435: Transform Your Parenting By Renewing Your Mind
Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs
Karen Stubbs
4.9 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re diving into the idea of being a countercultural parent. Join us as Karen shares how important it is to parent in a way that aligns with God’s will instead of seeking the approval of others. From practical tips on renewing your mind to choosing God as your guiding “North Star,” Karen offers encouragement to moms who may feel out of step with the world – but exactly in step with God’s design.
Episode Recap:
3:51 Karen shares about her newest curriculum, The Counter Intuitive Parent
8:36 How have you seen parenting trends/choices change over the years?
11:38 Were you always countercultural as a parent or did you change as you realized you needed to parent differently from the world?
16:25 What worldly patterns do you see affecting families right now?
19:05 What can a mom do today to renew her mind?
23:00 God is our “North Star” as believers
26:30 There is a lot on the horizon for BOAW Moms this year!
Scripture for Reflection:
Romans 12:2 (NIV) – "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
Galatians 1:10 (NIV) - “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Questions for Discussion:
- What parenting “trends” have you noticed in the circles you are parenting in these days? Do you feel pressure to conform to any of them?
- Karen spoke about renewing your mind and making choices for your family based on God’s will rather than the world’s expectations. How can you practically begin to “renew your mind” in your daily parenting?
- In what ways do you feel countercultural as a parent? Have there been moments where you doubted your approach because it went against what society expects?
- How can you make God your “North Star” in your decision-making as a parent? What are some distractions that keep you from doing this, and how can you overcome them?
Resources:
- Download the Birds on a Wire Moms app now for FREE wherever you get your apps: [App Store] [Google Play]
- Check out The Counter Intuitive Parent available now through Right Now Media): https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/883497
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Bible says children obey your parents. It doesn't say children obey your parents if you agree. It doesn't say that. |
| 0:07.0 | So children need to obey whether they agree or not. |
| 0:11.0 | And this is a principle of God, and it's found throughout the Bible. |
| 0:16.4 | So I had to teach that to y'all, like, you may not even like what I'm saying, but God calls you to obey me, and I am held accountable to |
| 0:26.7 | him. So a lot of times, whenever y'all would say, that's so mean or whatever, I would say, I don't answer to you I answer to God. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to Wire Talk where we encourage and equip moms by answering practical |
| 0:40.6 | questions about motherhood. We want to help instill God's truth in your heart so you can |
| 0:44.8 | experience more joy and peace on your journey of motherhood. Are you ready for some truth? |
| 0:49.7 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:50.8 | Well, hello and welcome to Wire Talk. |
| 0:55.4 | I'm Emily Krosik, your co-host, and with me is the wonderful, amazing, awesome |
| 1:00.1 | Karen Stubbs. |
| 1:01.6 | Or as I like to call her mom, hey mom there you go. I like mom. Mom's the best I know but if there's first-time |
| 1:07.4 | listeners they don't know that you're my mom because we have a different last name. That's right |
| 1:11.4 | Stubbs and Crocic. And not the same. |
| 1:13.7 | They're not the same. When we got and when I got married to Brian 10 years ago I was like |
| 1:18.1 | man Stubbs is such a good last name. It's not hard to say. It's not hard to spell and then I was going into teaching and I was like |
| 1:26.2 | Corosic is not easy to spell. It's not that hard, but it's definitely not as easy to say as |
| 1:30.8 | Stubbs. Well the funniest thing is my maiden name was Lane |
| 1:34.5 | L A N E and it was so solid you know and I didn't like Stubbs yeah but you know it's just |
| 1:40.9 | what you get used to. Well couldn't drop stub so I am Emily |
| 1:45.0 | Stubbs corrosic because I just I felt just connected to the name |
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