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What happens when a family chooses obedience over comfort and steps into the unknown? In this powerful episode, Angie Taylor sits down with Alison and Brody Howard, a mother-son duo who share their life changing experience on their first international mission trip to Guatemala.

From financial uncertainty to radical faith, from culture shock to deep emotional transformation, their story reveals how serving others reshapes perspective, purpose, and what it truly means to live a meaningful life. This conversation beautifully connects real-life testimony with the deeper idea that joy is found not in comfort or success—but in service, sacrifice, and surrender.

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How do we raise truly happy kids and help them develop a faith that actually lasts?

What if those two goals are more connected than you think?

In this unique episode, Angie shares real, unfiltered moments from student interviews following their recent mission trips to the Philippines, Guatemala, and Kenya. Through their own words, you’ll hear how these experiences have shaped not only their joy and gratitude but also a deeply personal relationship with God that extends beyond their parents and beyond Valor.

For over a decade, Valor has been guiding students through a year-long spiritual journey culminating in global mission experiences. While the results have been undeniable greater happiness, stronger faith, and increased resilience Angie now connects these outcomes to research that explains why this model is so effective.

This is Part 1 of a special series, featuring student voices and insights from the field. In Part 2, Angie will dive deeper into the research behind these outcomes and what it means for you as a parent.

If your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, or a lack of purpose or if you know another parent who is this episode offers both hope and a practical model that works.

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When chronic illness turned Sydney Bennett’s life upside down, she faced questions many believers wrestle with: Where is God in suffering? Why doesn’t healing always come?

In this powerful conversation, Sydney shares her journey with functional neurological disorder, navigating disability, marriage, motherhood, and faith in the midst of profound weakness. She opens up about shame, acceptance, and learning to rely on God when her own strength was gone.

If you’re battling physical, emotional, or spiritual struggles and wondering where God is in the middle of it, this episode offers deep encouragement and hope.

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 AI companions, apps and chatbots designed to act like friends, are becoming common among kids and teens, yet many parents aren’t aware. In this episode, Angie Taylor explains what AI companions are, why kids use them, and the potential risks, including emotional dependence, privacy issues, and misleading advice. She also shares practical strategies for parents, how to start conversations without judgment, set boundaries, teach healthy tech habits, and encourage real-world connections. Learn how to guide your kids safely in the age of AI companions. 

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In this episode, Angie Taylor explores how fear often drives our parenting without us realizing it. Unnamed fears about our children’s safety, future, and success can come out as overreactions, control, or harsh responses. While fear is normal, parenting from a place of trust allows us to guide and coach our children rather than react from anxiety.

Angie shares practical ways to recognize fear-based parenting and shift toward calm, intentional leadership that helps children develop confidence and peace.

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 Many kids today feel lonely, and friendship doesn’t always come naturally. The good news? Social connection is a skill that can be taught.
In this episode, Angie shares practical, research-backed ways to help your child make friends and be a great friend. Learn how to coach (not rescue), teach emotional regulation, build confidence, and develop the self-awareness kids need to form healthy, lasting relationships.
You’ll walk away with simple tools to help your child initiate conversations, handle setbacks, repair mistakes, and grow socially, at school, on teams, and in everyday life.
Because friendship isn’t luck, it’s learned.

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AI isn’t the future it’s already shaping your child’s world.

From homework and learning to friendships and identity, artificial intelligence is changing how kids think, create, and relate. Whether you feel tech-savvy or not, parents can’t afford to ignore it.

In this episode, Angie sits down with pastor, technologist, and dad of three Matt Shandera to unpack the benefits, risks, and practical realities of AI and how Christian parents can guide their kids with wisdom, discernment, and faith.

You’ll learn how to explore AI together as a family, teach critical thinking, protect real relationships, and help your kids thrive in a rapidly changing world.

In this episode:

• Why parents must engage with AI now
• The opportunities and dangers for kids
• How AI affects school, work, and relationships
• What skills matter most moving forward
• Simple, practical steps to start today

Use AI as a tool not a substitute for humanity.
 Because raising wise, grounded kids in today’s world is the Way of Valor.

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What would you tell your children if you weren’t sure how much time you had left?

In this powerful episode of The Way of Valor, Angie Taylor welcomes Melanie Cox Fortune 500 CEO, speaker, and author of Five Things You Have to Know. After facing a life-threatening cancer diagnosis, Melanie began writing the most important biblical truths she wanted her children to carry into adulthood truths forged through pain, faith, and surrender.

Together, Angie and Melanie discuss:

• Why storms don’t mean God is absent
• How to pray with authority especially for your children
• Recognizing the enemy’s subtle tactics
• Finding peace and purpose in life’s hardest seasons
• Learning to live for an audience of One

Melanie also shares her powerful personal story of trauma, infertility, depression, and God’s redemptive faithfulness, offering hope to anyone walking through a wilderness season.

This episode will encourage parents, strengthen faith, and remind you that God is always at work even in the fire.

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• You Have to Know  - Melanie Cox
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What if the very thing the world calls a weakness is actually your child’s greatest strength?
In this powerful and deeply moving episode of The Way of Valor, Angie Taylor sits down with Dr. Ed Newton, Lead Pastor of Community Bible Church in San Antonio and author of the new book Why Not Me?. Together, they unpack identity, discipleship, rejection, learning differences, and how parents can partner with God to raise confident, faith-filled kids in today’s culture.
Dr. Newton vulnerably shares his personal story growing up as the only child of two deaf parents, navigating learning differences, battling anxiety and depression, and ultimately discovering freedom by believing what God says about him instead of what rejection had spoken over his life.
This conversation is especially meaningful for parents who are:

• Raising kids with learning differences, ADHD, dyslexia, or autism
• Struggling to help their children believe in themselves
• Wondering how to disciple their kids without forcing faith
• Passionate about calling out God-given purpose rather than fixing “flaws”

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• Book: Why Not Me? by Dr. Ed Newton
• Church: Community Bible Church, San Antonio 

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What is the one thing parents can’t afford to get wrong?
In this episode of The Way of Valor, Angie Taylor is joined by her sister, educator, ministry leader, and parent coach Kelly Loftis for a powerful conversation on what truly matters most in parenting. Together, they cut through the noise, pressure, and overwhelm to focus on the vital role parents play in shaping their children’s faith and worldview.
You’ll hear why modeling an authentic relationship with Jesus matters more than outsourcing faith to church programs and how small, consistent habits can have a lifelong impact on your kids, even when you feel like you’re falling short.
In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why parents have the greatest spiritual influence in a child’s life
• How small, everyday habits build faith that lasts
• What to do if your child is older and seems to be drifting
• Why consistency matters more than perfection

If you’re a parent in any season tired, busy, or wondering if you’ve missed your chance this episode offers clarity, hope, and practical encouragement.
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