Family Vision: Christian Parenting, Marriage & Family Advice

Family Vision: Christian Parenting, Marriage & Family Advice

Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow provide practical, encouraging, and real conversations about faith and family. Each episode will give you hope and encouragement to grow in your faith and strengthen your family. Family Vision is the podcast ministry of Visionary Family Ministries. Discover more resources to help your family at visonaryfam.com Questions or comments? Email us at info@visionaryfam.com Family Vision is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episodes

June 5, 2023 21 mins

The mother daughter relationship can be filled with conflict! What can mothers do to create a relationship of peace? What can daughters do to seek healing with the relationship is strained?

In this episode, Amy Rienow and her daughter Lissy Bailey, share honestly about how they have had to deal with conflict in their relationship, as well as biblical principles that will help you build a strong relationship with your child.

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Can mothers and daughters become true friends? What does that look like? What role does honor play in the mother daughter relationship?

In this episode, Amy Rienow and her daughter Lissy Bailey share the ups and downs of their relationship over the years, and key biblical principles to building a strong mother daughter connection.

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The mother daughter relationship is powerful and important. Because of this, mothers and daughters should anticipate significant spiritual attack against their relationship.

In this episode, Amy Rienow and her daughter Lissy Bailey share the ups and downs of their relationship over the years, and key biblical principles to building a strong mother daughter connection.

Check out these two resources from Lissy Bailey:

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May 15, 2023 17 mins

Do you have a child who is cold or apathetic when it comes to spiritual things? They don’t like to pray. They get annoyed if you try to have family Bible time. They refuse to go to church. They show little or no repentance when they do things wrong.

All of these are signs of spiritual apathy.

In today’s episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow talk about one of the common reasons for spiritual apathy in children and what parents can do to h...

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May 8, 2023 21 mins

Does my child need counseling? This one of the most common questions that our ministry receives.

Children and teens can face serious issues with depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, addiction, and more. Working with an excellent Christian counselor can be a great support to a child and family. However, ineffective and unbiblical counseling can do make a bad situation even worse.

In this episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow will help ...

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Children and teens can face serious issues with depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, addiction, and more. Helping children in crisis requires the family to have a team mindset.

In this episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow encourage parents and grandparents to think and act like a team in order to support a child who is doing through a dark time.

Families also need to be willing to enter “recovery mode” to support a child who has expe...

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April 24, 2023 15 mins

What does it take to help children who are in crisis? Children and teens can face serious issues with depression, anxiety, trauma, self-harm, addiction, and more.

In this episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow encourage parents and grandparents to avoid the “fix the kid” mindset and instead approach a child crisis as if it were a family crisis.

When a child is hurting it all hands on deck. Families need to adopt the marine mindset of “no ...

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April 17, 2023 20 mins

How do we parent strong willed children?

How can we respond to children when they are stubborn or defiant?

In this episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow talk about how parents can do more harm than good by labeling their children with negative character traits during the toddler years.

This is Part 2 of their conversation on Toddler Training Basics. Listen to or watch Part 1: https://visionaryfam.com/s02e120/

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April 10, 2023 20 mins

God is doing miracles in families in Africa! In this episode, Dr. Rob Rienow continues the conversation with his friend Pastor Jean Claude from Burundi, Africa.

If you missed parts 1 and 2 of this conversation you can listen  here: Part 1 & Part 2

Jean Claude and his wife have nine children and God is using them to bless, equip, and transform families in his village.

VFM is partnering with New Hope Ministries and Pastor Jean Claude...

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April 3, 2023 12 mins

Is it reasonable to believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead? It is vital for parents not only to teach our children that the resurrection happened in real history, but why it is reasonable to believe it.

If Jesus did not actually, physically rise from the dead, our faith is worthless and we are still in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17)

In this episode Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow will equip you with powerful ways to talk with your c...

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Favoritism is often an unspoken sin with unspoken hurt. Does your family play favorites? Do your children compete with one another for your love and attention? Have siblings in your family formed cliques with one another?

Many families fall into the trap of “playing favorites” and it has a terrible effect on family relationships.

Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow share their family experiences regarding favoritism, key biblical principles, an...

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Is your family fragmented by favoritism? Many parents fall into the trap of “playing favorites” and it has a terrible effect on family relationships.

Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow share their family experiences regarding favoritism, key biblical principles, and practical ways your family can grow in unity.

Catch a fresh vision for your parenting and family life through Rob and Amy’s book, Visionary Parenting: parenting.visionaryfam.com

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How do we do life with our adult kids? Parenting adult children is radically different than parenting younger children.

Is it possible to do too much for our adult children and end up hurting them and their future?

Are we helping or enabling our adult child?

What if we don’t like our child’s spouse or the spouse’s family?

How should parents respond when they experience rejection from their adult kids?

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How do we do life with our adult kids?

What does it mean to parent adult children?

How can parents rebuild broken relationships with their adult kids?

What should we do if we disagree with the choices our children are making?

When do we set boundaries in difficult situations?

In this episode, Dr. Rob Rienow interviews Jim Burns (www.homeword.com) about his new book “Doing Life with Your Adult Children.” We love the subtitle of Jim’...

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February 27, 2023 24 mins

The early years of parenting give your child an important foundation for the future. The terrible twos don’t have to be terrible, but there are important principles of discipline and boundary setting which can help bring more peace to you, your child, and your home.  

In today’s episode, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow talk about tod...

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Should people be judged on the color of their skin, or the content of their character? That question from Martin Luther King Jr is front and center in our world today.

How should Christians think about race and racism? What does the Bible teach about race and ethnicity? How can we give our children a biblical worldview and equip them to shine God’s love toward all people?

This is part 2 of Dr. Rob Rienow’s conversation with Samuel ...

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“You are a racist!” We hear this accusation everywhere in today’s culture. How should Christians think about race and racism? What does the Bible teach about race and ethnicity? How can we give our children a biblical worldview and equip them to shine God’s love toward all people?

In this episode, Dr. Rob Rienow interviews Samuel Sey. Samuel is a dynamic Christian thinker, blogger, and cultural commentator. God is using him t...

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February 6, 2023 13 mins

Marriage is worth dying for. What is what St. Valentine believed. Do you know the history of Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s day commemorates the martyrdom of St. Valentine in 269 AD.

In this episode Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow talk about the history of Valentine’s Day and specifically the ministry of St. Valentine who so much believed in the Christian value ...

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January 30, 2023 22 mins

I found drugs in my teen’s room. What do I do? This can be a terrifying moment for a parent. How do we respond? 

In the previous episode (#115), Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow shared essential ingredients for the first conversation to have with your son or daughter after drug or alcohol use has been discovered. Here in part 2, they provide four crucial parts of a parental and family action plan to help bring freedom to your teen and healin...

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January 23, 2023 17 mins

I found drugs in my teen’s room. What do I do? This can be a terrifying moment for a parent. How do we respond? In part 1 of this series, Dr. Rob and Amy Rienow the essential ingredients for the first conversation with your son or daughter.

Catch a fresh vision for your parenting and family life through Rob and Amy’s book:

 

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