The GoodKind Podcast

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The GoodKind Podcast episodes

August 12, 2024 Easier Than You Think - Generosity
It may not be on your list of "favorite" spiritual practices. But it's a biblical one, and transformative, too!
Clayton, Chris, and Amy are back with another episode in this series where we're taking spiritual practices and breaking them down into their lowest common denominator so that we can practice them with more consistency.
Generosity is tricky. But despite the history you have with it, or the misconceptions you may hold, we think there's something to uncover in the way God designed this spiritual practice for us. Grab a chair and join us!
53 min
July 29, 2024 August - Garage Sales, Bowling, and Friends
The heat may be all the way turned up, but the summer is winding down, and soon we'll be in a new season altogether!
Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Lindsey on the podcast for some easy and fun ways to make this August meaningful.

Random Holidays
August 3 - Clean Your Floors Day
August 6 - National Friendship Day
August 7 - Simplify Your Life Week
August 9 - National Book Lover's Day
August 10 - Garage Sale Day
August 12 - Middle Child Day, National Bowling Day
August 15 - National Back to School Prep Day
August 20 - National Lemonade Day
August 24 - National Waffle Day

Freebies
August 20 - Red Robin is giving away free samples of their speckled lemonade to celebrate National Lemonade Day.
August 24 - Members of the Regulars Club will receive a special treat by way of a coupon in their inboxes for a little “waffle cheer” on National Waffle Day. Club members can redeem the printed, paper coupon at a local Waffle House to receive a FREE waffle with one topping.
51 min
July 22, 2024Top 5 Activities for a More Meaningful Christmas
Happy Christmas in July!
It might not be the time of year where you're used to thinking about Christmas. But we think it's a great time to grab a pool floaty and your family and think through what this year's Christmas season will look like.
Plus, we LOVE Christmas. And we love all of the opportunities the season gives us to redirect anticipation toward Jesus' birth.
So our team compiled a list of 5 activities to make the season more meaningful, and we know that just a little bit of preparation now will reap huge rewards once Christmas rolls around.
Plus, we'd love it more than anything if you'd join us this year with Advent Blocks. It's what started us on this whole journey of celebrating the GoodKind habits and holidays. And we think you'll love it!
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Top 5 Activities for a More Meaningful Christmas
1. Make space to decorate.
Enjoy the lights and tree (no judgment on if it is real or artificial!) but also put something up central in the home that is about Jesus. We think Advent Blocks is just as good as a decoration as it is a family tradition.
2. Make something homemade.
Christmas crafts are the best! There are tons of options online, but we also have several suggestions for church leaders to use along with Advent Blocks! Sign up here for the local church program for crafts, games, and coloring pages for the whole church to use together!
3. Read a book together.
Repetition is key. And the Christmas story is a beautiful one to craft a family tradition around. Pick a devotional that you will plan to read together year after year.
4. Sing!
There are so many great Christmas carols, jingles, and songs to celebrate the season with. We even wrote one ourselves!
5. Give intentional gifts.
Schedule time to shop together with your kids. Schedule a time to wrap those gifts. The togetherness makes it so special. But before you do any of that, schedule a time to make your list, and make it meaningful. Last year, we even suggested cutting some people out! Trust us, being intentional about the whole gift-giving process may feel like extra work, but it is so worth it to have the confidence that goes with the intentionality! And they will feel it too!
42 min
July 08, 2024 Top 5 Ways to Make Vacation Meaningful
It's that time of year! We all have vacation on the mind. And we've already argued that, if we pay attention, vacation can be a spiritual practice.
But now, mom and influencer, Kiara Ruth is here with us to lay out some practical steps to make vacation meaningful.
Each of us took away a new idea, and we think you will too! Join us, and get ready for your best vacations yet!

Top 5 Ways to Make Vacation Meaningful
1. Margin, margin, margin.
A - Take advantage of the travel time to have meaningful conversations.
B - Give yourself extra time at the end of the trip to re-enter daily life.
C - Schedule some "unscheduled time" together and see what happens!
2. Immerse yourself in local culture.
3. Invite your friends.
4. Have a sit down dinner with the GratiKube.
5. Capture the memories in a way you'll remember/revisit.
32 min
July 01, 2024 Easier Than You Think - Vacation
If you just read the title of this episode and had some questions, you're not alone. This week, Clayton, Chris, and Amy are discussing all things vacation. Is it a spiritual practice? Is it possible that vacation is actually something that's kind of difficult, and we need to break it down a bit to make it easier than you think?
It's the perfect time of year to think on vacation, as your family may be getting ready to pack up the car and head somewhere sunny and warm.
We think that with just a few small shifts, vacation might just be the spiritual interruption that you (and your family!) are craving.
48 min
June 24, 2024July - Sprinkles, the Moon, and a Hall Pass
It's July! The best month of the year for taking a hall pass.
"What's a hall pass?" Great question.
July is when the heat of summer is all the way dialed up, in terms of heat, summer schedules, and the mountains of pool and sweat-induced laundry. It's time to take a break. Whether or not you have a vacation scheduled this month, we're giving you permission to take a break. Find space to slow things down, give yourself grace, and make a small shift in the ways you engage with God and one another.
Pull up a chair and join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy for some summer shenanigans!

Random Holidays
Monday, July 8 - Be a Kid Again Day
Saturday, July 20 - Moon Day
Tuesday, July 23 - National Sprinkle Day
Sunday, July 28 - National Parents’ Day

Freebies
Krispy Kreme - Show up on July 4 in red, white, and blue for a free donut!

7 Eleven - Get a free slurpee on July 11.

Caribou Coffee - $3 Iced Mochas every afternoon this month with the app.
40 min
June 21, 2024Bonus Episode: Top 5 Dad Shifts for Summer
Fellow dads, Clayton Greene, and one of our favorite "Sherpas", Arthur Tew, are here with a special bonus episode this week!
Arthur is part of Sherpa Collaborative, a small business accelerator that is has been instrumental in GoodKind as you know it, and all the products we make!
Arthur brings alignment and insight to everything we're about, and as he and Clayton began talking about shifts they were making in their schedules this summer, we decided to throw a mic in front of them so that we could share the conversation with you too!
We hope it's encouraging and helpful, and also a fun behind-the-scenes look at what some of our daily interactions look like!

Top 5 Dad Shifts For Summer
Take evening walks. They're great for open-ended conversation! Don't have a plan, just take advantage of the extra sunlight, get out there, and get your wiggles out.

Change the location and type of breakfast. Invite conversation and give connection in the morning. Those moments really frame the day for family intimacy.

Try competitive sweating. Yes, sweating. Get outside and get some exercise. Work hard and work up a good sweat. It's fun if the kids join in, too. See if you can keep up!

Take some "pool afternoons". Leave early on a week day and do a cannonball, already. It is a little bit of extra fun and is incredibly meaningful for everyone involved.

Allow for late bedtimes, but don't lose adult time. If your kids are old enough, have them do their bedtime independently. As long as they stay in the room (and stay quiet) then all is well. Give the adults some time to talk and straighten up and be quiet themselves.
Bonus Challenge: Try a dad camp. Take a few day (3 - 5) and make a daily schedule that looks a lot like camp. Don’t over schedule. Leave space for quiet time, reading, pool, and a strict lights out. Every vacation day away from work doesn’t have to be spent on the road traveling.
37 min
June 17, 2024Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Scripture
It's time for another Top 5 Episode, and GoodKind Co-Founder, Clayton Greene, is chatting with Dwell Differently Co-Founder, Natalie Abbott, about enjoying Scripture!
We love Dwell's mission to help people memorize more Scripture, and we had a ton of fun talking with her about the Top 5 ways to enjoy it in the process. Check out the conversation and let us know what you think!

Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Scripture
Include Scripture in one-on-one "dates" with your kids.

Sing it! (Loudly, and often)

Don't just read Scripture, read culture, too.

Read the whole story. Don't forget that the Bible is a metanarrative! Check out The Ology or even try reading the Bible as a novel!

Write it everywhere! Try a temporary tattoo, put up prints in your house, or use our Sticky Prayers!

Resources
Find Dwell products and free resources at: dwelldifferently.com

Sticky Prayers from GoodKind

The Ology Book

The Book of God (Bible as a novel)
39 min
June 10, 2024 Easier Than You Think - Silence and Solitude
You don't have to be monkish in order to practice silence and solitude. With the pace our culture is running at, it's actually the spiritual practice we might be most starved for.
Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy as they dive into the spiritual practice of silence and solitude and fuss over how it works, why it matters, and how to make it easier than you think.

Recommended Resources
Invitation to Solitude and Silence, by Ruth Haley Barton
Silence and Solitude Teaching, by John Mark Comer
44 min
May 24, 2024 June - Handshakes, Pool Nights, and Wheelbagons?
It's quite possibly our most unhinged episode yet.
We're feeling all of the excitement and possibility of a fresh summer season, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy on the podcast for fun and easy ways to create meaningful moments this June, and a whole lot of laughs along the way.
Wherever you find yourself this May-cember—in the carpool line for the last time this year, riding to 14 end of school activities, or heading out on vacation—we promise, it's worth it. And June is right around the corner.

Holidays
June 1 - Volunteers Week
June 2 (but really, any Friday) - National Leave Work Early Day
June 6 - Drive-in Movie Day
June 13 - The Feast of St. Anthony
June 16 - Father's Day, National Play Catch Week
June 19 - Juneteenth
June 20 - National Yard Games Day, Summer Solstice
June 25 - National Please Take My Children to Work Day
June 27 - National Handshake Day

Freebies
Friday, June 7 - National Donut Day

Recommendations
A Year of Playing Catch, by Ethan Bryan

48 min

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At GoodKind, we create resources that help people engage with God and one another. We do this by helping you cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices.