The Myth of Good Christian Parenting w/ Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and misconceptions of Christian parenting with authors Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis.

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett talk to Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis the authors of The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families . Find the book on Amazon Order directly from Baker Bookshop book link Audible link Instagram: @mburtwrites | @kelseykmcginnis Threads: @mburtwrites | @kelseykmcginnis Facebook: @mburtwrites | @kelsey.kramermcginnis Bluesky: @mburtwrites | @kkramermcginnis TikTok: @mburtwrites | @kelseykmcg Substack: @mburtwrites | @kelseykramermcginnis YouTube: @mburtwrites Website: Marissa In the Church Library podcast Links to additional interviews with Marissa and Kelsey Marissa’s novels : Storybound , Story’s End , A Sliver of Stardust , A Legend of Starfire , and The 12 Dares of Christa (00:00) - Introduction with Marissa and Kelsey (06:14) - Children are human beings (07:16) - How a certain kind of theology can impact parenting (19:59) - Break (20:58) - Talking about sin (36:45) - The myth of instilling a worldview in adults (43:13) - Things Christians need to rethink (45:53) - Impactful stories (53:26) - Evaluating resources (54:41) - Check out "The Myth of Good…

People in this episode

Hosts: Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett

Guests: Marissa Franks Burt, Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

Topics covered

• Christian parenting
• theology and parenting
• impact of worldview
• evaluating resources
• stories and experiences

Keywords

• Christian parenting
• theology
• evangelical families
• parenting myths
• parenting resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baker Bookshop, Amazon, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok, Substack, YouTube

Books & works: The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, Storybound, Story’s End, A Sliver of Stardust, A Legend of Starfire, The 12 Dares of Christa

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