Better Together! Christian Marriage and Parenting Podcast
When we bring our ideas of the home and family together with God's plan, life is always better! Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie share their 25 years of marriage and parenting experience to cover topics such as Biblical discipline, compassion in the home, understanding your spouse, marriage intimacy, and the commands to love and respect your spouse. visit us at www.growingbettertogether.org
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July 6, 2022 • 45 min
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marriage and parenting experience to cover topics such as Biblical discipline, compassion in the home, understanding your spouse, marriage intimacy, and the commands to love and respect your spouse.
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June 29, 2022 • 41 min
We want to protect our children...and the tendency is to shield them from anything that causes pain or discomfort. That includes failure. Our culture places incredible pressure on our children to succeed...and we have to be careful that we don't shield our children from the learning experience of failure.
Dealing with failure is something that has to be learned...and it never happens if we never fail...and it will never happen ...
Dealing with failure is something that has to be learned...and it never happens if we never fail...and it will never happen ...
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June 22, 2022 • 24 min
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marriage and parenting experience to cover topics such as Biblical discipline, compassion in the home, understanding your spouse, marriage intimacy, and the commands to love and respect your spouse.
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June 15, 2022 • 32 min
We are back after a two week break...our daughter got married!!
Where do we get the confidence to let our kids seek out direction for their lives?
First, we taught our kids to pray...seek after God's direction for their own lives. We would help them think it through and involve them in their own life decisions.
Second, we stepped back and assessed our kids....the talents and gifts that the Lord has given them. We want our child...
Where do we get the confidence to let our kids seek out direction for their lives?
First, we taught our kids to pray...seek after God's direction for their own lives. We would help them think it through and involve them in their own life decisions.
Second, we stepped back and assessed our kids....the talents and gifts that the Lord has given them. We want our child...
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June 1, 2022 • 50 sec
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4 years ago we had something happen to us that was frightful.... We walked in to find one of our young daughters texting with a strange man...it was a numbing situation...but a reminder that there is danger all around for our children...and it often comes through the conduit of technology...
That is what we are going to look at in this episode. 5 important steps to protecting your children from the dangers of technology.
Understandin...
That is what we are going to look at in this episode. 5 important steps to protecting your children from the dangers of technology.
Understandin...
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May 18, 2022 • 34 min
According to a recent study, 67.5% of marriages that ended did so primarily due to communication problems. It is often not one big argument, but the daily frustration that builds when we fail to communicate Biblically and effectively.
So in this episode we are look at the 5 Laws to Effective Communication in Marriage!
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelmi...
So in this episode we are look at the 5 Laws to Effective Communication in Marriage!
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelmi...
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In pastoral ministry, we live with the reality of suffering. When the phone rings at 2am we know someone is hurting on the other end of the line. On our podcast we often talk about the joyful parts to marriage and parenting, today we are going to zoom in on a side of marriage and parenting that is all too real..and might be something that you are experiencing today. How we walk through suffering in our family...specifically the jou...
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In pastoral ministry, we live with the reality of suffering. When the phone rings at 2am we know someone is hurting on the other end of the line. On our podcast we often talk about the joyful parts to marriage and parenting, today we are going to zoom in on a side of marriage and parenting that is all too real..and might be something that you are experiencing today. How we walk through suffering in our family...specifically the jou...
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So we just talked with Audra Smith and one of the things that we took away was the importance of being prepared for the unexpected.
When Jeremy (Audra's husband) got sick and ended up in the hospital it was too late for him to put the affairs of their house in order.
That was definitely something we have been thinking about since that conversation as well. She talked about the grief of losing her husband...but then the pain o...
When Jeremy (Audra's husband) got sick and ended up in the hospital it was too late for him to put the affairs of their house in order.
That was definitely something we have been thinking about since that conversation as well. She talked about the grief of losing her husband...but then the pain o...
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May 3, 2022 • 28 min
Every parent has a parenting style...a paradigm...that guides them as they parent their children. Have you every really thought about your parenting style? Have you considered that there may be weaknesses to the way that you parent?
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marriage an...
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marriage an...
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April 29, 2022 • 49 min
Are you your child’s friend? Disciplinarian? Coach? Mentor? The reality is that there are times for all of those things at different points in your child’s development. The problem comes when we want to be our child’s friend when they are 4…or when we treat our 17 years olds like they are 4.
**There is a time to be a disciplinarian…and a time to be their friend…it all comes down to navigating the seasons of parenting with wisdom ...
**There is a time to be a disciplinarian…and a time to be their friend…it all comes down to navigating the seasons of parenting with wisdom ...
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The world is out to indoctrinate your children. You can't deny it because it is established fact. If you are still questioning this as a parent, you are living in make-believe land!
So then how do we go about intentionally preparing our children for the cultural pressure they will face?
In this episode we look at the 4 necessary steps to prepare your children for the cultural pressures they will face.
Understanding the Biblical fo...
So then how do we go about intentionally preparing our children for the cultural pressure they will face?
In this episode we look at the 4 necessary steps to prepare your children for the cultural pressures they will face.
Understanding the Biblical fo...
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Leah Church has been a UNC fan for most of her life. Went to Chapel Hill for basketball camps..and eventually was given a full-ride scholarship to play on the UNC Women's Basketball team!
...and she didn't just make the team...she contributed!!
However, in the same way that every believer has to make decisions regarding life, priorities, and difficult circumstances, Leah faced a tough decision at the end of her Junior year....
...and she didn't just make the team...she contributed!!
However, in the same way that every believer has to make decisions regarding life, priorities, and difficult circumstances, Leah faced a tough decision at the end of her Junior year....
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April 19, 2022 • 44 min
Disney has been open for a long time that they were supportive of an un-Biblical worldview in regards to sexuality, gender, marriage...
What has changed over the past few years is that corporations that are influencing our children with entertainment, books, cartoons, toys...are no longer just supportive from the corporate headquarters, they are openly pushing that into their products!
The world is out to indoctrinate your children. ...
What has changed over the past few years is that corporations that are influencing our children with entertainment, books, cartoons, toys...are no longer just supportive from the corporate headquarters, they are openly pushing that into their products!
The world is out to indoctrinate your children. ...
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April 15, 2022 • 35 min
Emotional Intimacy..a special closeness..when you feel secure to share your inner feelings, you know you are loved and trusted no matter what! This is truly on a hopes and dreams level...understanding who a person is down to their soul. However, this is not an easy type of closeness to develop. It takes lots of work and time!! In this episode we look at 7 things that any couple can do to grow in their emotional intimacy with their...
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April 12, 2022 • 32 min
There was a time in our life when we were too busy...it was pulling our family apart, destroying our family time, and creating barriers to our unity. Something had to be done! In this episode we look at the danger of being "too busy" as a family....and ways to protect the time you need for your family!
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In B...
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In B...
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April 8, 2022 • 33 min
You can't be in the world without being overwhelmed by the constant pressure to elevate an unBiblical view of sexuality. The reality is that we live in a hypersexualized society that pushes sexual themes into every part of life.
On the other hand, if you grew up in a typical conservative church in America...and the got married at the age of 20-25... for 20 years you heard stern warnings about protecting yourself sexually, on av...
On the other hand, if you grew up in a typical conservative church in America...and the got married at the age of 20-25... for 20 years you heard stern warnings about protecting yourself sexually, on av...
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April 5, 2022 • 31 min
Today we are going to identify the barriers that can come up in our marriage relationships and help you see if any of these are present in your marriage...and we are going to share with you how to fix it too!!
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Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marr...
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Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and Christian marriage can be difficult and overwhelming. In Better Together, hosts DJ and Lorrie address share their 25 years of marr...
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March 31, 2022 • 26 min
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Two people can be married for years...and never really experience true intimacy. You can live in same house, share the same bed...and be emotionally distant.
In this episode we look at the 5 levels of intimacy that exist in a marriage relationship and help you figure out where you are in your marriage...and how to get to the next level!
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and C...
Two people can be married for years...and never really experience true intimacy. You can live in same house, share the same bed...and be emotionally distant.
In this episode we look at the 5 levels of intimacy that exist in a marriage relationship and help you figure out where you are in your marriage...and how to get to the next level!
Understanding the Biblical foundations of Christian parenting and C...
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