Being a Godly Wife and Mom: Mentoring the Next Generation
Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk
Dr. James Dobson
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson welcomes Betty Huizenga, founder of Apples of Gold, a unique mentoring ministry where mature women teach younger ladies about marriage, motherhood, and biblical womanhood.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James |
| 0:04.8 | Dobson Family Institute. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program. |
| 0:18.1 | Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm Roger Marsh, and today you're going to hear from a godly woman who's accomplishing something truly beautiful, |
| 0:29.9 | passing down wisdom about marriage and parenting to the next generation. |
| 0:34.3 | Her name is Betty Heisinga, and she's the creator of a ministry program called |
| 0:38.1 | Apples of Gold. The concept is simple, but powerful. Older women, meeting with younger women, |
| 0:43.9 | to discuss a biblical topic while cooking together and then sharing that meal around the table. It's not |
| 0:49.9 | held in a church or in an office, but in someone's home. Betty started Apples of Gold at her church |
| 0:55.4 | in Holland, Michigan, and it has since spread all across the country and literally all over the world. |
| 1:00.8 | During today's conversation, Dr. Dobson will sit down with Betty and a panel of women who have |
| 1:05.6 | completed an Apples of Gold program. You'll hear testimonies of transformation, restored hope, and the kind of mentoring relationships |
| 1:12.9 | that many women long for, but rarely find. |
| 1:16.3 | That's coming up right now on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk. |
| 1:26.0 | The room is just fairly brimming with estrogen today. |
| 1:32.0 | Let's begin by asking all of you as our guest today to say hello to the folks back home, wherever back home is. |
| 1:44.8 | Would you do that? |
| 1:48.7 | Sounds like a mob to me. |
| 1:51.9 | Well, how many of you all think I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread? |
| 1:57.6 | That's got it. |
| 1:58.8 | If Shirley could see me now. |
| 2:06.6 | We're here to talk about a wonderful program today called Apples of Gold. Betty, you're the source of this information. |
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