Grace Based Families Podcast

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk with author Lin Hawthorne about helping kids take responsibility earlier for taking care of themselves and participating with the family. Her newest book, Mom's Not Wipin' Your Bum! explores practical ways to work with kids on personal responsibility and care. A long time friend of Grace Based Families, Lin merges practical strategy with grace. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle tackle the very important topic of giving consequences to your kids that actually work. Listen as they discuss the role grace plays in bringing the best out of your kids through discipline and consequences. 

In this special series of the Grace Based Podcast, Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker team up to talk about what grace looks like lived out in the workplace. On this episode, Tim and Michael interview Will Rudolphi, Business Development Director for Atlis Motor Vehicles .  Tim Kimmel is the founder of Grace Based Families and author of several books, including the newly released Grace at Work. Mic...

In this special series of the Grace Based Podcast, Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker team up to talk about what grace looks like lived out in the workplace. On this episode, Tim and Michael interview Stephanie Flies, Founder and CEO of City Moms Collective . Stephanie talks about the power of grace in empowering other women in her network.  Tim Kimmel is the founder of Grace Based Families and au...

In this special series of the Grace Based Podcast, Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker team up to talk about what grace looks like lived out in the workplace. On this episode, Tim and Michael interview Luke Kayyem , a high performance life coach committed to helping men find their purpose.  Tim Kimmel is the founder of Grace Based Families and author of several books, including the newly released G...

In this special series of the Grace Based Podcast, Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker team up to talk about what grace looks like lived out in the workplace. On this episode, Tim and Michael talk to Ashley Richards, CEO and Founder of E Squared Marketing . Ashley helps connect the dots between how work can be a place to not just serve your clients, but serve your team as well with God's grace. Tim Kimm...

In this special series of the Grace Based Podcast, Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker team up to talk about what grace looks like lived out in the workplace. Tim Kimmel is the founder of Grace Based Families and author of several books, including the newly released Grace at Work. Michael Tooker is a long time business man currently working as a pastor and co-authored Grace at Work with Tim Kimmel . Thi...

In this episode, Karis and Michelle discuss the power of understanding why a child is doing what they are doing. Often, behavior is a symptom of a deeper cause.  With grace and humor, they discuss the power of uncovering what drives behavior and working to meet those challenges. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk about ten different ways to help your kids be better employees when they grow up. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle interview Michael Tooker, co-author of the upcoming book Grace at Work . They discuss how to apply grace to the workplace and bring out the best in your co-workers.

Whether your child is an athlete, or just interested in trying new things, there are a lot of benefits to playing organized sports. In this episode, Karis and Michelle discuss organized sports and different ways to get the most out of them. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk with Michael Tooker, co-author of the forthcoming book Grace at Work, about what it means to live out grace in the workplace.

In this episode, Karis and Michelle discuss the world of club sports and how to balance participation decisions with grace.  *An earlier version of this podcast made a sports reference about where Tommy John, the baseball player, grew up and played in high school. Upon further research, this claim turned out to be untrue, so the episode was edited accordingly. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk with Michelle Myers, co-author of She Works His Way and co-founder of the ministry She Works His Way. They discuss everything from the myth of work life balance to how to end some of the mom wars that happen between "working moms" and "stay-at-home moms".

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk about ten ways to be great family members. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle discuss the difference between scarcity and abundance thinking and how grace helps navigate the strengths and weaknesses of both. 

In this episode, Karis Murray and Michelle Broek talk about six common summer complaints kids have and how to respond to those complaints as parents with grace. 

In this episode, Karis and Michell talk with Megan Hunt about creative ideas for directing, and re-directing, your children toward flourishing. 

In this episode, Karis Murray and Michelle Broek dive into the sensitive topic of rebellious children. It can be devastating for parents when their child grows up to push back and rebel. Karis and Michelle discuss some of the reasons why kids rebel in the first place and seven different ways to help restore a rebellious child through God's grace. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle address the challenge of over-controlling in-laws and how grace can lead to better boundaries and relationships!

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk with Ryan Heath, long time marriage and family pastor, about how to prepare your child for an online world. With both practical tips and spiritual insight, Ryan Heath discusses how to protect children from the harm of the online world, while still preparing them to utilize what is good about it.

In this episode, Michelle and Karis talk about how taking a hard stance with your kids is often the most loving and grace-filled thing you can do as a parent. Learn more about approaching discipline through the lens of grace with the Grace Based Families podcast.

In this episode, Karis Kimmel Murray and Michelle Broek discuss sibling rivalry, what drives it, and how grace helps to heal it.

Karis and Michelle are back discussing how grace can make the difference in your most important relationships. In this episode, author Karis Kimmel Murray and Michelle Broek talk about the missing piece of a harmonious marriage. 

In this episode, Karis and Michelle talk about "the war on Christmas" and why there may be a better way of thinking through the holidays.