Playfully Faithful Parenting: Encouraging Christian Mamas to Disciple & Discipline with Play & Joy

Episode Summary: Do you teach your kids to fear God or to love God? Not fear as in the KJV of fear meaning respect, but do you teach them that they have to walk a tightrope between fun and the law in order to please God?  Are you personally too busy trying to follow the Old Testament law that you don’t get to enjoy Jesus? 1 John 4:18 says that perfect love casts out all fear. In this episode,...

Episode Summary: This Theology Thursday we look at Proverbs 22:6. This is a classic parenting verse, but I share a new take on it that I read in  How to Grow a Connected Family and add my own playfully faithful twist. You can do it, mama! Redeemed for Motherhood Journal Verses from the episode: Proverbs 22:6 Playfully Faithful Parenting Podcast is a ministry of CreatedtoPlay.com. For more res...

Episode Summary: Mama, you are CALLED and CAPABLE of so much. And, so are your kids! In today’s episode, we look at a Connected Families tool that helps you to send this special message to your kiddos. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Ephesians 2:10 Ephesians 6:4 Romans 2:4 Philippians 4:8 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commi...

Episode Summary: This Theology Thursday we look at 3 John 1:4. This verse jumped out to me about a year ago and I have been praying it for my kids ever since. Written by John about his spiritual children, commentaries agree that it is wonderful for Christian parents to desire this for their biological and adopted children as well. Knowing that I can’t ultimately control whether or not my children...

Episode Summary: This is an episode I am so passionate about. In it, I share a way of reading God’s Word with your littles that can transform your Bible time. It is a no prep, no props, no pressure style that is all play and purpose! You don’t want to miss it. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small co...

Episode Summary: This Theology Thursday we look at Deuteronomy 6:7-9 as the second half of the foundation of Christian Parenting. In these verses, we look at how simple it is to teach our kids about God and his Word. We talk about him! All-day, every day! That’s it! You can do it, mama! Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Lamentations 3:22-23 Playfully Faithful Parenting Podcast is a minist...

Episode Summary: Let’s talk about memorizing Scripture! Is it enough? No!! Your kids can memorize the ABC Song, but it doesn’t mean that they can do anything useful with the letters. God calls for Scripture to be in our hearts, not our heads. Play is the way to help littles move God’s Word from rote memorization to hiding it in our hearts. So, let’s give up memorization and dig into learning and e...

Episode Summary: In our first Theology Thursday we look at Deuteronomy 6:4-6 as the foundation of Christian Parenting. It all starts with God and who he is. Then we prioritize our heart’s response to God. Join the brand new Facebook Group to share your thoughts: Christian Motherhood with Purpose and Play Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Mark 12:28-30 Links from the episode: (This may con...

Episode Summary: I am so excited for you to listen in on a conversation I have with my blogging friend, Kayla Alonso from Baby Devotions. We talk about Christian Parenting in a bilingual home, play-based learning, contextualizing the Gospel for our kids, teaching our kids about emotions through David and his intimacy with God, and SO MUCH MORE!!!! Kayla is so fun and I know you will feel encourage...

Episode Summary: In this episode, I share a few of the ways my family celebrates the New Year with young kids to make it both fun and intentional with our faith Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase using these links . For more information,...

Episode Summary: It’s Advent!  This is a time of preparing our hearts for the arrival of Jesus.  Each of the weeks of Advent has a theme: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Let’s talk about love and how we can celebrate God’s wonderful love demonstrated through Jesus’ incarnation. DM  or email me pics of your kids embracing the love! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!  Jesus is born!  Verses fro...

Episode Summary: Let’s look at the second message of the Connected Families Framework: You are LOVED no matter what. With this message, we need to look below our kids’ behavior to what it is like to be our kids? We can then have more empathy and see our kids and their needs. Through this message, we give our kids a glimpse of God’s incredible and unconditional love. Our children get to experience...

Episode Summary: It’s Advent!  This is a time of preparing our hearts for the arrival of Jesus.  Each of the weeks of Advent has a theme: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Let’s talk about joy and how we can share joy with others this season in a very practical way! DM  or email me pics of your kids sharing the joy! Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This...

Episode Summary: In this episode, we talk about Santa and if he can be included in a Christian Christmas. I do not presume to tell you if he SHOULD be allowed, but simply can he. My answer is yes! And, if I am wrong, I have done it from erring on the side of grace, love, joy, fun, and abundant life. I will live in the freedom of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and not in the fear...

Episode Summary: It’s Advent!  This is a time of preparing our hearts for the arrival of Jesus.  Each of the weeks of Advent has a theme: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Let’s talk about peace and praying for those who may surprisingly need a little extra peace this season. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means...

Episode Summary: In this episode, I share how using the church’s calendar, or liturgical calendar can help you and your kids to grow closer to Christ. Plus, a few ways to play your way through the rhythms of growth, preparation, and celebrations. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at n...

Episode Summary: It’s Advent!  This is a time of preparing our hearts for the arrival of Jesus.  Each of the weeks of Advent has a theme: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Let’s talk about Hope by dreaming with the Holy Spirit about 2022! Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no ex...

Episode Summary: Prayer can feel intimidating, even though it should be so natural to speak with our creator. In this episode, I share a few ways to add a little play to your prayers as we teach our kids to have daily conversations with God. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no ext...

Episode Summary: It’s Advent!  This is a time of preparing our hearts for the arrival of Jesus.  Each of the weeks of Advent has a theme: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. Let’s make an Advent Wreath to help us creatively and playfully celebrate the birth of Christ. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive...

Episode Summary: Let’s look at the first message of the Connected Families Framework: You are safe with me. With this message we need to look at ourselves, before looking at our kids and their misbehavior. Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Matthew 7:3-5 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you...

Episode Summary: Do you ever start reading a book and feel like the author just ripped your thoughts and feelings from your mind and wrote them down much more poetically and eloquently than you could? Then as you read along feel a sense of validation for some crazy, out-of-the-box beliefs you have because someone else was published for sharing them? Ok, so maybe that is just me, but that is how I...

Episode Summary: This was a fun episode for me. In it, I share the 8 play personalities of Dr. Stuart Brown through a biblical worldview.  The play personalities are: Joker Kinesthete Explorer Competitor Director Collector Artist/Creator Storyteller Verses from the episode: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Links from the episode: (This may contain some affiliate links, which means I receive a small commissi...

Episode Summary: In this episode, I had the privilege of chatting with Sonia Amin, author of Bax and His Bubbles. Here’s her bio: Dr. Sonia Amin is a pharmacist and children's book author of Bax and His Bubbles - All About a Kid and His Thoughts. She is passionate about encouraging others to live healthy lives and values the importance of nurturing our spiritual, physical, and mental health. She l...

Episode Summary: One of my daughters had the “worst day of her life today” and I didn’t. It was hard, but I experienced the Holy Spirit working in my heart, my parenting, and my family. We all have bad days, but can we as mamas learn to not let our kids’ bad days become our bad days or feel like their behavior is a reflection of our parenting? How do we hold on to Jesus and trust we are doing our...

Episode Summary: This episode is really just some of the thoughts that have been on my heart over the last few weeks about Halloween.  I encourage you to follow your convictions, but as Tara Leigh-Cobble of The Bible Recap says, “don’t shout where the Bible whispers and don’t whisper where the Bible shouts.” Halloween and Trick or treating are not in the Bible. If your family’s version of Hal...