Hey everybody, we just wanted to let you know about an event that's coming up. It's the first ever

Faith Matters Family Night. We'll be joining with for Little Saints for an evening of music,

storytelling, and connection designed for families, both parents and kids. So if you're looking

for ways to nourish a deep and thoughtful faith, we hope that you'll come join us. There'll be live

music from Emily Susan Pack, short inspiring reflections

on faith and family from Whitney Call and Lauren Yarrow, food and community building and simple

activities for kids. So come bring your kids exactly as you are, exactly as they are,

and we'll see you on May 1st from 6 to 715 at the Big Pavilion in Kiwanis Park in Provo, Utah.

The link to RSVP is in the show notes,

and we can't wait to see you there.

Hey everybody, this is Aubrey Chavez from Faith Matters. Today we're exploring a tender

question that so many parents are carrying. How do we help our kids grow in faith when we're

still figuring it out for ourselves? And underneath that, what if we get it

wrong? What if we hand them something they'll spend years trying to untangle? Today we're joined by

pastor, author, and researcher Meredith Miller, who has spent her career thoughtfully engaging these

questions. Her book, Woveen, nurturing a faith your kid doesn't have to heal from, offers a grounded

and practical guide for

what it can look like. Meredith invites us to move away from rigid faith metaphors like walls and

foundations, and instead to see faith more like a web, flexible, resilient, and uniquely woven

for each person. That shift opens us up to a spacious way of thinking about what it means to guide our

kids spiritually. Anchoring this conversation is her distinction between obedience-based and trust-based

faith. Meredith makes a compelling case that trust must come first, that obedience when it matters

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