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Risen Motherhood

"Mommy, Can I Watch a Show?": Screen Time & the Gospel | Ep. 117

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Screen time can be a hot topic. We wonder, "Is there a formula for the right amount of TV time?" "Is 30 minutes or 45 minutes holier?" "Do you think my kids will be quiet if I put on a show and hide in the kitchen?" But what we need to ask is, "What's going on in my heart?" In this episode, Emily and Laura share gospel hope for two issues in many moms' hearts: guilt and fear. Whether you've used screen time to avoid the craziness of the day or created a system of rules to guarantee a particular outcome, the gospel meets you there with wisdom and hope.

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0:00.0

This episode of Risen Motherhood is funded by our generous donors.

0:03.9

If you like this podcast, please consider joining them at

0:06.6

risenmotherhood.com forward slash give.

0:15.2

Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job, and the next,

0:19.9

we feel like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the

0:24.8

gospel to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments.

0:30.4

So mama, whether you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes,

0:34.4

we hope you'll find truth, encouragement, and laughter here.

0:38.6

This is the Risen Motherhood podcast. Thanks for joining us.

0:48.1

Well, welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily here with my sister in law,

0:52.4

Laura. Hey guys, and we excited to jump into a topic today that probably most every mom

1:00.2

faces about screen time. Oh yeah. But first, we just want to let you guys know that we are going

1:05.0

on a Christmas break at risenmotherhood. We're going to go dark on social media, kind of our

1:10.0

website will be up, but we won't be posting new content from December 22nd to January 1st.

1:15.6

And we just do this to rest and recharge as a team and just trust God that like, even though we're

1:22.0

not producing new content or putting all these things out there that he still uses the ministry

1:28.2

to reach people with the gospel, even when we are just enjoying time with our families and

1:33.0

celebrating the birth of Christ and looking forward to his return again. And so that's what we are

1:38.0

going to be doing during that nice blackout time. Yeah. So we'll be back in January with a whole

1:44.0

new season for you guys. We've already planned all of that content. We're really excited. It's going

1:48.1

to be some great shows for you. But on to our topic for today screen time. We thought it was

1:53.9

kind of apropos because probably a lot of your children too over the holidays. It's winter. We're

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