Looking back over the years of parenting with Jeannie Cunnion
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Parenting often feels like a journey of wondering whether we’re getting it right—and it can be easy to tie our worth to the outcome of our children’s lives and choices.
In this episode, Jeannie Cunnion joins the conversation to reflect on the highs, challenges, and lessons learned through years of motherhood. Together, we talk about what really matters in parenting, how to release the pressure of trying to control outcomes, and why joy grows when we place our trust in God instead of our performance.
The conversation also explores the role of the Holy Spirit in parenting and the reminder that we were never meant to do this alone. God is at work in our homes in ways we cannot manufacture on our own.
This episode is a meaningful encouragement for moms who want to parent with more grace, freedom, and dependence on God.
00:00 The Exhaustion of Motherhood
04:10 Navigating Food and Family Life
06:04 Reflections on Parenting Through the Years
12:57 Faithfulness in Motherhood
15:48 The Importance of Instilling Faith
17:03 Cultivating Joy in Parenting
18:56 Relying on the Holy Spirit
24:29 The Power of Scripture in Family Life
30:03 Transformative Parenting Practices
33:32 Trusting God with Our Children
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Hey friends, welcome back to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and I'm so delighted to bring you my dear friend, Jeannie Canyan |
| 0:20.8 | today. But if you haven't listened in a couple weeks and you miss the announcement, I am actually passing on the microphone to a new host for part of the mess at the end of this month. And so if you miss that announcement, you can come back. I did it just briefly in last week's episode, just kind of giving you the heads up. But next week on the 21st on Thursday, I'm having on a dear friend of mine named Megan Jones, and she's actually going to interview me for me to just kind of unpack of why I made this decision, what's coming next, and what's next for part in the mess. And so I really want you to listen to that because I think some of you are surprised right now, like I consider us real friends. We're really, we've been hanging out together for like three years. I've been in your car. I've been on your grocery runs. And so we have become friends virtually. And I want you to understand from my heart why I would walk away from something so special as this. And so make sure you tune in next week. But today, as I was thinking about the last month |
| 1:12.9 | of part of the mess, I thought about, you know, pastors and celebrities and who were these big names |
| 1:18.3 | I could have on. And then I was like, you know what? I want to have my very good friends on, |
| 1:22.6 | like two of the resources that I would recommend over everything for you. And so the first one was last week, |
| 1:28.5 | Sissy Goff and David Thomas. I mean, many of you know them, but if anyone asked me about |
| 1:32.7 | parenting help, I'm like, that is your starting place. They are phenomenal and they have helped |
| 1:36.9 | me so much. And my role as a Christian parent and just how to do this well. And the next real |
| 1:42.9 | close second to that is, is Jeannie Cunyan. And if you don't know |
| 1:45.8 | who Jeannie is, she is a wife. She's a mom of five boys. Yes, I said that. Five boys ranging from 29 to 10. |
| 1:53.5 | She births four of those. And she's my little Polly Pocket. If you saw her, you'd be like, |
| 1:57.6 | did you really birth all those humans? And she did. She's also co-founded a beautiful |
| 2:01.8 | foundation called the 509 Foundation with her husband. So make sure you go check out that foundation. |
| 2:08.2 | But she's also a Bible teacher. And she's a preacher's kid. And the only reason I'm telling you |
| 2:12.6 | that is because she has God's word so deeply baked in her heart and her mind and her understanding of |
| 2:19.8 | it is something I just lean on. And so I'm thankful personally as her friend. We've known each other |
| 2:24.2 | since Auburn days that she is writing and continues to write because I always learn from her. |
| 2:29.9 | For the last decade, she's written books that help us live in the confidence of God's grace. |
| 2:34.5 | Yes, please. |
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