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6:25: The first week of school! A recap of why we put three of our kids in a hybrid school.
11:00 Titus’ curriculum this year.
12:35: The girls’ first week so far (including Molly)…
16:00: Winding up the cats.
18:00: Moving to in to new models and philosophies
20:00: Making decisions and being so married to things you can’t be flexible when life circumstances changes. You’re Only Human (link)
23:00: A balance pivoting and serving the family well
26:53: Foraging and activities at the cabin
38:37: Further adventures of building mental fortitude and resilience in the kids
35:30: We’re either growing or shrinking and there’s self-esteem to be gained by trying something new: success or failure independent.
39:30: Alex Honnold, fear responses and building confidence when it doesn’t feel risky to keep doing the same.
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Intro: Sheep, goats, and Molly hitting them in the head with apples.
5:30: Molly gives testimony at a school board meeting about prurient books in school libraries.
14:30: [Story Pause] Some info about pornography that Molly learned while prepping.
18:11: Creating an on ramp addiction and fueling anxiety.
20:40: Hijacking your ability to set goals and shutting of the pre-frontal cortex.
24:51: Relational consequences of pornography and the problem with crafting a sexual harassment policy.
29:03: [Back to the Story]
30:13: Two in the midst of a mass
34:45: How to be equipped to engage like this?
39:10: “Queering” the research.
40:42: A gender clinic researcher gets raided by the FBI.
43:42: Clinics and orgs that have said, “no way.”
44:50: Monthly reading groups around natural law and sexual studies.
50:37: Final thoughts from Molly about times of transition.
54:28: Your body accelerates your aging twice.
56:05: JR think his kids don’t know what unknowns really are.
58:28: Show Close

Why I Stopped Watching Porn

The Anxious Generation

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Show open: Cousins are in town, phone/watch usage for kids, eyeglasses.
13:27: Feeling the onset of age through eyes and considering regular health checks
17:45: Eye exercises and muscular eye health
26:48: Less controversial: theological contemplations on death to sin so don’t sin and three metaphors.
36:20: More controversial: Olympic lookalikes, Arcadian Wild, impressive performances and God opens a pathway.
42:27: Acappella gospel hymns at Olympic press conferences
45:55: Being a light and the balance of doing a good job and being an overt witness.
49:40: Jesus T Shirts and balancing evangelism vs. reality
52:53: Male boxers in a female league. Some important considerations relating to intersexed people and why men and women should be in different categories.
1:01:52: In the early days, intersexed people were used to disprove the binary, but it doesn’t and now transgender activists are becoming clear on genetics.
1:07:15: Where it gets tricky for Molly: thinking pastorally, care for a soul.
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Intro: Drinking glassware quirks, open house happy hours, updates from the last three weeks.
8:45 Jesus juking, waves of exhausting heat, and Faith is outraged at Rapunzel’s hair cutting in Tangled.
14:02: The verses Molly’s been working on with the kids and a philosophy of intuition
17:03: JR finds the DC Talk lyrics
18:40: Our experience with a sexual predator. Abuse Prevention
22:25: the paradox: don’t follow your heart but also, the intuition…
26:20: Where the heart is deceitful. The 77’s song.
30:52: Being weird and a convo with Titus about goat milk.
35:55: What cholesterol is and what big medical says it is.
41:38: More weird diet things Molly’s learned- discuss!
44:25: When the tide turned on cigarette companies.
48:54: J.R.’s almost favorite book. Kindle Audiobook Paperback

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Show open, Delicious recipes like these cinnamon knots!
5:09: Roasted cauliflower, chicken shwarma.
7:55: A recipe Molly did NOT like.
15:41: Simple syrup disaster.
18:38: More Disney things.
21:01: Molly’s parenting moral crises.
29:28: Parenting wisdom: sheltering vs. exposing and discussing.
35:37: Disconnects in the movies.
40:43: Adult movies with kids vs. kids movies with kids
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Intro: Gauging how you’re doing, resilience and banjos at church.
8:06: Product Rec: Cooking From Scratch for Teens, and completely vapid Disney movies with our girls.
15:19: Titus bakes himself a pizza and meatball subs.
19:04: Making yourself less when feel more and more when feeling less.
24:00: Taking self-introspection too far.
25:18: Everything hinges on your heart motivation and finding rightness and righteousness in God.
28:25: A prick on the conscience and calls to action when someone is “more than you.”
31:06: Being faithful and standing before a holy and righteous God and grumbling.
32:50: Two holy responses when feeling “less than.”
35:17: The diagnosis have zero expectation on treatment.
36:56: People are weird and hard, “Better than I deserve.”
40:02: JR’s personal struggles in this area and Ecclesiastes.
44:48: Improving yourself, living in a fallen world and knowing where to work on changing things.
48:18: The moral of the story.
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Intro: Juneteenth, Salem Witch Trials.
6:55: Family camping trip recap.
11:25: Farragut State Park's (Idaho) WW2 history.
13:44: Almost destroyed SUPs.
17:21: Reflections on things going wrong in life as a kid.
23:22: A gross story about mice and farm life and bats.
26:32: The Hillbilly Thomists, “The Power and The Glory.”
32:28: Resilience, Bad Therapy and Socio-Emotional Learning damage in schools.
36:44: Vale of Tears: Our default state is not feeling like we’re doing well.
39:08: How scripture speaks into our state.
41:28: The problem of sending kids going through puberty to therapy and pharmaceuticals and The Anxious Generation.
48:35: Website hustle, JR’s audiobooks, Anne of Green Gables and the importance of imagination as a child.
55:46: Alone with your thoughts can be good for you.
58:09: Working out with our son, Breathe, ancient Yoga, and breath in the Bible and being fearfully and wonderfully made.
1:14:33: Mini Panthers.
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Intro
2:30: TB2F community comments, free books from Barnes & Noble, corporate puking on June 1.
6:13: AI phones and doctors.
10:30: The challenge of good medical care
13:30: Why is Ai going after creative jobs?
15:30: Creating a 15 minute city without walls.
17:43: Barnes and Noble summer reading club and their giveaways.
21:00 The Tuttle Twins TV, weird watching habits and the Classical school assessments.
22:15: A new curriculum for our oldest.
24:55: Faith interrupts.
26:37: Molly makes a confession about Andor.
28:24: Kids and weird music habits.
30:41: What else do you do when you feel overwhelmed? You get more chickens and a pool.
36:50: The humbling nature of being an adult.
42:58: We think we have our chicken situation figured out this year.
46:54: A debate between Allie Stuckey and a transgender activist.
51:59: Assigning sociological roles based on gender.
54:50: Transgenderism is not the physical condition you’re trying to prove.
56:41: We can watch and learn to not fall into fight of flight in these situations.
59:04: Truth vs. love.
1:02:01: Adult desires should not be at the cost of children’s needs.
1:05:05: Anti-natalism in culture today.
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Intro: JR got some audiobook work, Molly’s baking a cake.
3:40: Molly needs a cake break.
3:53:JR’s audiobook adventures.
11:23: The girls’ academic assessment for the new school.
15:26: Commercial Break while Molly checks the cake.
17:50: Breathe review.
1:02:52: Commercial break while Molly checks the cake 2.
23:42: A couple other books: Bennett Coles, Splendid and the Vile, Virtuous Liberty.
26:14: Conservative is not synonymous with Christian, Christian views on Israel and ignorance of the people.
31:23: An analogy on JR’s Biblical belief of today’s Israel.
34:52: Geo-political considerations, 1948, and just war theory.
44:20: Bonhoeffer, Life Together and a trip to Rome.
49:45 : Eric Peters and finding a sense of identity in being a nobody.
57:38: The Proverbs 31 woman was a nobody but it was acknowledged and a blessing.
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Intro
2:35: Nomadic lifestyles. This is the way…or maybe not.
6:18: Nomadic families that have pivoted to homes but…it was the way.
11:04: The crunchy IG accounts that were the way…no, not the way anymore.
13:59: Conveying “Follow me as I follow Christ.”
17:05: Our life pivot. The nature of homeschool mom is you can’t push the kids as hard as you want to and feelings of deep inadequacy.
20:02: Pride and academic assessments.
23:07: 13yo boys and knives and thriving on alternative education like The Outdoor Boys and conspiracy theories.
30:57: A straight-up product recommendation: Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales and Great Battles for Boys.
35:40: Cooking and cooling rice makes it a better starch and the history of fried rice.
39:36: Some contemplations JR has during his life season.
42:16: Soda pop suicide and college cafeteria food.
44:40: Memories and brains.
48:00: Breathing isn’t something that just happens.
55:20: James Nestor interview
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