Dr. Dave Schramm sits down with Mark to discuss how we can all attain greater happiness as the world seems to get darker. Dave is a professor, author, marriage expert, and hosts his own podcast called, “Stronger Marriage Connection”. Dr. Dave shares great insights on things we can do to find the peace and happiness in our lives

Mark and Janie talk about the parable of grass licking and how to set the best example we can for our children.

Mark and Janie talk about the importance of having dreams and goals as couple. They go over studies and statistics, and discuss how happier couples, are the ones that are working together to reach goals to create the life they want.

Mark and Janie review great stories and experiences of the Smith Family and individual members of the family that demonstrate the character and values they carried. Joseph was well prepared and trained in his home to seek God, revelation, and to do what was right. As we look to the Smith family, we can find examples of faith, strength, and diligence in family life.

Mark discusses why boys need real heroes. In a recent study polling young boys, when asked the question, “who is your hero?”, the most common response was “no one”. Mark shares lots from his book, The Making of a Man: A Guide to Raising Strong, Resilient Sons, to express the importance of having heroes, not just famous kind, but the ones in our communities and at home.

Mark discusses how we can help our children start preparing now, while they are in the home, prepare to be adults. Many children, as soon as they leave the house, struggle to live away from home, or have life skills that can prepare them to live on their own. Mark gives great ideas and examples of things we can teach our kids now to help them become capable adults.

Mark discusses how we can help our adult children prepare to make the marriage decision, and how to teach them to look for traits in a partner that are critical to a healthy marriage. We can also teach our children to develop traits that they would want in a marriage partner.

Mark sits down with Dan & Andrea Hill to discuss how we can better teach our youth, and help them desire to draw closer to Christ. Dan and Andrea are incredible parents, and share what has worked and hasn’t worked for them as they have done their best to help their kids navigate this life. They use a great analogy of teaching teens how to drive to teach better parenting practices.

Mark sits down with business owner, attorney, and philanthropist, Matthew Cook, to discuss the multitude of dangers that face kids who use social media. They also talk about measures he and his wife have taken in their home and community to help teens combat the issues that come along with social media usage.

Mark sits down with renowned church historian Gerrit Dirkmaat to discuss powerful experiences they have had visiting church history sites, and that others have had in the groups they have lead through these places. Mark and Gerrit explain why visiting these sites can have such a deep effect on our faith, testimonies, and sense of belonging to the church.