Parenting After Faith Deconstruction with Meredith Miller (#397)

About this episode

Meredith Miller discusses parenting and faith after personal deconstruction.

Meredith Miller returns to talk about something many of us have been navigating in our personal lives: how do you raise kids with a meaningful faith after your own deconstruction? We cover the real reasons to consider church, what the research actually says about faith formation, and why doing nothing is still doing something. Previous Episodes with Meredith: ⁠How Can Deconstructing Parents Talk About God? (#257)⁠ Helping Kids Know God in Healthy Ways (#174) Highlights: Home culture vs. church content Friendship over theology Your story is a gift Doing nothing = a choice Non-weaponizing Bible scholars do exist ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/dancoke/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/DanKoch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Faith deconstruction resources: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.soyouredeconstructing.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/dankoch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YHP Patron-only FB group…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Koch

Guest: Meredith Miller

Topics covered

• parenting
• faith deconstruction
• raising children
• church involvement
• faith formation
• personal stories

Keywords

• faith
• deconstruction
• parenting
• church
• children
• spirituality
• research
• Bible

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Instagram, Twitter, Patreon, Faith deconstruction resources, youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com, tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98, www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html, www.dankochwords.com/

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