Greg and Tonya spend time each week talking together about things that have been a part of their life journey and answering the various questions that have been posed to them along the way.
In this episode we talk about trust and betrayal. What good can come from living under the shroud of difficulty and persecution. What can come of struggling in the darkness? How do we know who we can trust to guide us through it? Or even so, how can we have hope that there is something on the other side worth striving for?
In this episode, Greg and Tonya talk about the problem of the human condition. We look at Psalm 78 and James 4 and talk about how war is not just something that's happening uniquely in Ukraine right now. We look at the human heart and explore how individual wars grow into larger conflicts.We also look at the constant exposure from media and our access to real time visual violence through social media and the effect it has on us and our children.Some questions we explore are:What is the nature of war and where does it come from?How does God use larger conflicts like this to help expose humanities need for him?How do you talk to your young child about this?
Greg and Tonya talk about Homeschooling and dealing with the insecurities related to feeling that you "have what it takes" to educate your kids.
Discussion of the way we name our children and the importance of how we choose to shape those most valuable to us.
Well, it's been a while and we just could not help ourselves. We wound up talking about all the stuff alive in culture today from pressure to disclose medical status, Abortion, what pastors should and should not be saying and just basically trusting Jesus.
We were in Missouri for a family reunion in May. Today we muse a bit about the differences in our family background and how our families different ways of engaging life has affected them.
Greg and Tonya continue their discussion on what it means to follow your calling. Following Your Calling (3)
Exploring the concept of a life calling. What that looks like and how we identify it.
How do you know if you are raising your children correctly? Good question. Greg and Tonya discuss their own experiences raising kids and the pitfalls they faced along the way.
Greg and Tonya discuss the meaning of Easter and the traditions and memories surrounding it. How do we best celebrate Easter in todays world. What are the most important things for us to keep in mind.
What does it really mean when we say we are following our heart and what are some real parameters surrounding what we should be allowing to govern our lives?
Tonya and Greg discuss current events surrounding schools, cancelations of books like Dr. Suess and other oddities that seem to be prevalent in today’s world.
How do we represent Christ in Culture without abandoning Christ to Culture?
There was chaos, divergent claims about beliefs and politics were in full swing while thousands of people were all over the city. People rioted, people were arrested and people even died. Leaders pushed narratives that served their own desires and wishes. While some searched for truth others were left caught up in a whirlwind of emotions. Two Men had enough of it and left town. As they walked, eventually, they found themselves talking with a stranger on the road to Emmaus.
Today we discuss the stresses of integrating into a new environment. How our country moved from two very distinct systemically divided cultures into one whole and how the stress of that still lingers today and is part of the upheaval that is currently around us. What is systemic racism? How much of it endures today? How should we see others in relationship to ourselves and how we should respond to what we see in society? How do we assimilate and become one Nation together again? What is working and what do we need to do to bring a healthy work moving forward?
Today we continue our discussion from last week and turn to the question of today’s push to pull down statues, desecrate graves, and rebrand products all in the name of cleansing all that is a reminder of the evils of our society. Do we have to burn down the past in order to move into a better future? We discuss the mob mentality that is destroying everything around us and the battle to have constructive conversations as well as make healthy progress toward a better country. Are there any real benefits to destroying every evil monument? Is there a better way? What’s the risk of burning it all down?
We are struggling with the idea of how we deal with the past in relationship to the upheaval that we are dealing with in today’s American culture. We discuss how people tolerated the belief that slavery was okay while still claiming to be Christians. Is that even possible? We look at the beliefs of some of our nation’s forefathers and the tensions that they lived in as they tried to forge a better world. How do we move ahead? What should be our focus?
Is this the apocalypse or just another turn of the historical wheel. Tonya and Greg look what comes up every time a little chaos comes along in history. We look at what king Solomon has to say on the subject and what we need to be mindful of as we approach the days ahead.
Greg and Tonya are back for another season of ask mom and dad.Join us today as we spend time talking about the value of life, racial tensions, authority and whatever else comes up. Neither Tonya nor I sat down and decided beforehand what we wanted to say. Both of us have a heavy heart for the condition of our country. We are sincerely aware of the difficulty we face to have a constructive conversation that builds life because of the public rage that is out there. But we want to try. We hope that todays podcast will encourage you that we too are working though how to breath life into todays cultural battles. So we are taking through it.
We sit around and discuss what Thanksgiving means to us and other weird stuff.
Greg and Tonya discuss the meaning of Emotional Support. The differences between men and women and what it means to learn to speak the language of your mate.
The second podcast in a series about authenticity.
A discussion of what it means to be me in a world that demands I be what others are saying I am supposed to be.
Greg and Tonya discuss the weekends attacks and the cause of fear and Terror that created false alarms in Times Square after a Motorcycle backfired. What can we do to overcome Fear in our lives and live so that we are not moved by those who would seek to terrorize us
After being gone for a few weeks after our daughters wedding Tonya and I discuss when its the right time to get married.
In a polarized country. What does it mean to remember our roots and celebrate the freedoms that we have.
From raising kids to fending off friends. How do you know where you end and someone else begins?
Tonya and Greg discuss life when you feel stuck. What is it that needs to happen when you just don’t feel like there is any momentum in your world.
Become to Episode 13. What do the number 13 and posting your opinions on social media have in common? Well, more than we imagined. Listen today as we answer the question. “is is beneficial to post my opinions on social media and how should I (or not) engage in discussion in comment sections?”
Greg and Tonya answer a few random questions and then move on to discuss the major influences in their lives and how that shaped who they are today.
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