“They need routine, they need protection, they need biblical truth, they need things labeled as what’s God-honoring and not God-honoring behavior.” -Darby Strickland. Darby A. Strickland, MDiv, is a faculty member and counselor at the Christian Counseling & Education Foundation (CCEF). She is a contributor to Becoming a Church That Cares Well for the Abused and author of Is It Abuse? A Biblical Guide to Identifying Domestic Abuse and Helping Victims, the children’s book Something Scary Happened, and the mini book When Children Experience Trauma. She writes regularly for the Journal of Bibl ..read more

“Being thankful means seeing that God is the source of all the things that we experience in life.” – Champ Thornton. Champ Thornton is an acquisitions editor at Crossway and the author of several books for kids and families, including The Really Radical Book for Kids, The Radical Book for Kids, Wonders of His Love, The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles, A Five-Senses Countdown to Calm: You Count!, Why Do We Say Good Night, and Why Do We Say Thank You? During this episode, Champ discusses the importance of teaching children gratitude and thankfulness. He delves into the essential role of ..read more

Raising Kids to Follow Christ - Book Raising Christian Kids - Parent Assessment Text Here ..... 1 / 70 1. How often do you pray with your child? A) Often throughout the day B) Twice a day C) Once a day D) Never There is no right or wrong answer.  We are just evaluating where you are so you know where you need to improve. 2 / 70 2. How often do you read biblical stories to your child? A) Often throughout the day B) Twice a day C) Once a day D) Never 3 / 70 3. How often do you use the name of Jesus in conversation with your child? A) Often throughout th ..read more

Once a month, Lori and Lee Ann will discuss complex topics regarding parenting and disciplining. Lori Wildenberg is a national speaker, a licensed parent-family educator of over 25 years, and an award-winning author of six Christian parenting books. Lori also leads the popular Moms Together Facebook Community Page and Group. During this episode, Lori and Lee Ann delve into the aspects of parenting prodigal children, offering guidance to parents navigating these challenges with faith and grace. Lori shares her insights on the different types of prodigals, drawing parallels from biblical example ..read more

“I want them to know just how much God loves them, how that is demonstrated again and again in the stories in the Bible, and how he loves when we come to him with our emotions, with our needs, tell him what’s going on, come to him to ask for forgiveness. That he loves to connect with us through prayer anytime and anywhere.” – Laura Sassi. Laura Sassi has been a teacher, homeschool mama, children’s ministry director, and more. She is the author of multiple children’s books, including Christian Book Award finalist Goodnight Ark, Love is Kind, Bunny Finds Easter, My Tender Heart books ..read more

“If we really start undergirding kids with a biblical worldview and showing them how these other worldviews really don’t align with reality, then a lot of those questions will go away because they don’t have the bad assumptions to begin with.” –Hillary Morgan Ferrer. Founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics, Hillary Morgan Ferrer, is passionate about providing accessible apologetics resources for busy moms. She is the co-author and general editor of the bestselling book Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies and the recently released Mama Bea ..read more

Guest blogger Steve Hines sheds light on the urgent need for parents to engage in tough conversations, live authentically, challenge their own opinions in light of God’s word, and most importantly, pray fervently for their children’s well-being and spiritual guidance: The loudest voice in the room. I like to ask parents if they are the loudest voice in the room when it comes to their children.  I do not mean yelling and screaming to be heard.  I mean, have they developed a loving and nurturing relationship with their children so that their opinion matters more to the child than what ..read more

“I think parents today, more than ever, tend to really want their kids not to experience pain or anything negative. And I think that’s understandable in the short run, but in the long run, it really hurts them because all of a sudden, they’re out in the real world and have a job and, and something bad happens, they don’t know how to handle it.” – Steve Hines. Steve Hines is the author of the recently released book Salt, Light, and Kids: Parenting Well in Today’s Culture, as well as a lifelong entrepreneur and musician. Church of the Highlands founding pastor Chris Hodges wrote the book’s forew ..read more

Let’s help our children become influencers for Christ! Tessa Emily Hall is an award-winning author who wrote her debut novel when she was sixteen. She is now a multi-published author of Christian books for teenage girls, including her latest release, INFLUENCER. Her unwavering passion lies in inspiring young women to embrace their unique potential within God’s kingdom. Driven by her dedication to providing clean teen fiction, she launched Illuminate YA Fiction in 2017—a teen fiction imprint formerly associated with LPC Books. Learn more about Tessa here! During this episode, Tessa talks about ..read more

“Some of these hidden behaviors that we talk about are gossip and forgiveness, criticizing others, judging others. And these are all things that God talks about in His word and how to handle these things. And His word is the greatest authority.” – Dr. Magdalena Battles. Dr. Magdalena Battles has a Ph.D. in psychology, a master’s degree in professional counseling from Liberty University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. After the completion of her doctorate in 2005, she went on to post-graduate studies at Harvard. She is a licensed professional counselor and specializes in the tr ..read more