Jonathan interviews dad and author John Sowers. Jonathan and Jon talk life, fatherhood, grief and leading as dads through unexpected change. John shares vulnerable thoughts and ideas from his new book Say All the Unspoken Things, in which he opens up in letter format, with urgency, sharing all the things he wants his daughters to know that are deep in his heart. John shares why writing and documenting our love and legacy can be so important for our children and our future generations.

Pornography is toxic and not many parents are talking about it. Jonathan interviews mom, grandmother, entrepreneur and problem-solver, Kristen Jenson, Founder and CEO of Defend Young Minds on that very topic. Jonathan and Kristen have a fascinating conversation about how to teach your kids to reject pornography even as you teach yourself. Listen today and learn how to engage your mind and help your family create a simple strategy for digital self defense. This interview took place originally at the Parenting with Purpose Event hosted by ChristianParenting.org.

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Join Jonathan as he interviews Angela Perritt, founder and President of Love God Greatly, a women’s ministry dedicated to helping women find deep intimacy with God through scripture and community. Jonathan and Angela discuss intentional ways to engage your own heart and the heart of your children as Angela shares her journey with the Lord and into international ministry with little to “no strategy!” And Angela shares about the release of their new study, The Young Women Love God Greatly Bible.

In episode 7, Jonathan sits down for an interview with dynamic mother and daughter, Esther Collins and Tammy Franklin. Esther is a singer, worship leader, great grandmother, wife to former guest Bill Collins. Tammy is a proud wife, grandmother and wife to Grammy Award winning gospel artist, producer and writer Kirk Franklin. Both women share wisdom from the heart and reflect on life and intentionality in all stages of life and mothering, including boundaries, instilling confidence, internal beauty and rest.

In episode 6, Jonathan processes some thoughts and recent learnings from his continued journey as a dad and a husband in the middle of blending a family. A journey that requires both building into relationships and fighting spiritual battles. He gives some very real and practical ways to help process emotions deep within, listen for more than just words and respond to fears appropriately. It’s a bit of a mashup as He shares from his heart in real time.

On this episode, Jonathan interviews Linsey Driskill, mom of triplets and author of Beautiful Hearted Women of the Bible: A Creative Mother-Daughter Devotional.

Jonathan and Linsey have a full conversation on engaging and connecting with your kiddos on a heart level, looking for the ways God wants to use your parenting journey to set you on a path of purpose beyond your family and walking and talking with your kids through hard things.

Mary Beth would love to be able to discuss the 2022 Hope for the Journey conference they have coming up in April too... the 2022 Hope for the Journey Conference in Franklin, Tennessee will further support and aid current (and potential) parents and families impacted by adoption and/or foster care. Kicking off April 8, 2022 (with on-demand viewing available through May 31, 2022), this groundbreaking, day-long conference brings together teachers, practitioners, advocates, adoptive and foster care families, adult adoptees, and foster youth alumni to share knowledge combined with uplifting perspectives.

Never before has Jonathan felt more of a need to pray and to trust the Lord as a parent than in this current season. And never before has he been grateful for the opportunity to lean on the prayers of others who have been where he currently stands. 

In this episode, Jonathan Pitts interviews a modern day liturgist, Kayla Craig. Kayla is the author of To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents. But more than that, Kayla is a mom.   With a family knit together through birth and adoption, Kayla has stayed up countless nights searching for the right words to pray for her children’s varied personalities and needs. And she’s decided to share them with you.

Join Jonathan and Kayla as they discuss all things prayer and how liturgy and pulling on the prayers of the saints both modern and long gone, can aid you as you call on the Lord for your kiddos.

In this episode Jonathan and his new bride Peta Pitts have a discussion about chatter - the noise and thoughts in life that keep you from trusting God and walking by faith into His call with confidence and assurance. Jonathan and Peta process some of their own fears and tendencies to be distracted and share their process for replacing chatter with worship.

In this first episode Jonathan admits that he learns the most about himself when he processes out loud. And this is what you’ll find him doing in this first episode. Processing his new life. Life in a blender. Since Season 2 Jonathan has remarried, leaving widowhood behind. He’s begun a new journey of oneness with his new wife Peta, while simultaneously leading through what he considers one of the more difficult leadership moments of his life, family blending. Listen in as he processes this change and what he has learned about change management and communicating well through your changing family dynamics, traumas and difficulties.