What’s Inside Matters Most
Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
How do you encourage your kids to do what's right, even when the world doesn't? Jim Daly and Jill Garner discuss how an elementary school commencement address inspired her to teach kids about true character. Also, Danny shares about how he's tried teaching his kids to do the right thing, even when it's inconvenient.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
| 0:07.3 | That's exactly what I'm here to do with my new podcast from Focus on the Family. It's called |
| 0:12.1 | Pastor to Pastor with Dave Stone. I'm so excited to help you navigate the unique challenges |
| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.7 | We live in a crazy upside-down world these days, or so it seems to me. And boy, how do you process |
| 0:40.1 | everything that's going on with your children? How do you address things that you see with a |
| 0:46.5 | biblical lens and help them understand a godly character and how they can make a difference? |
| 0:52.6 | Big things, but we're going to try to tackle some of them on today's episode. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm John Fuller with Dr. Danny Werta, who heads the focus on the family parenting team. |
| 1:00.5 | And let's begin with a clip featuring Jim Daly from his show, talking with Jill Garner |
| 1:06.6 | about some of the principles in her book, Strongheart. |
| 1:10.7 | Jill, it's been a bit of time like eight years since you've been on the program, but it's great to have you back. |
| 1:15.1 | Wonderful to be back. |
| 1:16.5 | It's so good. |
| 1:17.6 | Now, one thing I want to get out there, Strong Heart, I want your definition of that, but we share a passion with movies. |
| 1:26.1 | Braveheart is my favorite movie. Yes. And I read that |
| 1:29.5 | that is yours as well. Yes, it is. What is strong heart getting at? Strongheart. The definition |
| 1:35.9 | for Strongheart is a morally courageous kid who is grounded in truth and fortified with |
| 1:42.1 | self-respect, not self-esteem, but fortified with self-respect. |
| 1:46.0 | And that, you know, that's a good goal. You want to teach your children these things. |
| 1:51.0 | You were, I think, involved in a fifth grade commencement. Maybe, I don't know if this was your |
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