Church Hurt, Conflict With Your Spouse, Fairness With Kids + Uninvolved Grandparents (Q+R)

About this episode

The episode discusses church hurt, marriage conflict, parenting fairness, and navigating relationships with uninvolved grandparents.

For the first time from our brand-new studio, all four of us are together responding to your questions on personal formation, marriage, parenting, and navigating generational relationships. We talk about how to process church hurt while still raising kids in the church, including the importance of separating people’s failures from the character of God, remaining grounded in Scripture, and modeling healing, honesty, and discernment for your children. We also discuss the responsibility leaders carry and what it looks like to pursue restoration with wisdom and humility. We also answer questions about addressing tension in marriage before resentment builds, learning when to absorb small frustrations with grace and when difficult conversations need to happen. From there, we talk through parenting children with different needs and why fairness is not always about equal attention, but about making sure each child feels seen and understood. Finally, we explore the challenges and beauty of multigenerational family relationships, including navigating distant grandparents, helping older generations find renewed purpose, and creating family cultures where everyone feels valued and connected…

People in this episode

Host: Intentional

Topics covered

• church hurt
• marriage conflict
• parenting
• generational relationships
• family dynamics
• healing

Keywords

• church hurt
• marriage
• parenting
• fairness
• grandparents
• family relationships
• healing

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