Aug 11, 2026 · 38 min · 15 segments
Every Christian parent wants to raise kids with a lasting faith, but with so much parenting advice available, it's easy to wonder where to focus your time and energy. In this episode, Steph kicks off…
Jana MagruderGuestSteph ThurlingHostI am so happy to be having this conversation, and we're gonna talk all about discipling kids at home, faith at home, the easy things that parents can focus on to invest in their kids' faith.
Um, uh, LifeWay's headquarters are at Tennessee, and so we actually have a podcast studio.
So I'm sitting here, um, in the podcast studio, but our sound engineer is on vacation.
And so I'm just sitting here with my laptop, no professional microphones [laughs] or anything.
Um, came in as director of kids ministry publishing, and, uh, since then we've kind of restructured to be a next gen department where we have kids ministry and student ministry working together, and our main mission is to serve the Church, capital C Church, uh, by equipping, uh, local churches and families and, um, and ministries to, uh, share the gospel.
So we do a variety of, of things in those categories of resources and training, uh, Bibles, books.
And, um, and then research, which is what you and I are gonna talk about today.
Uh, so personally, um, I am a wife and mom of three, I can now say, um, grown kids, I guess, because I just graduated our youngest.
I am so happy to be having this conversation, and we're gonna talk all about discipling kids at home, faith at home, the easy things that parents can focus on to invest in their kids' faith.
Um, uh, LifeWay's headquarters are at Tennessee, and so we actually have a podcast studio.
So I'm sitting here, um, in the podcast studio, but our sound engineer is on vacation.
And so I'm just sitting here with my laptop, no professional microphones [laughs] or anything.
Um, came in as director of kids ministry publishing, and, uh, since then we've kind of restructured to be a next gen department where we have kids ministry and student ministry working together, and our main mission is to serve the Church, capital C Church, uh, by equipping, uh, local churches and families and, um, and ministries to, uh, share the gospel.
So we do a variety of, of things in those categories of resources and training, uh, Bibles, books.
And, um, and then research, which is what you and I are gonna talk about today.
Uh, so personally, um, I am a wife and mom of three, I can now say, um, grown kids, I guess, because I just graduated our youngest.
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