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By Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife
The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Episode 4: "Talking to Children About Death and Loss" with Allison Kieselowsky.
Recently my son asked me, "But Mommy, what did Jesus save us from?" It's a tough question. The answer doesn't make any sense unless I talk to him about death. Yet death is a very uncomfortable subject. In this episode, Allison Kieselowsky--a pastor's wife, teacher, and mom--shares some wonderful, theologically-driven examples of how she talks to her kids about death and loss.
You can listen-in here in this post or head over to iTunes, Libsyn, or Stitcher. As always, we are grateful for reviews (more reviews on iTunes will allow more people to find our podcast).
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Singing About Death
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Audio Article 2: "Four Ways Women Can Support the Vocation of Fatherhood."
In this episode, we provide an audio version of Anna's article on ways women can support dads (even--and especially--when they don't parent exactly like us) .
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Four Ways Women Can Support the Vocation of Fatherhood
Dads being Dads from The Lutheran Witness
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Episode 3: "Teaching Children to Participate in Church" with Ruth Meyer.
Have you ever heard the saying, "children in church are the devil's instruments?" Yet children, too, are part of the church; and children, too, need God's Word. In this episode I chat with Ruth Meyer about the theological basis for bringing kids into the Divine Service as well as practical ways to help them learn to participate. The questions we talked about include:
Links:
Getting Kids to Behave in Church
Four Reasons It Is Good Your Children Are Being Too Loud in Church
Whisper, Whisper: Learning About Church (a helpful picture book by Mary Moerbe)
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Book Club Episode 1 (The Book, Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, with Anna Mussmann)
In this episode, Kaitlyn talks to Anna about the introduction and first chapter of the book Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen. Anna shares her insights into education and discusses how we can expand our children’s (and our own) imaginations. We consider questions like:
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
Beauty in the Word by Stratford Caldecott
Some great articles from Anna at The Federalist about engaging stir-crazy toddlers, understanding the nature and purpose of education, and recognizing “ideological kidnappers”
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Audio Article 1: "Read Aloud: Sex, Romance, and Choosing Books for Teenage Girls."
In this episode, we provide an audio version of Anna's article on the three different kinds of romance novels.
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Sex, Romance, and Choosing Books for Teenage Girls (includes list of suggested books for teenage girls)
Suzannah Rowntree (quoted in article).
An article of Anna's about teaching your kids to read with discernment. An article of Heather Judd’s about the need for literature that isn't "safe". A piece from The Federalist about why teens need books that stretch them.Living Our Vocations, Season One, Episode 2
In this episode, Anna talks to Alison Andreasen about fostering togetherness as a family by rejecting age-segregation and instead inviting our children to learn alongside us. We chat about questions like:
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Alison's article, You Come Too: Inviting Children to Learn with Us
Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks
Living Our Vocations, Season One, Episode 1
In this episode, Anna talks to Cheryl Magness about her article “Walking the Cultural Tightrope.” We look at the Benedict Option and whether or not a conscious retreat from popular values and culture is likely to lead to self-righteousness. We discuss:
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Cheryl's original piece on Sister, Daughter, Mother Wife (access it here), and two related pieces from Cheryl at The Federalist (access them here and here)
The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.