The Intentional Parents Podcast

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Grief, Anger, Loss, Single Parenting, and Relaxed (Interview with Megan Fate Marshman) Jul 17, 2024

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Today we have Megan Fate Marshmon on the show! If you know, you know! Megan is determined to use her life to spread hope, share truth, and celebrate others. She is finishing her Doctorate of Ministry as she serves as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at Arbor Road Church in Long Beach, California. We cover grief, loss, anger, sadness and what happens when life blows up and what is life like as a single parent and a widow? You don’t want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

Quotes:

“A gift from loss: You start to care a whole lot less about things that don’t matter and you care a whole lot more about things that do.”

“Half of you is in heaven...just love a bunch of people.”

Sanctification gap: “What do you do in the moments when you realize you are not where you should be?”

Temptations of the Flesh:

1) Never going to figure it out/ despair

2) Not going to care about immoral temptation

3) Moral temptation, to try to just do better by myself in the weakness of the flesh

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Intentional: Why Go to Church

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The Jauregui Story: Long-suffering, Catastrophic Loss, + The Way of Jesus Jul 10, 2024

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Join us today with our special guests and dear friends, the Jauregui’s. They share their family’s story of longsuffering and loss. If you are in a season or have been in a season of suffering and loss we pray today’s conversation blesses your heart as you continue to bring your pain to Jesus. The Jauregi’s teach us a few things they have learned along their journey and we hope you will be encouraged by their hearts and character. Enjoy!

Gaetano’s Music:

Spotify

Youtube

Scripture:

2 corinthians 1v3

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Six Ways Comparison Kills, Not Good Enough, and The Mental Committee Jun 26, 2024

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The culture of comparison is thick around us. It can be so easy to get caught up in it, even when it’s not as obvious and sneaks up on you. It’s constantly in our faces through social media or media of any kind. Today’s conversation is all about the ways comparison shows up in our lives and how God feels about it. There are 6 major areas that we often get stuck in comparison, but we don't have to stay stuck there. Join us as we name these spots and explore how to healthily combat them. Enjoy!

6 Areas of Comparison:

Ourselves
Gifting
Calling
Parents
Our lives
Our stage

Scripture:

John 8

2 corinthians 10v12

Matthew 25

1 Peter 4v10

Ecclesiastes 12v13

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The Art of Grandparenting & Relationships with Your Parents as an Adult Jun 19, 2024

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We all are leaving a legacy. The question is, what legacy will you leave behind? Parenting adult children and grandchildren can be tricky because it means you have to let go while still staying present and supportive. Today, Brook and Elizabeth interview Phil and Diane about what it means to be an intentional grandparent. Phil and Diane share a few key elements they have learned through the years. They share how their perspectives have changed as the world has changed and how humility, grace, and love can go a long way. Enjoy!

Scripture:

Proverbs 13v22

Romans 14v13

Romans 15v7

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Treasures in the Dark by Katherine Wolf

What if it's a Lie? "I'm a bad parent" and other half-truths we believe Jun 12, 2024

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What are the lies you are believing? On today's show, we walk through three common lies that many of us are prone to believe. We explore where lies entered our story as humans and how we can combat them. So often, our enemy carefully crafted the lies we hear for each of us. We hope today's conversation brings hope and healing to a lie you believe. Enjoy!

Three lies that we believe:

1) Our worth is based on what we can produce

2) I'm just a bad parent/human

3) It's all up to me

Scriptures:

John 1

John 8v44

2 corinthians 11v14 James 5v16

2 Chronicles 20 Psalm 139 Matthew 11v 28-30 Jeremiah 31v 3 Mark 14v5

Book Recommendations:

Live No Lies by John Mark Comer

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The Life We're Looking For

Abuse, Disintegration, Tech, and The Life We Need (Interview With Andy Crouch) Jun 05, 2024

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We have an incredible guest on the show today; Andy Crouch joins Brook for an insightful and rich conversation about technology and the family. You may know Andy Crouch from his books The Techwise Family or The Life We Were Looking For. In this episode, we ask Andy questions like, what is the family for? And what worked or didn’t work as Andy and his wife raised their two kids? Brook and Andy also explore the superpowers we are drawn to and rely on and how choosing to be happy now or happy later can either transform us in the way we want to go or the way we don’t want to go. Enjoy!

Andy Crouch Books:

The Tech-Wise Family

Speaking events:

Forest Home Family Camp June 23-29

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Complaining, Negative Development, and Shame or Fear? May 29, 2024

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Complaining is not new to the human experience. We all suffer on this side of heaven; some is circumstantial, and some is perspective. Thankfully, the Bible has a lot to share with us about complaining. We hope you will join us for our conversation today, where we talk about perspective in suffering, some sneaky ways the enemy likes to fuel the fire and a few helpful questions to ask amid your grumbling. We also talk about negative development and some essential tools to help you escape a cycle of complaining. Enjoy!

Scriptures mentioned:

Philippians 2v14+15

Exodus 16

2 Corinthians 5

Psalm 136

1 Peter

Speaking events:

Forest Home Family Camp June 23-29

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The Highly Sensitive Person, Delighting in Your Child When it’s Not Easy and Living in a Season of Obscurity (Q+R) May 22, 2024

Show notes

Join us today for a Q+R where we respond to a few of your wonderfully, honest questions. This episode is for you if you are a highly sensitive person or are parenting one, if you struggle to connect with your child or they rub you the wrong way, and if you find yourself in a season of obscurity wondering when your life’s work will begin. We talk about all this and more and get down to the root of these questions to lend hope and encouragement for the season you find yourself in today. Enjoy!

Scriptures mentioned:

Romans 15

Psalm 139

James 1v12

3 John 4

Speaking events:

Forest Home Family Camp June 23-29

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Alcohol & Food Addiction in a Culture of Normalization (Q+R) May 15, 2024

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We have the whole crew here today, and we are diving into a great question that was submitted to us: How do you talk to your kids about alcohol in a culture that normalizes it? There are a lot of nuances to this topic and it’s not black and white. We discuss conviction versus preference, parenting out of relationship, and how easy it is to turn to external things rather than God. We hope you join us as we talk about what the Bible says about alcohol and how to live in a way that we can offer our bodies as a living sacrifice to Jesus. Enjoy!

Scriptures mentioned:

Ephesians 5v18

Proverbs 23v30

1 corinthians 6v19

Romans 14v23

1 Corinthians 10v23

Speaking events:

Forest Home Family Camp June 23-29

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