Five Minute Family

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. Here at Clear View Retreat, we want to build up families so that you are better equipped to navigate the ‘norms’ and ‘storms’ of life. Drawing families closer by focusing on the hope, connection, and strength that God and His word provide is our goal. Because of that goal we started this radio spot that has now become an easy five-minute podcast that...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. Welcome back to our Key Truths for Families series. Today, we will focus on the concept of Truth as found in Ephesians chapter 6 as Paul describes the full armor of God. Verse 14 begins, “Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist” To be honest, when I think about a suit of armor I do not think about a belt as part of that suit. I usually think o...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. We are continuing in Ephesians chapter 6. So far we have highlighted how families need to know that their esteem is in Christ and not solely in ourselves and that there are battles all around us but those battles are not against each other but against principalities and powers, things that get us off track from putting our faith in connecting to the...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. It’s good to be back with you this morning. For those of you new to hearing us, we are Jim and Kim Nestle with Clear View Retreat. If you want to learn more about our ministry, please check us out at clearviewretreat.org. We are continuing our series - Key Truths for Families - using Ephesians chapter 6 as our guide. We encourage you to read this pas...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. I was struck by a discussion we had in our Sunday School class the other day about self-esteem, and it made me think about key concepts we must pass onto our families that are crucial for their well-being and growth in Christ. I was drawn to Ephesians chapter 6 and from there we will build our next series: “Key Truths for Families.”  Let’s start with a disc...

Good morning, Five Minute Families! This past weekend we hosted a marriage retreat here at Clear View Retreat. Marriage retreats are so restful and rejuvenating. Why does a family camp ministry such as ours spend time hosting marriage retreats? Because a strong, godly marriage is the foundation of a strong, godly family just as we said in the three-part series about marriage we did last year. The...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. Did you know that every year May 18 th is celebrated as the national No Dirty Dishes Day? Apparently, according, to ‘time and date dot com,’ it is “a day you could celebrate by either not washing any dirty dishes or by washing all the dishes you can!” Some families we know never go to sleep without a fully clean kitchen; others are washing dishes as they are nee...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. This week we are finishing our series “Cultivating Grit.” We have discussed necessary elements of grit with how to ‘welcome no’ instead of fighting against it and with how to ‘work through disappointments’ by reframing those experiences. Those two elements alone will help your children and yourselves to deal with life and keep moving forward in a pos...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. It’s a new month and yet another chance to begin making changes that will impact your family for generations to come. Every day choices become lifetime legacies, and so we encourage you to continue to cultivate grit in yourself and your family for the sake of God’s work in you and through you. Let’s continue to breakdown the concept of grit. As we me...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. Do you have grit? No, we don’t mean gritty floors or grit in your eye. We mean the character trait of perseverance, effort, and passion for a particular goal in life. Grit is the buzzword right now. It was once “stick-to-it-ness” or even simply resilience. Whatever you call it, one way that you and your family can cultivate grit is to ‘welcome no.’ n. o. What do...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families! Do your kids ask you to tell them jokes? What about riddles? Riddles are especially fun because of the play on words. How do you make a library bigger? How? Add another story.   English grammar fascinates me. Word use and history, sentence structure and syntax. All of it. And, recently, we have read a few articles that dive into the history...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. I saw a social media post the other day that said, “Fight FOR your family, not WITH your family.” That sentiment is one of the reasons we bring you this devotional spot each week. We want to empower you with practical skills and suggestions to better engage with your family through the norms and storms of life. With some recent health issues, not inc...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. This past Sunday was Easter. We saw a video that used the forward and back way of describing Good Friday. The first reading forward exemplified the disillusion and confusion that the death of Christ brought to those who were observing, but the second reading backward put the truth of the Cross in proper perspective. Likewise, both Sunday school and the sermon fo...

If you would like to support Clear View Retreat, please check out our website for more information! TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families! How wonderful it is to be with you this morning. Clear View Retreat is fully opened for the 2021 season, and we are excited for this upcoming year. If you have interest in attending a Family Camp or Marriage Retreat, or any of the other ministry events...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. Here’s a question for you, how did you do with examining your own heart for coveting thoughts and evaluating your coveting behavior? God can and will do great and mighty things when we place our trust in Him to bring the items and relationships we need in the moment. So, as you work on that, let’s examine how you can help your whole family keep the tenth command...

If you would like to support the work we do with families, please check out our website at clearviewretreat.org. TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. How has this past week treated you? We have had many things hit the calendar in the past few days, so our busy level has elevated. Many families live life in a constant state of “busy.” They almost wear “busy” as a badge of honor. One reas...

If you would like to support the work of Clear View Retreat, please click here https://www.clearviewretreat.org/get-involved/donate/. TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. Thank you for joining us this morning. The citizens of the United States of America have been facing the realities of dis unity in recent years. Of course, elements of disunity have always been there, but there are tim...

TRANSCRIPT: Good morning, Five Minute Families. As the year marches forward, we turn our thoughts to the past two weeks of devotionals. All families will experience disagreements and disappointments, and even when we work through them well, we all find ourselves needing to forgive to avoid getting stuck in the pain or frustrations of those moments. You see, family members are our closest neighbors...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. As the weather warmed a little, we had the opportunity this past weekend to work on a couple of projects that we have been putting off. I must admit, I have been disappointed most of the winter that these projects were on hold. I was reminded every time I went outside that there were projects left undone, and we didn’t have the ability to revisit them yet. Disap...

Good morning, Five Minute Families! It is wonderful to join you on this cold, cold morning. We have all spent much of the past year inside with way too much family time. Wait? Did we really just say too much family time? Well, ok, let’s adjust that. Maybe there is not technically too much family time, but admit it, sometimes it FEELS like that, doesn’t it? Especially when disagreements happen and...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. We hope you and yours have stayed safe in this blast of snowy weather so much of the US has experienced this past week. Valentine’s Day is coming up! Who has plans for a special dinner, a nice piece of jewelry, a lovingly handcrafted item, or an extraordinary adventure? Many folks take Valentine’s Day to the next level. In fact, we have a family member whose fav...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. As always we pray you are investing your time and energy into your family. If you realize that you haven’t been doing so, we encourage you to start with just five minutes a day. (hence, our name). But, please don’t stop with just five minutes a day. Once you have seen all the ways that you can quickly and easily make intentional investing in your family happen,...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. Welcome to week three of our “It is Well” series. We have talked about how to lead well and how to follow well. This week we will discuss how to grow well. Growing well as a family can be seriously tough. Here’s an example. Jim left for a weekend mens’ retreat. We had a one-and-a-half-year-old and lived in another country. Our son and I hung out at home because...

Good morning, Five Minute Families. We are in our “It is well” series. When we planned this series, we had no idea what would transpire in our country this week. Learning to ‘follow well’ seems even more important this week than it did last week. Let’s learn to follow well in our families so that we can take those skills and impact our communities and our country, for Christ. Do you remember playi...

Good morning, Five Minute Families! Did your family choose a word for the year? If so, please let us know how the process went for you. This morning we are kicking off a series called, “It is well” and today we are discussing leading well. Leadership is valuable but knowing how to lead well can be tricky. A quick internet search will yield numerous articles on good leadership. Trip Kimball suggest...