthia of Spirit Within Studio for sponsoring this episode. She sent us one of her hand-painted Christmas canvas decorations to share with you!

Check out her Etsy shop for more seasonal and liturgical decor, Sacrament gifts, and beautiful wall Rosaries.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SpiritWithinStudios

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re going to give you some unsolicited parenting advice.

In fact, we’re going to give you the WORST unsolicited parenting advice from the last 300 years. So please, don’t follow this advice. If you think the parenting advice you hear at the grocery store is laughable, prepare yourself for some of the absolute funniest, craziest, and sometimes most cringeworthy advice throughout recent history.

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re going to continue exploring what the Catechism says about the Family!

Back in Episode 42 we chatted about “The Family in God’s Plan” and today we’re going to look into “The Family and Society.” Both of these topics are found in the section about the 4th Commandment, so they’re really important topics to help us learn how we’re called to live out God’s plan for our lives, and especially our vocation as spouses and parents.

CCC 2207 - 2213 can be found here: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a4.htm

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re talking about idolatry. But we’re talking about it in a way that most of us have never considered. Today we’re talking about making an idol out of the family.  

If you want to love your family more, we invite you to take some time to examine whether you're loving God Most. And if your family is getting in the way of loving God - if you're treating your family as an idol - it's time to get back to putting God first in your life so he can give you the grace to love your family more!  

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Today we’re diving into Scripture!

As Catholics, we really ARE called to live Biblically - and sometimes we joke that Catholics “don’t know our Bibles” (as well as our Protestant brethren) which is all fine in jest - unless it’s true. We HAVE to have a relationship with the living Word of God, along with our love for Tradition and the Magisterium, to live out our lives and vocations as true Catholic Christians.

Today we’re going to focus on Scripture verses that are helpful to us as parents.

Sponsor:

Deanna Bartalini: DeannaBartalini.com

Our sponsor today is Deanna Bartalini - On her website, Live Not Lukewarm, Deanna creates courses to help you live your Catholic faith. These courses are for a person who wants to know more, has questions and wants answers spoken clearly and simply.  Both live and recorded, the courses made for those who are interested in learning more about the faith and/or study scripture (which is perfect for today’s topic!).  Check it out at deannabartalini.com under the Live Not Lukewarm Community heading.

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Today on Home But Not Alone we’re going to talk about “The Family in God’s plan!” 

We’re taking our topic and our inspiration from the Catechism of the Catholic Church - so as you listen, or after you’re through with the episode, we invite you to open up your Catechism to paragraphs 2201-2206 to read the section and see what your thoughts are on it!

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