Creative storytelling in parenting with Dallas Jenkins
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
I couldn’t wait to have a chat with the founder, producer and director of The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins. Although that’s super cool - I also wanted it to be practical for us as parents. He was fantastic!
My kids are very visual learners and I am sure many of your children are as well, so I wanted to hear his thoughts on creative storytelling. Some kids cannot read the Bible and get what they need right away. They don’t understand the context around the stories. Dallas is a master at providing context to scriptural truth through his TV series and films.Â
This conversation challenged me to keep thinking creatively about how we infuse virtues, values and faith in the lives of my kids. It encouraged me to keep living faith more than I lecture about it. We know that much of life’s most valuable lessons are “caught not taught.” It reminded me to relax if my kids are more into movies, books, music vs reading.
My favorite part is the amazing God story behind his newest movie for kids, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It is truly extraordinary how it came about. I can't wait to take my kids to see it (with all of their friends) and kick off the season that is all about the birth of our Savior.
In this episode, we chat about:
- How The Chosen series changed my neighbor’s life
- How to use creative storytelling in your parentingÂ
- How Dallas’ latest movie came about and how it can benefit your family
Enjoy!
Courtney
(00:00) The Power of Friendship and Faith
(02:53) Transformative Impact of 'The Chosen'
(06:05) Family Dynamics and Sacrifices
(09:01) Creative Storytelling in Parenting
(12:00) The New Movie: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
(14:55) Behind the Scenes of the Movie Production
(17:51) The Journey of Faith and Persistence
(21:00) Encouragement for Families and Communities
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Pardon the Miss. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents. |
| 0:14.2 | It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me. |
| 0:18.6 | But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy, |
| 0:22.0 | but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful |
| 0:26.2 | and messy journey of parenting. |
| 0:36.1 | I'm thrilled to tell you about a new movie coming out on November 8th called The Best Christmas Pagent Ever. |
| 0:41.6 | Based on the beloved bestseller, this hilarious and heartwarming film follows the infamous Herdman kids, the worst kids in town, who hijacked the annual Christmas pageant. |
| 0:50.7 | But as chaos unfolds, they just might teach everyone the true meaning of Christmas. |
| 0:55.3 | This is from the director of The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins, who's actually our guest today on Part of the Mess. |
| 1:01.0 | The Best Christmas Pagent Ever is the perfect movie for families to enjoy together this Christmas season. |
| 1:06.5 | Don't miss it. |
| 1:07.5 | Exclusively in theater starting November 8th. |
| 1:09.7 | Get your tickets now at best |
| 1:11.1 | Christmas page it ever dot movie okay friends super excited about this episode today I |
| 1:27.0 | want to tell you a quick story I've got today. I want to tell you a quick story. I've got |
| 1:28.9 | one resource I want to tell you about. And then we'll get into the guest for today. So years |
| 1:34.6 | ago, the girls were like maybe three and five or four and six. Who knows? It's all a blur, right? |
| 1:40.7 | But we were living in Orlando at the time and we had gone to Atlanta for Thanksgiving. So we're making our way back, eight hours in the car, and we were listening |
| 1:48.3 | to Christmas music. The girls were getting super excited about Christmas when we got back, and they |
| 1:52.7 | knew we would be getting back late. And the girls said, Mom, please, please, we put up a Christmas tree. |
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