LPOP 41 Messy Families
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-10T03:49:43+00:00Powered by RedCircle If you think your family is a mess, you're in good company. Most families in the Bible were the definition of dysfunction!
LPOP 40 Technology Slaves
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-10T03:54:08+00:00Powered by RedCircle What happens when all of the devices that were supposed to make life easer make living harder? Technology Slaves Be honest, are you in control of the technology in your home, or
LPOP 39 The Grief Monster
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-10T03:56:26+00:00Powered by RedCircle Tragedy and loss are going to come. Here's what your soul needs in order to heal.
LPOP 38 Gritty Parents
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-10T03:57:04+00:00Powered by RedCircle How do we develop long term passion and perseverance in our kids?
LPOP 37 Conflict Without Catastrophe
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:17:02+00:00Powered by RedCircle These are really helpful tips for navigating conflict in your marriage AND parenting without starting a war.
LPOP 36 What if it’s a Category 5 crisis?
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:18:38+00:00Powered by RedCircle Sometimes the worst of storms do actually happen in life. What do we do then?
LPOP 35 Communicating with a teenager
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:19:22+00:00Powered by RedCircle In the absence of a mind reading device, here are some tips to help understand and be understood with your teen.
LPOP 34 I wish I was a better parent
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:21:03+00:00Powered by RedCircle Complications at home and comparisons with other families can really tank one's confidence in their parenting skills. But there's hope!
LPOP 33 No Mo FOMO
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:22:41+00:00Powered by RedCircle Fear of Missing Out is a disease that's stealing the joy out of happy times.
LPOP 32 Backpacks, Boulders, and Boundaries
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:23:33+00:00Powered by RedCircle Warning: the next 600 words might have severe impact on your parenting and relationships. This is the week kids dread and parents dream about all summer-at least in my house. The first
LPOP 31 Chemo is done and I’m afraid
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:25:22+00:00Powered by RedCircle As of today, we are done with all chemo treatment. I can't believe I'm actually writing this. On April 14, 2014, our family's world was turned upside down when we were told
LPOP 30 Consequences Don’t Have to Be Immediate
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:26:11+00:00Powered by RedCircle Sometimes delaying the consequences for a while - while you collect your thoughts and make a great plan - can be much more effective than shooting form the hip. Here's why.
LPOP 29 An Interview with Dr. Samuel Thomas
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:27:38+00:00Powered by RedCircle This was a special and rare opportunity to interview one of my dear friends and spiritual heroes, Dr. Samuel Thomas of Hopegivers International. Hopegivers rescues orphaned and at risk children throughout India
LPOP 28 When Mom is managing alone
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:29:00+00:00Powered by RedCircle So many moms are carrying double the spiritual load for the family. Here's some encouragement on what to do if you find yourself in that spot.
LPOP 27 When Dad is a Spiritual Dud
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:29:46+00:00Powered by RedCircle What happens when dad falls through on spiritually leading the family?
LPOP 26 Want to Be a Better Parent? Be a Better Spouse.
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:31:19+00:00Powered by RedCircle Too often a marriage becomes child focused. Not only is this bad for the husband and wife, it's terrible for the kids!
LPOP 25 Get to know Gen Z Part 2
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:33:01+00:00Powered by RedCircle
LPOP 24 Get to Know Gen Z Part 1
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:34:34+00:00Powered by RedCircle A gang or real live experts on Generation Z from our student ministry joins me for a discussion on the differences between Millennials and Generation Z With Davis Price, Chloe Reddick, John
LPOP 22 3 Ways to Stop Being a Church Consumer
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:35:49+00:00Powered by RedCircle Has culture conditioned you and your family into looking at the church as just one more commodity to be consumed?
LPOP 21 Mother’s Day Thoughts: Rebel and Repeat
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:39:22+00:00Powered by RedCircle On this Mother's Day weekend, here are some thoughts on how my childhood, as well as that of my parents, has drastically affected my own parenting.
LPOP 20 An Interview With A Smart Teenager
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:40:37+00:00Powered by RedCircle Davis Price is one of my favorite people in the world, and is graduating high school this year after 7 years in our youth ministry. In this interview, I ask him about
LPOP 19 13 Reasons Why You Should Pay Attention To This Show
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:42:01+00:00Powered by RedCircle 13 Reasons Why is a Netflix series that is sweeping the nation. Especially if you have children over 10 years old you need to pay attention to some very scary things in
LPOP 18 Training for Disobedience
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:42:45+00:00Powered by RedCircle A great question about when to baptize your kids leads to the thought: Are we training our kids for disobedience?
LPOP 17 3 Ways to Encourage Gratitude
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:51:04+00:00Powered by RedCircle Gratitude is hard work! Here are 3 ways to make it habitual.
LPOP 16 The Valley of the Shadow and Easter
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:52:05+00:00Powered by RedCircle I wrote these thoughts while sitting in my son's room on Easter Morning in 2014, seven days after he began treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
LPOP 15 Responding Vs. Reacting
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:54:28+00:00Powered by RedCircle In every tense situation there are two lessons happening. 1) What you say, 2) How you say it.
LPOP 14 Big Picture Praying
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:55:24+00:00Powered by RedCircle Don't let the immediate worries of life keep you from praying big picture prayers for your children!
LPOP 13 Relax Your Grip
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:58:13+00:00Powered by RedCircle Sometimes we shoot ourselves in the foot when we try to control to much in our kid's lives...
LPOP 12 A Dad’s Thoughts on Dating Part 2
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T03:59:28+00:00Powered by RedCircle So your kids are ready to start dating? Gulp! Here are some helpful, practical thoughts to coach them towards right goals and wise boundaries.
LPOP 11 A Dad’s Thoughts on Dating Part 1
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:00:29+00:00Powered by RedCircle Critiques of modern dating practices and coaching tips for your kids as they walk toward helpful relationships!
LPOP 10 When Your Child Suffers
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:01:48+00:00Powered by RedCircle One of the hardest things to walk through as a parent is the suffering of your child. How do you make the most of a terrible situation?
LPOP 9 What’s Your Parenting Style
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:02:44+00:00Powered by RedCircle Drill Sergents, Helicopters, and Consultants, Oh My! Here's an overview of three different types of parenting styles with three different consequences.
LPOP 8 Why Purity?
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:04:44+00:00Powered by RedCircle Here's the best explanation I've ever encountered on why pursuing a path of purity is so important.
LPOP 6 Backpacks and Boulders
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:06:45+00:00Powered by RedCircle This podcast is on one of the most helpful teachings I've ever come across. How can you be helpful without enabling?
LPOP 5 Enabling in a Good Way
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:07:52+00:00Powered by RedCircle What if we're complimenting the wrong things in our kids? Here's a great way to enable your kids to go over, around, or through the brick walls in their life.
LPOP 4 Womanhood
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:09:10+00:00Powered by RedCircle Here's my best effort at a "simple" definition of Womanhood. Which is hard because I'm not a woman and I don't find women to be simple.
LPOP 3 Manhood
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:09:54+00:00Powered by RedCircle Here's a podcast on a great, simple definition to teach your kids about what it means to be a man.
LPOP 2 Hardwiring Habits
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:11:39+00:00Powered by RedCircle A relatively quick overview of how to create and replace habits. This could really change your life, it changed mine!
LPOP 1 It’s a Marathon
jay@letsparentonpurpose.com2024-06-11T04:12:50+00:00Powered by RedCircle This is Episode 1 of the Let's Parent on Purpose Podcast! It's a little rough as I'm learning the technical side of things as well as how to stare at a microphone