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Grades. Sports. Friends. Faith. Future. It’s ridiculously easy to turn your teenager’s life into your personal report card. Melissa Kruger, author of Parenting with Hope, gets honest about Christian parenting of teens when, perhaps despite the evidence, you want desperately to get it right. What if our good intentions are quietly piling pressure on our kids? And how do we stay close when their choices—and their future—aren’t ours to control?
Show Notes and Resources
Learn more about Melissa Kruger on her website.

Get Melissa's book, Parenting with Hope, and her other book on our shop.
Read and watch Josh McDowell speak about "rules without relationships".
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Your sweet kid turned into a teenager—and apparently you’re embarrassing now. How do you stay close without clinging, set limits without making every conversation a lecture, and keep fear from running the show? Melissa Kruger, author of Parenting with Hope, gets real about how to parent a teenager when the stakes feel higher, the eye rolls get stronger, and you desperately want to get this right.
Show Notes and Resources
Learn more about Melissa Kruger on her website.

Get Melissa's book, Parenting with Hope, and her other book on our shop.
Read and watch Josh McDowell speak about "rules without relationships".
Find more resources on parenting teens.
Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at CSBible.com.
Follow us on all social platforms: Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
Find resources from our podcast at shop.familylife.com.
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You’ve got a dream. You’ve also got bills, responsibilities, loved ones eager to offer opinions, and that nagging question: Is this big idea for my future actually from God … or am I nuts? Saxophonist Emmanuel Garilus and his wife, Loreen, get real about finding your God-given purpose when the sensible path doesn’t feel like the faithful one. How do you weigh calling, risk, hard work, and marriage—and know when a dream is worth chasing?
Show Notes and Resources
Emmanuel Garilus’s Apollo Theater performance. Find the video on Emmanuel Garilus’s Instagram.

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Scriptures referenced: Proverbs 4:18 and Colossians 3:23.
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You love each other. You love Jesus. So why is communication already this hard? Newlyweds Loreen and Emmanuel Garilus get refreshingly real about communication for newlyweds—mismatched expectations, conflict, family backgrounds, and those “Couldn’t you just text me?” moments. How do you learn to understand your spouse without making your way the right way—or letting little frustrations quietly become big ones?
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You know you should listen. Instead, you get louder. Or colder. Or suddenly walking away sounds very reasonable. So how do you control your emotions when your brain and body have already hit DEFCON 1? Ron and Nan Deal, authors of The Mindful Marriage, join Dave and Ann Wilson on FamilyLife Today to unpack what’s beneath those knee-jerk reactions—and how real change manages when your spouse says that thing again and your better judgment has fled the building.
Show Notes and Resources
Find The Mindful Marriage by Ron and Nan Deal on our shop.

Also get Vertical Marriage by Dave and Ann Wilson

Find information on The Worship Initiative at theworshipinitiative.com

Come to a Weekend to Remember Marriage Getaways by visiting weekendtoremember.com

Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at CSBible.com.
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