Rethinking Adversity with Mike Erwin
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
If you look next to “DeFeo family” in the dictionary - you will not find words like “grit” or “adversity” next to us. Although all families endure some really hard things, we are generally not actively looking for opportunities to experience hardship.
My time with Mike Erwin was fascinating. He really opened my eyes to all the ways we can introduce adversity to our kids and why “comfort” is a really dangerous pursuit as American families.
Mike Erwin is a husband and father living on a 32-acre farm. He is also one of our nation’s heroes - he served as a lead intelligence planner for one of the largest NATO-led combat operations in history and earned two Bronze Star Medals from his tours. You can understand why he is an expert in the subject of adversity - but he’s also a dad raising little ones just like us!
My favorite part is when he encourages us to let our kids struggle. He explains how this can bring incredible confidence that our kids won’t learn any other way.
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Resources from today’s show:
- Classical Conversations
- Mike’s website
- The Positivity Project
- Team RWB
- The Comfort Crisis
- Leadership is a Relationship
- One Mile Run Documentary
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Pardon the Miss. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents. |
| 0:14.2 | It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me. |
| 0:18.6 | But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy, |
| 0:22.0 | but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful |
| 0:26.2 | and messy journey of parenting. |
| 0:31.5 | It is so important that our kids understand their identity in Christ because the world around us tells our kids a lot of things about who they are. |
| 0:42.7 | But as believing parents, we know one thing to be true. |
| 0:45.2 | We were made in God's image and we were created for a purpose. |
| 0:48.6 | Have you ever wondered how do I talk to my kid about the topic of identity? |
| 0:52.1 | It feels overwhelming and complicated and confusing, |
| 0:55.3 | or how do I weave scripture around conversations about faith, identity, and purpose into |
| 0:59.7 | your everyday life? Well, Identity Simplified is the resource you need. Identity Simplified |
| 1:04.7 | is Christian Parenting's newest digital guide that includes some of the best articles, |
| 1:09.0 | podcasts, and videos on topics like, what does it |
| 1:11.7 | mean to be made in the image of God? How does our identity in Christ change our purpose? What does |
| 1:16.2 | the Bible say about sexual identity or gender identity? And how do we treat others and much more? |
| 1:21.4 | You'll find conversation guides, discussion starters, and script to use with your kids. And since |
| 1:25.6 | the guide is digital, you can download it straight |
| 1:27.8 | to your phone or computer and then search through those resources whenever you need. There's a lot of |
| 1:32.6 | information out there and it can feel like a big topic. And we hope that this guide will help |
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