Otherness with Jen Wilkin

The Family Discipleship Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

5.0 • 597 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Adam Griffin, Cassie Bryant, and Chelsea Griffin are joined by Jen Wilkin to discuss the “otherness” we will experience in all seasons of life as we follow Jesus.Questions Covered in This Episode:

For those who don’t know you Jen, would you introduce yourself and tell us about you, your family, and your ministry?
10 years ago you wrote a blog post called “Otherness.” It’s written like a letter to one of your children about feeling different because of some of the choices your family was making. Would you be willing to read it for us?
What do those words make you feel today?
What kind of “otherness” do you think was hardest for you? Anything specific that comes to mind?
Why is conformity so tempting, not just for kids, but for parents?
Did you have other families that made your kids feel less of the “otherness” you describe? Anybody that you partnered with in non-conformity?
What can you say today that would encourage or embolden the family who is struggling to make decisions that they know are going to potentially make their child’s life harder socially?
What is God communicating in Psalm 16:5-6 that you are tapping into?
When we see the life of Christ, we see Jesus boldly standing out from the crowd, forsaking conformity, and we see him often rejected for his “otherness.” How should churches be teaching families to “follow Christ” when it comes to those aspects of his life?
Jen, when you were growing up, did you ever feel like you experienced “otherness” for following Jesus? How do you remember navigating that?
How does your letter apply to the parent?
If our listeners want to pray for you and your family, what can they ask God for on your behalf?

Guest Bio:Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas. She has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. An advocate for Bible literacy, her passion is to see others become articulate and committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

“Otherness” Jen Wilkin
Psalm 16:5-6

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Family Discipleship podcast, a podcast of Training the Church.
0:13.0	That's just the tip of the iceberg of your weirdness. You know, let's take a look at the other ways that we're weird. And they're like, oh, but I like that.
0:21.8	I like that we have family dinner.
0:23.0	Yeah, I do too.
0:28.0	You know, and so don't assume that just because it is unlike what everyone else is doing,
0:29.9	that it isn't intensely valuable.
0:37.0	She looked right at me and she said, you know, the thing is, I believe I'll stand before God and give
0:37.5	an account for how I raise these kids. So I don't care what that parent thinks.
0:45.8	I think that our gut response to having been made to feel less than is to turn and make the person
0:53.5	who made us feel that way feel less than, and that is an anti-Christian impulse.
1:01.7	This is Adam Griffin, and before I introduce you to our favorite guest, let me just say that, our first returning guest. First, let me introduce you, though, to Mrs. Cassie Bryant. Cassie,
1:12.2	how you doing? Oh, I'm great. It's a Wednesday. We're halfway through the week, almost the weekend. Awesome. Well, if you're listening to this on the day it comes out, it's a Monday. But yes, we're recording it on a Wednesday. It's actually not a Wednesday. Today's Thursday. Oh, my gosh.
1:26.1	Maybe it's a Monday.
1:28.0	I'm sorry.
1:29.1	In pre-recorded podcast world, it can be any day you want it to be. That's right. Isn't that fantastic? And of course, my wife, my wife extraordinaire, Miss Chelsea Griffin. Chelsea, how you doing today? I'm good. Just happy to be here. Great. What day is it for you today? I live in the real world, and so it's Thursday. It ends in why.
1:48.1	Well, what a privilege to have with us today, our good friend, author, teacher, parent, and our favorite podcast guest, Ms. Jen Wilkin. Jen, how you doing?
1:56.9	Hi, guys. It's Friends Day at my house because I get to hang out with you. Wow. That's so sweet. Friend's Day. I wish we were at your house. That sounds wonderful. Your house sounds incredible. You just said you're on the 10th story right now recording this podcast.
2:13.7	Feels that way. That's great. We're in the bunker of the Griffin's one story home right now recording. So
2:19.5	every story is the same for us. Jen, how was your summer? Anything exciting you did this
2:23.6	summer? Let's see. We had a kid moved to Korea. So we got, yeah, I know, we got
2:31.2	some really good time with the grandbaby before Mary Kate and Nathan moved. They'll be there for a couple of years. But we didn't take any, you know, we've kind of aged out of the stage of life where everybody takes a family trip together in the summer. So we did a few things. You know, Jeff and I did. And I recorded a Bible study for a week, which is always my favorite use of my PTO, wink, wink.
2:51.4	Oh, yeah.
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