FamilyCast with Kyle and Amy Goen
A weekly conversation about marriage, parenting and all things family from a Biblical point of view. Kyle and Amy have successfully navigated marriage for nearly 30 years and raised 3 kids into adulthood. Their practical, down to earth conversational style coupled with a gospel-centered approach to family life will bring you encouragement each episode. Kyle is the Executive Pastor of Ministries at LifePoint Church in Smyrna, Tennessee. Amy is a teacher at Providence Christian Academy in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Episodes
Is it possible to really enjoy our kids? Does it feel like you are having to discipline and correct them all the time? Is there always an argument happening? Kyle and Amy talk about how to experience real joy with your kids.
Kyle and Amy discuss the hot topic, "Do I make my kids go to church?" It always feels like a fight. Does it really matter? I want my kids to want to go to church> This question is asked often and it really matters how we answer. Join in the conversation.
Pew Forum on decline of church attendance
Relating to your adult kids is one of the most unique transitions in parenting and family life. Kyle and Amy talk about what they are learning and how a new book has been helpful in their parenting.
Does someone you love struggle with addiction? Join Kyle and Amy around the table as they talk with Adam and Katie Comer about how the Gospel defeated addiction and saved their marriage. Adam is the president of Spring to Life Ministries (S2L) where they boldly proclaim freedom in Christ.
With October 31 just around the corner Kyle and Amy discuss the freedom Christian families have to participate in Halloween or not.
Pornography is destroying our lives, our families, our homes and our churches. It's an epidemic that has touched all of our lives in someway. Either someone in your family is struggling with porn today or they will at some point. Your friends and their families need a way out and Kyle and Amy bring encouragement that you and your loved ones can get help and get out of the cycle of destruction known as porn addiction.
Season 2 - Episode 1, Kyle and Amy chat about the power of remembering and how important it is to the spiritual growth and development of your family. The gospel, vacations, stories and important life markers bring meaning and understanding to our lives and family. Let's start talking.
Kyle and Amy discuss season 1 of FamilyCast and how to be intentional with your family time, your children and your spiritual walk during the summer break.
Life transitions with children can be difficult. Transitions and letting go are hard - whether it's kindergarten graduation, 8th grade crossover to high school, that first school dance or graduating high school and moving away. But, they can also be exciting as you look forward to all the new your child will experience and how they are designed to grow mature. Kyle and Amy discuss practical steps for making these transitions ea...
Raising girls can be a difficult task. Kyle and Amy have a conversation with their adult daughter, Jordan, about growing up in the post-modern and social media driven culture today. They discuss modesty, discipleship, marriage and being a strong godly female leader today. ong godly female leader today.
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Kyle and Amy talk with Greg and Tracey Fields about fostering children and how their lives have been forever blessed by the Gospel implications of opening their home. A list of recommended resources are below.
"This is not how I planned it." All of us have had this thought before. You imagined it different than it turned out. You reacted badly. You said something you didn't mean. The kids aren't doing what you taught them or wanted them to do. Kyle and Amy talk candidly about a season in their marriage when they dealt with difficult situations and it wasn't how they planned it. But God.
In a world of extended adolescence, raising young men can be difficult. Kyle and Amy interview their young adult son, Evan, about "growing up Goen". They talk about manhood language and rites of passage for young men. They discuss books that were helpful in their journey.
As parents, we all struggle with disciplining our children. In this episode Kyle and Amy talk about controlling, coaching and cheerleading as a means of raising followers of Christ.
Parenting is hard work in every family. Parenting a child with physical challenges takes a team. Kyle and Amy discuss with Brad and Alison Bynum the blessing of loving and parenting a child with unique physical challenges.
Kyle and Amy talk with Jenny Sessoms about singleness, the church, boarding school in Africa and discipleship. Jenny discuss how she views her singleness with purpose for the Glory of God.
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What does it mean to "live sent" as a family? How can your family live missional where you have been placed? Kyle and Amy discuss living on mission with kids and the practical ways they found to live out the gospel with their neighbors and community.
***Seriously? You're moving where? Why would you do that? *** In this episode Kyle and Amy have a conversation answering the questions surrounding their move to Belgium. They discuss how they determined it was the right time and the right place God wanted them to take their family.
Marriages are failing everywhere you turn. Husbands and wives never start out to have an affair, but "small compromises" will lead to large destruction. Kyle and Amy talk about some of the safeguards they have placed in their marriage through out the years. They discuss some of the strategies they have used to help guard against infidelity.
Have you ever thought, "What does it look like to disciple your kids at home?" Brian and Tara Dembowczyk talk with Kyle and Amy about their journey of discipling kids at home. Brian is the Managing Editor for the Gospel Project Bible Study Curriculum for Lifeway Christian Resources and the author of Cornerstones, 200 Questions and Answers to Learn Truth & Cornerstones Parent Guide.
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