Mailbox Monday: Dr. Dobson’s Legacy, AB 495 Update & Listener Questions
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
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🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Today I’m honoring the life and legacy of my dear friend Dr. James Dobson, a true giant of the faith who has left an incredible mark on generations of families. I’ll also give you an update on California’s AB 495 and why it matters to every parent across the country. And, as always, I’ll be answering your listener questions—tackling faith, family, and culture from a biblical perspective. I think you’ll be encouraged!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, this is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. I'm glad that you guys are here. |
| 0:06.3 | I'm going to spend some time at the show today, just reminiscing over the amazing life and ministry of my friend, Dr. James Dobson. |
| 0:14.2 | He went home to be with the Lord this last Thursday. And I want to spend just a little bit of time honoring his life and talking about |
| 0:21.7 | just the legacy, really, that he leaves behind and our responsibility now to really pick up |
| 0:27.5 | that baton and run with it. Last week, I was also in the amazing state of California in Sacramento, |
| 0:34.4 | speaking with my friend, Pastor Jack Hibbs, and many other amazing people standing up |
| 0:38.9 | really against the tyranny that California is attempting to lob against parents via AB 495. |
| 0:45.4 | And then I'm going to answer some listener questions, lots and lots of things to talk about |
| 0:48.7 | today. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm really glad you're here. |
| 0:50.5 | Stick around. |
| 0:51.1 | I think you're going to be encouraged. |
| 1:00.9 | Thank you. Here, stick around. I think you're going to be encouraged. Well, this podcast is being sponsored in part by my friends at the functional medical |
| 1:04.6 | institute. Check them out at homeschoolhealth.com. How are you guys doing? All right? We're at the end really coming to the jumping off |
| 1:13.5 | place. A lot of you guys have already started up school for the fall. We don't start school around |
| 1:18.0 | here until after Labor Day. And it's always amazing to me, you know, hearing from you, |
| 1:22.6 | homeschool moms too, people who are putting their kids back in school in July, at the end of July and August, |
| 1:28.5 | we haven't quite gotten there yet. But definitely, I'm thinking about it. We're definitely at the |
| 1:32.8 | jumping off place right now. And there's so many things that I want to talk to you guys about, |
| 1:37.8 | so many things that are coming up. I want to say thank you for praying for me. This was my first |
| 1:42.9 | sort of for a. I was just, like I said in the intro, I just got back from Sacramento. |
| 1:46.0 | I had the privilege of flying down there to stand really for Californians against tyranny, |
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