The MAVEN Parent Podcast

Oct 29 2024 187 ep. 47 mins 98

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Brett and Erin Kunkle guide you through Christian parenting in a secular culture, with wisdom and a bunch of practical help.

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Should Christians Be Partisan? Responding to Matt Chandler's Viral Sermon | Part 2

Oct 29 2024 45 mins

Is preferring one political party's platform over another's unbiblical? In this episode, Brett and Erin continue the conversation from last week about pastor Matt Chandler's viral sermon on politics. This time they look at some of Matt Chandler's claims about partisanship, the Republican Party, and the Christian's role in it all. Don't miss Part 1 of this conversation: https://link

What is a Christian's Role in Politics? Responding to Matt Chandler's Viral Sermon

Oct 22 2024 51 mins

With two weeks to go before the presidential election, politics is at the forefront of the cultural conversation. Over the weekend, megachurch pastor Matt Chandler's sermon about politics went viral and sparked debate about the church's relationship to politics, partisanship, and more. In this episode, Brett and Erin watch and respond to the specific claims and ideas put forth in C

Equip Your Kids for Today's Cultural Challenges

Oct 15 2024 47 mins

For faithful Christian parents and leaders, protecting our kids from the ideas and values of the secular culture is not a long-term solution. Some protection is good but ultimately, we must EQUIP them to engage cultural challenges with the truth of the Christian worldview. So, we must first consider who is "waiting for our kids" and what objections and challenges they'll hear and e

Saving Our Kids From Today's Identity Crisis w/ Dr. Kathy Koch

Oct 08 2024 40 mins

Talk about identity is everywhere in the culture, as the world tries to tell us and our kids who we are and where to find our value. In this episode, we're airing an essential talk on identity and Scripture, presented by Dr. Kathy Koch of Celebrate Kids at the California MAVEN Conference 2024. Dr. Kathy examines the messages our kids are hearing from the culture, the building block

Tips for Helping Kids Through Spiritual Doubt w/ Bobby Conway

Oct 01 2024 35 mins

Have you ever struggled with doubt? For most of us, seasons of doubt about our faith are inevitable experiences. How do we set up our children well to navigate these moments? In this episode, Brett and Erin interview Bobby Conway, a pastor and apologist, about his story, the nature of doubt, and about his new book Does Christianity Still Make Sense? Check out Bobby Conway's work at

1 Essential Practice to Build Connection with Your Child

Sep 24 2024 38 mins

Does it feel like you're always busy? The pace of modern life crowds out quality time with those most important in our lives...and oftentimes that's our own kids. Don't let your kids get lost amidst a hectic overly-busy schedule. In this episode, Brett and Erin discuss one very practical idea they've adopted to build significant connection with each of their five children in the mi

Debunking the Myth of Child Autonomy

Sep 17 2024 48 mins

Should we teach children to listen to their internal impulses? Many parenting influencers and voices would say, "Yes!" But as we explored last week, autonomy is a highly esteemed value in American society, so it's no wonder that parenting is one area of culture where this value will rear its head. In this episode, Brett and Erin react to a video about child autonomy from the busyto

Unpacking Our Culture's Obsession with Autonomy

Sep 10 2024 44 mins

Personal autonomy is our culture's highest good. Unfortunately, Christians can unconsciously absorb this value to varying degrees and at our impressionable kids can easily adopt it wholesale. In this episdoe, Brett and Erin examine a recent article by Dr. Carl Truman reflecting on the recent Republican and Democratic Conventions and the elevating of autonomy and expressive individu

Your Kid's Primary Need Is Not What You Think

Sep 03 2024 45 mins

Have you noticed that little kids are little rebels? Why is that? Misbehaving in popular, modern parenting paradigms would say that unmet needs equal bad behavior. But is that true? In this episode, Brett and Erin continue the conversation from last week and answer the question, "What do your kids really need?" The answer may be not be what you think. Don't miss part 1 of this conv

What Do Your Kids Really Need?

Aug 27 2024 51 mins

We have been conditioned by the culture to see the world primarily through a therapeutic and psychological lens. As a result, secular ideas and values can creep into our thinking about parenting and what we perceive to be the most important needs of our kids. And what drops out is a biblical perspective. Brett and Erin discuss this modern trend and compare it to what the Christian