Recently, I gave a 30-minute talk about ‘Living Faith in Front of Our Children’. It was part of a conference run by Mothers Union Sydney. My talk is part of the seminar called ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’. On the video link, the talk starts at about 1:36:00. On the audio-only link below that, mine is the third talk of the conference. I hope it encourages you today!
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Earlier this year I recorded a 45-minute seminar on ‘The Big Picture of Family Discipleship’. A number of churches have benefitted from screening this seminar online or onsite (or both). It is designed to complement my ‘Big Picture Parents’ seminar and covers:
• What is discipleship?
• What is the process of discipleship?
• What role do parents play in the discipleship of children?
• What strategies can we use to disciple children?
• What if we think we’ve missed the boat?
Please contact me if you or your church would like to make use of this resource.
I had an encouraging chat with two of my mum friends about the joys and challenges of motherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was part of the “Everyday Conversations” series from The Gospel Coalition Australia.
Watch the video here.
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Alastair Roberts, a theologian I have learnt a lot from over the past couple of years.
Listen as we talk about how social changes in the way we live, work and raise our children have impacted mothers and families, and as we suggest some steps we can take to improve things.
I had a great conversation with Jonathan from Crosslife about why so many modern parents feel overwhelmed, and what we can do to help ourselves. We talk about how to deal with issues like busyness, “keeping up with the Joneses” and perfectionism.
Listen to our conversation on the Conversations for Life podcast here (scroll down to conversation 11.).
As a mum, I know how easy it is to fall into the trap of seeing other mothers as competitors. When we meet another mum, we immediately start making comparisons; we want to know how we “rank” against her in different areas: our parenting, our appearance, our children, our cooking, our job etc.
If we think we’re doing better than that other mum—if we rank higher on the scale—we congratulate ourselves and feel proud. If we think we’re doing worse than her, we feel guilty, inadequate, and envious.
Why do we judge other mums like this? And how can we move from competition to collaboration?
Modern parents are pioneers, bravely going where no parents have ever gone before: the land of the internet experts. We live in a swirling sea of information and advice—it’s like there’s a little parenting expert sitting on our shoulder all day, commenting on our every move. We suffer from a bad case of information overload.
In previous generations, parents simply did their best with the limited information they had. There were only one or two parenting books to consult; parents worked the rest out themselves through observation and experience.
Raising children in the age of information is a completely different experience. Of course, it’s great to be able to Google “What rash is that?” or “Which car seat is safe for four-year-olds?” at any time of the day or night. But having access to unlimited information can actually make parenting harder.
Watch my interview with the ladies from At The Table here:
You can watch the full episode here:
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