Crazy Cool Family

How do you ENJOY the holidays and not get stuck in a holiDAZE? This mini series is created for all the parents out there who are lying awake at night wondering how they are going to get it all done by December 24th... Madeline, our 2nd daughter, came up with the word, "holidaze." Its completely made up (we think....🤷🏽‍♂️) Definition of "Holidaze": not enjoying the present event, festivity, or ce...

How do you ENJOY the holidays and not get stuck in a holiDAZE? This mini series is created for all the parents out there who are lying awake at night wondering how they are going to get it all done by December 24th... Madeline, our 2nd daughter, came up with the word, "holidaze." Its completely made up (we think....🤷🏽‍♂️) Definition of "Holidaze": not enjoying the present event, festivity, or ce...

What are your reasons for not having a strong relationship with God? In this podcast, we unpack SIMPLE but POWERFUL ways you can strengthen your relationship with God. In every season you are in, God is pursing you and He wants to have a relationship with you. It will give you the strength to live each day to the fullest! The Parent to God is the covering relationship for a family. We are wrapping...

Parents, do you ever feel like all those spiritual words get jumbled up in your head and you can’t figure out a simple, effective way to consistently hear God? Words like, identity, repentance, intimacy, Gospel, grace, etc...?!??! Well, today’s your day! John Stange joins this week’s podcast to talk about walking and talking with God. Ep. 187 provides practical tools to help you focus on God’s voi...

Learning to be a Godly, motivated, and joyful man in our world can feel overwhelming.... How do we bust out of the mental, emotional, and spiritual ruts we, as men, can fall into? Larry Hagner joins Don on this week's podcast and the truth bombs he drops will blow your mind. His testimony alone is worth the price of admission (which is $0!) Don and Larry unpack the hardships men, in today's societ...

Today, Macy joins the podcast to ask us questions about hearing God and how it aligns with parenting. This podcast is all about hearing God and including Him in every parenting season. God is our Heavenly Father and He designed family. He wants to walk with you as you parent your kids. Questions We Unpack: How do you hear God's voice? Has the way you hear God changed throughout your parenting jour...

Is your marriage struggling? Kim Kimberling wants to help you turn your marriage upside down! We invited Kim Kimberling, writer of several marriage books AND creator of the Awesome Marriage podcast onto Episode 184! His insight into a husband or wife's relationship with God will inspire and challenge you. We love Dr. Kim's perspective on marriage and we think this quote sums up the podcast well. “...

Do you have kids? Do you want your kids to be able to hear God's voice? Join Suz, Madeline, and Macy as we unpack our childhood memories about hearing God. Crazy Cool Resources: CCF Podcasts CCF Social Media Join Basecamp- FOR FREE! Already in Basecamp? Check out the TRAILS!

How do you lead your family well? Dan Luigs shares his story and challenges us to live a life unto the Lord. Have you ever felt like your life was chaotic and losing purpose? Do you wish you and your spouse knew how to invest in the spiritual vision of your family? We invited Dan Luigs, founder of The Journey of a Christian Dad podcast. He is a business man, a father, and a husband. He deeply love...

Do you know how to DELIGHT in the Lord? Do you feel burdened by the relational aspect of God? The series we are in is called “Pursuing God.” Today we are sharing our personal relationships with God, how we have learned to grow and know them, and how we interact with Him now. Our faith and knowledge of scripture were very different. We talk to parents all the time who are struggling to be unified w...

What do you do if your family member is hurting? Chad Hennings, a mighty man of God, former pro-football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and faithful husband + father joins us this week on season four of our podcast! Chad shared how early on in his fatherhood journey, his oldest son, Chase, only 2-years-old, experienced adverse effects from a vaccination. This created a lot of uncertainty in their...

How do you pursue God amidst parenting, marriage, and the craziness of life? In this podcast we answer your questions about pursuing God. What does it mean to "pursue God"? How do I make time for God amidst my busy season? Why are we called to spend time with God consistently? What does God think about us/why does He want time with us? We believe there are three things you commit to if you want to...

We are wrapping up the summer series with McCade, our 7th child! McCade is practically perfect in every way (just kidding!) McCade is the youngest of seven and remembers all his siblings being older and stronger. As the 7th kid, he learned to be independent, courageous, and very tough. McCade is 16 years old now and is discovering who he is, what he believes, and how he wants to interact with us (...

The summer series continues with Maddox, our 6th child! Is your child.... Easy going but picky about random things (like food textures) Has big emotions but you never know what's going on in their heads/hearts Acts apathetic or resistant to trying new things Maddox shares how he spent his childhood going with the flow but also needing a lot out of the relationships in his life. In middle school, h...

What if your child acts like a punk? Our 5th child and first boy, Michael, said he "was a huge punk" growing up. Wanna know why? In this podcast, Michael shares his first memories of childhood, having 4 older sisters (aka his personal cheerleaders) and how he discovered Jesus + his calling to be a leader. Do you feel like your child is distancing themselves from you? Do you worry your kid will not...

How do you help your middle child live out their God-given identity? The "Who Knows Your Child Best" series continues with our 4th daughter McKenzie Reaume. She is in between the three older sisters and three younger brothers. God gave us McKenzie as the relational bridge between the Manning kids. In this podcast, you will hear us discuss: What Kenzie was like as a child How she related to her sib...

Is your child emotional? High achiever? Really hard on themselves and hard on you? This week, our 3rd daughter, Macy, joins us to talk about how to raise an emotional child. She grew up in our household with lots of siblings AND LOTS of emotions! She was by far our hardest toddler and there was a whole season we didn't take her out because she threw too many fits! We love Macy because she brings h...

Is your child loud? Energetic? A little too adventurous for your parent-heart? This summer we are slowing down the podcast and inviting each of our kids to share about their perspective of family, relationships, and our parenting. You do not want to miss these honest conversations about our wins and misses as parents. Trust us, our kids will not hold back! The question we are asking, to you parent...

We are kicking off our Summer Series! This summer we are slowing down the podcast and inviting each of our kids to share about their perspective of family, relationships, and our parenting. You do not want to miss these honest conversations about our wins and misses as parents. Trust us, our kids will not hold back! The question we are asking, to you parents, in the Summer Series is "Who knows you...

Ready for summer? We fight for family and we love summer! This week's podcast is about fighting for your family AND jumping into summer. Listen to this week's podcast to kickstart your summer and start investing in your family. Crazy Cool Resources: CCF Podcasts CCF Social Media Join Basecamp- FOR FREE!

Are you over your kids fighting with each other? Do you see them going against each other and just wish they could learn to listen and love their sibling? Suz and Macy share ways you can change your family's culture on this week's podcast! Suzanne talked to several Crazy Cool Parents and asked them, "How do you help your kids get along?" The answers will blow your mind! The parents have taken buil...

What are your family's beliefs? Are your beliefs helping or hurting your family grow? We were recently on a walk and started talking about how our family has been marked by our beliefs. We identified positive and negative (true and false) beliefs and started seeing how beliefs affected our parenting. "What we believe about things influences what happens in our life." - Don Beliefs are amazing beca...

Do you feel like "quitting the fight?" Have you ever felt like throwing in the towel and quitting this whole parenting thing? Madeline, our 2nd daughter joins us to share about her season of feeling like the is "losing the fight" with her family. Through sickness, trials, new work for her husband, and other things she found it really hard to feel like a success when it came to parenting, marriage,...

What do I do if my spouse and I are not on the same page? Unity within marriage is vital. God's idea of marriage is centered on unity. Is your marriage unified? What creates unity and what destroys it? Anne Evans joins Suz to talk about unity within marriage. This week we are FIGHTING for marriage! Anne and Tim Evans have 6 books about marriage. Their books are centered on sexuality, sexual intima...

Mother's Day is coming up and we have the perfect gift idea! This week, Christy Gandy joins the podcast to help us Fight for Generosity. She unpacks ways her family chooses to be generous in every season. Generosity is a value and something we are invited to build into our family culture. "Generosity is an investment. It creates connection within relationships. Generosity goes straight to the hear...