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Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids

My Virtual Mentor: Leaving a legacy with Jeff Henderson

Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids

Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Legacy is something every family is building, whether intentionally or not. But in the middle of busy schedules and full lives, it can be easy to lose sight of what we’re actually passing down.

In this month’s My Virtual Mentor episode, Jeff Henderson, author, pastor, and leader, shares wisdom on what it means to live and lead with legacy in mind. The conversation explores what truly matters at the end of our lives, the values we want to instill in our children, and how to be more intentional with the time we’ve been given.

We talk about the tension between work and family, why choosing your family matters more than you think, and how everyday decisions shape the kind of legacy you leave behind.

This episode is designed to not only encourage personal growth, but also spark meaningful conversations, with a mentor, spouse, or trusted friend, about the kind of life and family you want to build.

If you’re just getting started - don’t miss the previous episodes:



Chapters:

00:00 Reconnecting at Chick-fil-A Headquarters

05:01 Lessons on Leadership and Legacy from Truett Cathy

12:50 End-of-Life Perspectives: What Truly Matters

17:04 Navigating Parenting with Encouragement and Wisdom

18:20 The Weight of Words

22:14 Preparing for Impact

23:35 Defining Legacy and Values

28:01 Carrying on Family Traditions

34:20 Leadership and Influence in Parenting

37:43 A Prayer for Parents


MY VIRTUAL MENTOR GUIDE (MARRIAGE)


Scripture to memorize:

Deuteronomy 6:5-7

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.


Scriptures for prayer and study:

Psalm 78:4, Matthew 6:20-21, Psalm 103:17, Proverbs 29:18


Books for further study:


Discussion questions:

What do you want to pass down from your parents?

What do you want your kids to say about you when your life is over? 

What values matter most to you? 


Connect with Pardon The Mess:


Resources from today’s show:


Prefer video? This episode is on YouTube!

Pardon The Mess is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org



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0:00.0

Christian Parenting.

0:03.0

Christian Parenting.

0:04.0

Hey friends, welcome back to Part of the Mess.

0:15.0

I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and y'all are in for a treat with my buddy, Jeff Henderson.

0:20.0

But before we get there, I want to remind you about these mentor episodes. So at the beginning of the year, I was praying about like, what do I really need to bring in front of these parents? I didn't want to just take up your time or waste your time. And so I really felt that mentoring episodes would be really fun. And for me to go back to my binder from my mentor

0:38.2

when Ella was a baby and kind of pull out some of those topics that I studied with her

0:42.4

and talk about them. And sometimes you don't have a time to read a book or go through an intense

0:47.6

mentor session, but you can listen to a podcast episode. So the first of every month this year

0:52.4

on Part of the Mess, I've given you a topic that you can listen to that topic or that episode and then go meet with the mom in your neighborhood or a person from your church, someone just a little bit ahead of you a season and send the episode, y'all both listen to it and then get together. And if you know how to get to show notes, they're typically, wherever you listen to podcasts,

1:14.5

hit that episode, and in the bottom, there'll be show notes. There's questions you can ask,

1:18.9

there's verses you can look up, and there's all the materials that you need. But as I thought about this last one for the year, I was like, I really want to talk about legacy. And just what legacy

1:24.6

are we leaving? Like, what matters most as parents and as a family? I thought

1:29.3

about Jeff Henderson. Jeff was my pastor at Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia, years ago, right

1:35.1

when I was having my kiddos. And they are dear friends of mine, Jeff and Wendy Henderson,

1:38.9

have, in fact, been on this podcast before. So I'll link to that episode. But before he was my

1:44.1

pastor, he was my

1:45.5

colleague and coworker. And we got to work together at Chick-Fillet headquarters and the marketing

1:50.4

department. And it was so transformational in my life just to be around some of the people at

1:56.0

Chick-fil-A and such a great time watching Jeff in leadership there and then watching God draw him into ministry,

2:03.0

and he started three campuses and three churches within the North Point brand, if you will.

2:08.8

And then he's now, 20 years later, he's gone back to Chick-fil-A.

2:12.3

So today we're going to talk about the legacy that Chick-fil-A teaches us.

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