How can I stay consistent in parenting this year? with Drew & Michelle Sherman
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Have I mentioned lately how much I love my church and pastor? Ron and I feel really grateful that we found a home at Compass Church. Drew Sherman (lead pastor at Compass) and his amazing wife Michelle are on the podcast today.
It all started with a sermon that he preached at the beginning of the year that was SO GOOD! Even Larson remarked that it was her favorite sermon he has ever done. We are talking about the idea or the issue of: CONSISTENCY. And more specifically, how can we be consistent in our spiritual growth (for us and the kids).
It’s so easy to have huge dreams and ideas at the start of a year only to find yourself failing again and tossing your hands up. From physical goals to reading goals to financial goals - staying consistent can be the hardest part. The same is true for our spiritual goals as a family. Drew and Michelle share 4 very practical ways we can all grow in our consistency.
When he talks he gives us a sincere caution: as a pastor, he is often seeing parents with seriously high (unrealistic) goals for their kids. Don’t miss his encouragement and warning about exhausting our kids and being fixated on goals that don’t matter as much as their walk with Jesus. As he says, “Don't miss the ride and the journey!”
In this episode, we chat about:
- Why “consistency” matters for our spiritual growth
- Embracing small steps that will lead to lasting change
- How to model faith and values in our homes
- How a grace-filled environment allows for mistakes
Enjoy!
Courtney
Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Connection
05:03
The Importance of Declaring Intentions
10:01
Consistency as a Catalyst for Change
14:58
Starting Small in Spiritual Growth
20:04
Overcoming the Urge to Give Up
27:29
Navigating Distractions in Modern Parenting
35:12
Cherishing Small Moments in Family Life
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Resources from today’s show:
Drew’s sermon on CONSISTENCY
Landon’s sermon on RESPONSIBILITY (mentions manifesting)
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:03.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:05.0 | Hello friends, welcome to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and I'm so excited. |
| 0:18.0 | I love that I pause like I couldn't remember my name. Welcome to Pardon |
| 0:23.0 | the Mess. I'm your host, Courtney Defeo. That is my name, and I'm super excited about our guest today. |
| 0:27.5 | It is my lead pastor, Drew Sherman at my church compass in Collieville and his wife, Michelle Sherman. |
| 0:33.5 | But before we get to that, I need to tell you a little story. So, you know, us women, we can gain |
| 0:39.4 | weight, lose weight, and I don't like a tight ring. So my wedding ring has been tight, and I just |
| 0:44.6 | don't want to wear it because it makes me feel like I'm just going to toss it across the room. And so |
| 0:48.1 | I put it in our safe, and I haven't worn it in some time, and Ron's like, people are going to think we're divorced. Or why are you not wearing a wedding ring? I'm like, Ron, nobody is picking me up at 48 years old at Target |
| 0:59.5 | and the produce out. I mean, it's just not happening. And so he's like, ha, how funny, get a ring on? |
| 1:04.5 | So we were at Macy's the other day. I think it's going out of business in South Lake, which, by the way, great sales going on over there. And I noticed this |
| 1:11.6 | like one bazillion carrot diamond just sparkling across the way for like $20. So if you pass |
| 1:18.1 | me in town, you're like, whoa, lady, nice ring. Thank you. It is fake. And I'm loving it right now. |
| 1:24.3 | But also because I tried it on with the box, like it was like, you know, |
| 1:27.8 | stuck in the box. I was like, oh, this one fits good. Well, now it's too big. So I've got like |
| 1:31.7 | the old school tape on there. I'm just a mess. Part of the mess is the name of the podcast. So I like |
| 1:36.8 | to be the brand, if you will. So today's episode is so fun. I've got my actual friends, Drew and Michelle Sherman. They are my pastors, but they are |
| 1:44.5 | dear friends of ours. And you're just going to love this episode. So in the beginning of the year, |
| 1:49.0 | Drew kicked off a Declare, a series called Declare, and he'll talk about why in our church. And this |
| 1:53.4 | episode was about consistency. And I just kept thinking about it. It was one of the best sermons I've heard him do. And he said something like, if we don't get this right, the rest of it will be really hard this year. And so I didn't |
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