The Mission Driven Mom Podcast

"William Wilberforce knew if he discovered a truth to his satisfaction he would have no choice but to embrace it and act upon it.” ~Eric Metaxas William Wilberforce began life as the son of wealthy merchants. Attractive, charming, funny and sweet, he was the favorite of all who knew him. As a youth he experienced a short conversion and attempted to live as a Christian. But when all those around him discouraged and dissuaded him from following the faithful path, he eventually put religion behind him and learned to enjoy all the luxuries wealth and position could buy him.  Yet, because of his commitment to complete intellectual honesty, when the opportunity opened to him several years later to learn thoroughly about the tenets, principles and governing values of Christianity, he took it. The result was a deep and permanent conversion, and a commitment to living fully as he believed a faithful Christian should. For the rest of his life, he would give all he had--his wealth, his time, his gifts, his money and his love--to the "two great objects" God had placed on his heart: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. Although most popularly known for his abolition of the slave trade and slavery, and eventually the complete emancipation of all British slaves, the "reformation of manners" was an even greater legacy. In fact, it is not commonly known that the way people in the West today think and believe about philanthropy and charity can be traced directly back to Wilberforce and his group of fellow Christians.   Join Audrey this week as she shares the power of the Bible and Christian living, and its ability to not only change one man but to empowered him change the society in which he lived. Listener's Guide: Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast.  6:32        The Most Important Thing Wilberforce Did 8:01        The Importance of the Bible for Wilberforce 10:00     The Character of Wilberforce 11:37       Early Life - Wealth, Health, Temperament 14:37      Father's Death-His Uncle and Aunt-The Problem of Religion 20:14      College and the Wasted Years 22:47      William Pitt and Politics      25:08     Conversion 28:05     What to Do Next 30:35      Do I Stay in Parliament 33:05      Living a Principled Life 39:11       Turning His Will to God and Moving Forward 42:13      How to Love God 43:16      Advancing Philanthropy     48:10     Gratitude in All Circumstances    50:25     Cheddar Gorge Quotes from this episode: “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit..” ~The Holy Bible, John 15: 2 Of his years to maintain his faith in his youth: “The religious impressions which I gained at Wimbledon continued for a considerable time, but my friends spared no pains to stifle them. I might say that no pious parent ever labored more to impress a beloved child with sentiments of piety than they did to give me a taste of the world and its diversions.” ~William Wilberforce “For the rest of his life, he struggled terribly with self-discipline and always attributed this weakness to his wasted and feckless years at Pocklington and Cambridge.” ~Eric Metaxas Of his character: “He knew if he discovered a truth to his satisfaction he would have no choice but to embrace it and act upon it.” ~Eric Metaxas After his conversion: “It was not so much the fear of punishment by which I was affected as a sense of my great sinfulness in having so long neglected the unspeakable mercies of my God and Saviour; and such was the effect which this thought produced, that for months I was in a state of the deepest depression,

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In a world that is arguing about "what is real", going back to our roots and looking at what Plato, Aristotle and other early philosophers taught can be incredibly enlightening. Their perspective on the physical and the metaphysical and how they fit together, can help us make sense of our world and ourselves!

The best part is that once you understand the basic structure of reality taught by these men, you'll become more accepting of yourself, patient with yourself and others, and more excited about your future!

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From the first day I read his book until now, I have wanted to meet and talk to David Emerald. His officially endorsed alternative to the Karpman Drama Triangle is CHANGING LIVES all over the world--and an absolute game changer for my students!

In this discussion we hear the AMAZING BACKSTORY of his book The Power of TED, insights into how the "Creator Orientation" works, and tips from David on how to better implement it in our lives.

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What holds any organization together, whether it's a family, business, or nation? SHARE VALUES. And the nature of those values, how they're taught and promoted, and whether or not people are held accountable to them, is the fabric that makes individual lives and organizes work, or fall apart.

That is precisely what is happening to our culture today--the loss of shared values.

Join me in this podcast to learn HOW incorporating shared values has been the foundation of every major civilization, WHY shared values work, WHAT they have to do with the natural law and virtue, and WHERE you can start today to apply these principles in your own life.

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When I first saw this 2023 NEA Convention speech by Becky Pringle, I was dumbstruck. I had hear not good things about the NEA but when Becky spent 30 minutes saying NOTHING about education and EVERYTHING about the Democratic party platform, I had to know more.

I dug in and researched the NEA and Becky Pringle. What I found wasn't good.

But more than that, I was inspired to FINALLY do the History of Education Podcast series I've thought about for years.

It's needed. It's time. We MUST know what education is SUPPOSED to be, and how we can get back to educational principles that that build people up, instead of tearing them down.

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You probably already know all about C.S. Lewis' incredible writings like The Narnia Series and The Screwtape Letters. You may also be aware that he was once an atheist and eventually converted not only to theism but also to Christianity. What you may not know is how he got from Christianity to atheism and back to Christianity.  Clearly a Mission Driven Individual, who lived The 7 Laws of Life Mission with all his heart, his incredible life story is not only inspiring but so insightful and faith-building. With children of our own to raise and duly convert to truth, light and a solid belief in God and His laws, C.S. Lewis can teach us a lot about the loss of faith and the journey back.  Listener's Guide: Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast.  3:43  Lewis' early life 7:32  Lewis' 3 life changing moments with Joy 14:48  Losing his mother and practicing prayer 17:17  Lewis' boarding school experiences and loss of belief 28:17  Studying with The Great Knock 34:04  WWI and Oxford 40:09  Complete submission to God Quotes from this episode: "Instantly I was uplifted into huge regions of northern sky, I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described and then...found myself at the very same moment already falling out of the desire and wishing I were back in it. I call it Joy..." ~C.S. Lewis "Spiritually speaking, the deadly thing was that school life was a life almost wholly dominated by the social struggle." ~C.S. Lewis "I maintained that God did not exist. I was also very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with Him for creating a world." ~C.S. Lewis   "As Johnson points out, where courage is not, no other virtue can survive except by accident." ~ C.S. Lewis "I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures not substitutes for Joy." ~C.S. Lewis "A young man who wishes to remain an Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading...Really,, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side." ~C.S. Lewis "Indeed, I must have been as blind as a bat not to have seen, long before, the ludicrous contradiction between my theory of life and my actual experiences as a reader." ~C.S. Lewis "For the first time I examined myself with a seriously practical purpose. And there I found what appalled me; a zoo of lusts, a bedlam of ambitions,  nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds. My name was Legion." ~C.S. Lewis "In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt down and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England." ~C.S. Lewis Book from this episode: Links from this episode: Find the Feedspot Top 40 list mentioned in the podcast HERE Listen to "The Types of People in Hell" podcast taken from The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis HERE

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Love it or hate it, this book has created a lot of noise in the past couple of years since its publication. With no idea what I might find in its pages, I share here my 5 biggest takeaways that I believe everyone needs to know.

“Next to the blessed sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.” ~C.S. Lewis In reading The Problem of Pain, Audrey ran across a simple sentence that started her thinking along brand new lines about this thing we call "communication." Communication is an idea that we speak about incessantly, that we attend counseling, life coaching and seminars to gain. It's something we say we're practicing and getting better at. It's something we believe will fix our relationships, our businesses and our international relations.  But what if, amidst all this talking and training and obsessing about communication, we just fundamentally misunderstand what it is? What if, given a little bit different perspective, we could see ourselves and others so differently that "communication" would become something we actually know how to do - and can do well?  In this podcast, Audrey shares recent insights she's had about the true nature and meaning of communication that are shifting how she thinks about God, about herself and about all her relationships.  Listener's Guide: Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast.  5:43      The sentence which began it all 6:44      Definitions matter 10:00   The connection between communication and love 13:04    How true communication/communion impacts us  20:00   Important questions to ask Quotes from this episode: “I have tried to assume nothing that is not professed by all baptized and communicating Christians." ~C. S. Lewis “By the goodness of God we mean nowadays, almost exclusively his lovingness and may be right. But in this context most of us mean kindness...We want...not so much a Father in Heaven as a Grandfather in Heaven...who likes to see young people enjoying themselves and who planned...that it might be truly said at the end of the day, 'A good time was had by all.' I should very much like to live in a universe...grounded on such lines but since it is abundantly clear that I don't and since I have reason to believe...God is love, I conclude that my conception of love needs correction.” ~C. S. Lewis “Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.” ~M. Scott Peck “The principal form that the work of love takes is attention.” ~M. Scott Peck “If we listen enough to our children and well enough, we will begin to understand what extraordinary beings they are. The more you know about the child the better able you will be to teach. This is a cycle. Value begets value and love begets love.” ~M. Scott Peck “True listening, total concentration on the other is always a manifestation of love. An essential part of true listening is the discipline of temporarily giving up or setting aside one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires, so as to experience...the speaker's world from inside...This unification of speaker and listener is actually an extension and enlargement of one's self and new knowledge is always gained from this. Moreover, since true listening involves this attention to the setting aside of the self...it involves a total acceptance of the other.” ~M. Scott Peck    “When we are communing with God we are thinking more about the attention we are paying to Him.” ~Audrey Rindlisbacher “It may be possible for each of us to think too much of his own potential...It is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. The...burden of my neighbor's glory should be laid on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it and the backs of the proud will be broken. It is a serious thing to live in a society of potential Gods and Goddesses... To remember that the dullest and most uninterestin...

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Why all the Hype about being Authentic? Why do people say its the "key to success"?

Does it really matter?

Actually, authenticity is important but NOT for the reasons everyone says it is! And authenticity can truly be POWERFUL, but only if you obtain it the RIGHT way. Join me to discover what's WRONG with modern authenticity and what you can do instead to tap into YOUR TRUE authenticity.

A continuation from part 1, this podcast takes you through the Characteristics of True Principles 7-12. With examples from novels, biographies and self-help books, each characteristic is brought to light and delineated to help you better understand the nature of true principles.  Listener's Guide: Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast.  1:50  7- Empower 9:00  8- Increase desire for good 16:13  9- Generate growth  23:09  10- Improve health 30:20  11- Create win-win solutions  33:47  12- Build unity   Quotes from this episode: "Let us look to America, not in order to make a servile copy of the institutions that she has established, but to gain a clearer view of the polity that will be the best for us; let us look there less to find examples than instruction; let us borrow from her the principles, rather than the details, of her laws." ~Alexis de Tocqueville "There is only on way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it." ~Dale Carnegie "Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters." ~M. Scott Peck "Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them? Do we want to teach our children to solve them? Discipline is the basic set of tools we require to solve life's problems. Without discipline we can solve nothing...What are these tools, these techniques of suffering, these means of experiencing the pain of problems constructively that I call discipline? There are four: delaying gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to truth, and balancing." ~M. Scott Peck "Son, there is no question but what the thing you have done today deserves severe punishment. You might have killed yourself or the horse, but much worse than that, you have injured your own character. A man's character is like his house. If he tears boards off his house and burns them to keep himself warm and comfortable his house soon becomes a ruin. If he tells lies to be able to do the things he shouldn't do but wants to, his character will soon become a ruin. A man with a ruined character is a shame on the face of the earth." ~Ralph Moody "How could I get into the good graces of this man? I remembered the book we were reading aloud by bicycle lamp, How to Win Friends and Influence People. One of the techniques advocated by Dale Carnegie was: find the man's hobby...'How smart of you, Doctor!' I said in German to the grizzled-haired man on the sofa.' 'Smart?' 'Yes, to bring these lovely dogs with you. They must be company when you have to be away from your family.'" ~Corrie ten Boom "So far as motivational status is concerned, healthy people have sufficiently gratified their basic needs for safety, belongingness, love, respect and self-esteem so that they are motivated primarily by trends to self-actualization, defined as ongoing actualization of potentials, capacities and talents, as fulfillment of mission." ~Abraham Maslow "Growth is, in itself, a rewarding and exciting process, e.g., the fulfilling of yearnings and ambitions, like that of being a good doctor; the acquisition of admired skills, like playing the violin or being a good carpenter; the steady increase of understanding about people or about the universe, or about oneself; the development of creativeness in whatever field, or most important, simply the ambition to be a good human being." ~Abraham Maslow