You can meet and hear 12-time all-American swimmer Riley Gaines,

journalist Mark and Molly Hemingway, Aaron Wren of the American Conservative,

Chris Roseboro of fighting for the faith,

and Pastor Brian Wolfiller of Has American Christianity failed at the 2024 issues

etc making the case conference. The Premier Conference for Christian Laeity is Friday

July 12th and Saturday July 13th at Concordia University Chicago.

Learn more and register at issues ETC.org. previous generation by and large got it

that it's about family and marriage over career and money.

Which once again just teaches us one of the major laws of these podcasts.

Politics is real.

Religion, religious liberty, even the First Amendment? Not so real.

Anytime the screen is on, talk time between parent and child goes down by 85%.

Turn off your screens, put your phones down.

The iPad is not a pacifier.

On Earth as it is in heaven, we pray that every time we pray the Lord's prayer.

And I think Jesus gave us that prayer to recognize that he is the link between heaven and earth and wherever he is, those two things are joined together.

This is John in Michigan and as a Lutheran high school teacher I love listening to and using issues

etc in my classroom.

What is the media's almost unanimous message on the subject of children and family?

Children, they're a burden. Children, they sap all your energy, spend all your money, and generally get in the way of you enjoying life.

Family, that's even worse.

You have to sacrifice for your family.

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