Kurt Johnston And Liza Gant

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Parent Skills PodcastBONUS New Series: Making Time - Chapter 1Introducing a new series: Making Time! DIGITAL GROUP GUIDEHow are you at making time? Do you feel like you have enough time in the day? Do you know if you have enough time in the day? Is there a difference between how you feel about time and what you think about your time?This is the first of a 6 part series on Making Time. Everyone has the same number of hours in the day so why do some people seem to get so much more done? Why do some other people seem...2024-06-2412 min

Parent Skills PodcastBONUS EPISODE: Friend of God series from Simple Faith With Rusty GeorgeCheck out the Simple Faith podcast with Rusty George, the lead pastor at Crossroads Christian Church. Rusty and the Simple Faith podcast are doing a brand new limited experience in the month of June called, "Friend of God"This is a sneak peek at the first of the 40 episode series, for the full series, look for "Simple Faith With Rusty George" on your favorite podcast app or by clicking here: http://www.pastorrustygeorge.comThis first episode: Ever thought about what it means to be "the one Jesus loves"? In today's devotional, we're kicking off...2024-05-2904 min

Parent Skills PodcastBONUS: Parents, Start Here! (New show from On Purpose Parents)Hey Parents! Saddleback has a new show for parents like you! Featuring hosts, Kurt Johnston and Grace Yoon, we introduce and breakdown the goal of an On Purpose Parent. To raise your children to become…interdependent, life-long followers of Jesus, who desire to make a Kingdom contribution. Subscribe and follow "On Purpose Parents" today!1. Help Us by…Rating and Reviewing our PodcastSubscribing to our PodcastSharing our Podcast with your Friends2. Connect with Us…Text PARENTS to 83000Email Parents@saddleback.comInstagram @SaddlebackParentsWebsite OnPurposeParents.comFor more great shows for families from Saddleback church, check out Stories...2023-01-1642 min

Parent Skills PodcastWalking Through Times with Your Children with Melody GarrisonFor more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com or follow us on Instagram @saddlebackparents 2021-12-0423 min

Parent Skills PodcastFamily Faith Adventures with Tom and Lori WheelerFor more great parenting resources check out saddlebackparents.com or follow us on Instagram @saddlebackparents.2021-11-1125 min

Parent Skills PodcastParenting the College Years with Mike BrookFor more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com or follow us on Instagram @SaddlebackParents.2021-11-0421 min

Parent Skills PodcastParenting the Teenage Years with Johnny MontgomeryFor more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com or follow us on Instagram @SaddlebackParents.2021-10-2819 min

Parent Skills PodcastParenting the Junior High Years with Matt HeerFor more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com or follow us on Instagram @SaddlebackParents.2021-10-2123 min

Parent Skills PodcastOn Track Parenting- Elementary Years with Elaine RobertsFor more great parenting resources, check out www.saddlebackparents.com or follow us on Instagram @SaddlebackParents.2021-10-1522 min

Parent Skills PodcastOn Track Parenting- Birth through Kindergarten with Rachel Cho- For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com and follow us on Instagram @saddlebackparents 2021-10-0715 min

Parent Skills PodcastStaying On Track as a Parent- For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com and follow us on Instagram @saddlebackparents 2021-09-3013 min

Parent Skills PodcastGrowing Up in a Divorced Family with Megan WessbergFor more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com. 2021-09-2719 min

Parent Skills PodcastHelping Your Child Overcome Disabilities with Amy KendallFor more great parenting resources, check out www.saddlebackparents.com 2021-09-1618 min

Parent Skills PodcastCaring For Your Mental Health with Colton HarkerFor more great parenting resources, check out saddlebackparents.com 2021-09-0925 min

Parent Skills PodcastWhen Parenting Gets Hard with Kalya HarkerYou’ve probably rarely if ever heard that parenting is easy. In fact, more like the exact opposite in that it is hard. Kayla Harker joins us again to share how she and her husband intentionally navigated and adapted in the transition from husband-wife into dad-mom. Put in the work and it will be well worth the hard stuff to get to the good and great stuff. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-09-0217 min

Parent Skills PodcastSingle Parents Boost with Solange PikeSingle parents be it moms or dads are simply unbelievable. The undertaking of raising kids, period, is daunting. But then compound the realities if you are navigating it as a single parent. But you do not and you should not do it alone. Join us as Solange Pike shares her own experiences and passions to raise up an army of strong single parents who are better together. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-08-2616 min

Parent Skills Podcast2 Under 2 with Kayla HarkerLife with a newborn or toddler is quite the undertaking. Then compound it with multiple littles. Join us with special guest Kayla Harker as she shares the in vivo realities of raising 2 under 2 years of age. Tune in if you are parenting littles, share with others in your same phase of parenting or glean some timeless lessons as a parent in whatever phase you are in. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-08-1918 min

Parent Skills PodcastBack to Routines & Not So RoutinesSummer is wrapped up or already wrapped up. August & September mean back-to-school for most of our Saddleback Parents. Let’s get back into this season of school with some back-to-school basics, especially in the intentional use of your time and decisions. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-08-1215 min

Parent Skills PodcastGrand-parenting Gold with Cynthia PettyMore grandparents are involved, invested in and invited into the parenting journey today. Join us as Cynthia Petty shares from her personal wealth of experiences as a parent AND grandparent. Whether your kids’ grandparents are present or absent, the power of a grandparent-type figure is important. Check out what grandparenting gold we mined this week! - For more great parenting resources, go to SaddlebackParents.com 2021-08-0517 min

Parent Skills PodcastHelp! My Kids Are Growing Up with Katie EdwardsOne thing is inevitable, your kids are growing up. And one day, be it literally in a few days or farther down the road of 18+ years, they will be full-fledged adults. Parenting adult children is a whole different level of parenting. Katie Edwards joins us as a special guest as she shares what she has learned, or better stated is currently and ongoingly learning, in the midst of raising adult kids. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-07-2921 min

Parent Skills PodcastLeaving a Legacy of Blessing with Cynthia PettyIn her more than 40 years of ministering to children as a volunteer and then a pastor, Cynthia Petty has ministered to hundreds and thousands of families. While she could share for an entire series, there is one powerful piece of parenting gold that you cannot miss. Join us in this legacy-leaving conversation! - For more great parenting resources, go to Saddlebackparents.com 2021-07-2215 min

Parent Skills PodcastLessons Learned From Our ParentsWe were once children too. You probably have a mix of lessons learned from your own upbringing that you have decided to pass on in your own parenting OR maybe it’s better you simply pass on some of those lesson, too. Join us as we share some of the lessons we have learned in our parenting from our parents’ parenting of us. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-07-1618 min

Parent Skills PodcastIntentionality Starts Early with Kelly ClevengerWe hear this buzz word a lot – “intentionality”. Find out just what that looks like in practice in your parenting. AND be challenged to implement it from the beginning as our dear friend, Kelly Clevenger, shares her intentional parenting with her littles. It’s never too late to be more intentional in your parenting. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-07-0819 min

Parent Skills PodcastHelping Parents Win Saddleback Parents’ mission statement is just that – to help parents win. Join us as we take a tour of the plethora of resources available to you 24/7 to help you win as a parent as you raise lifelong interdependent followers of Jesus who make a Kingdom difference. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-07-0115 min

Parent Skills PodcastEverything Teaches Somethingevery little thing you say and do teaches your child something. Wow, no pressure. But don’t put undue pressure on yourself in parenting. Rather, find out how you can increase your awareness to more intentionally teach your children in all you say and do. - For more great parenting resources, visit SaddlebackParents.com 2021-06-2414 min

Parent Skills PodcastSimple Ways to be an Epic Dad with Justin BattAs you gear up for Father’s Day, make sure the dads, papas, daddies and fathers tune in to this one. Special guest, Justin Batt, shares his heart and passion for this generation to be fathered and fathered WELL. Happy Father’s Day! Enjoy this encouragement and inspiration to be the best dad God made you to be. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com Connect with Justin at www.DaddySaturday.com or Linked In @JustinBatt 2021-06-1720 min

Parent Skills Podcast3 Unproven Tips For Raising Teens with Dustin TappinParenting teens comes with a whole new set of opportunities both good and bad, easy and difficult. Dustin Tappan, Next Gen Pastor @ Christ’s Church of the Valley, share three powerful and unproven tips for raising tips. Learn alongside him as he navigates raising teens with you! - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-06-1029 min

Parent Skills PodcastNavigating the Younger Years with Shawn HydeChildren are a gift from God. And with each gift there are unique parenting wins and losses, struggles and victories. Shawn Hyde, our Lake Forest Children’s Pastor, joins us in a candid conversation as a dad of little ones and infusing his years of children’s ministry experience into this beginning phase of parenting. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com For more info about Saddleback Kids, check out SaddlebackKids.com 2021-06-0324 min

Parent Skills PodcastCelebrating Mom!Mother’s Day truly should be EVERY day! Join Kurt & Liza as they both celebrate and share honestly about the goods, the bads, and the realities of being a mom, raising kids and living the life God intended. And guys, you too can learn some great insights into how to best partner with and support the moms in your lives. - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-05-2715 min

Parent Skills PodcastCreating Summertime Fun!As the school year winds down, it is time for summer FUN! Move beyond the screens and the same-old same-old in order to make this summer the best one yet for you and your kids. Summer, here we come! - For more great parenting resources, check out SaddlebackParents.com 2021-05-2016 min

Parent Skills PodcastPlanting Spiritual SeedsSaddleback Parents exists to help you win in raising lifelong interdependent followers of Jesus who make a kingdom difference. It goes well beyond taking them to church and/or small group. It starts with the seeds you are planting and growing at-home. Get ready to start planting spiritual seeds! - Check out more great parenting resources at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-05-1316 min

Parent Skills PodcastCrucial Conversations Part 2Now that you know WHAT to talk about (if not, tune in to the Part 1 podcast before proceeding), let’s talk about HOW to have those conversations. Where on Earth do you begin? Let’s join together and share ideas on how to get your kids talking about these crucial things. - Find more great parenting resources at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-05-0617 min

Parent Skills PodcastCrucial Conversations Part 1The list seems endless with topics of critical discussion and things to talk about with your child. Tune in to hear the top four things that Kurt and Liza believe need to be at the top of your list. Every parent, no matter how old your child, needs to have these crucial conversations at some point. Get more great Parenting Tips at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-04-2918 min

Parent Skills PodcastHow to Help Your Child Bounce Back After a SetbackWe can guarantee that your child has had, is going through and/or will continue to face setbacks. Thankfully, children are highly resilient. But they are not simply made that way. Children grow and develop resilience, the ability to bounce back, through the conversations and opportunities they face. Join Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they discuss how to help your child bounce back after a setback. Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-04-2217 min

Parent Skills PodcastSurvival Skills for a Screen-Driven SocietyIt's simply a fact, we live in a day and age driven by screens in many different forms. We cannot turn a blind eye or ignore it. Instead, let's band together with some basic survival skills for a screen-driven society. Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant will provide some basic survival skills for raising kids at any age and stage in the world of screens. Screens are an inevitable part of our lives, but it does not have to control our lives. Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-04-1515 min

Parent Skills PodcastOur Biggest Parenting Wins and FailsJoin Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they get real and real vulnerable with one of their biggest parenting wins and fails. We can best learn from one another in such honest conversations of reflection and evaluation. And may you rise up to experience some of your biggest parenting wins moving forward! Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-04-0818 min

Parent Skills PodcastParenting Lessons Learned During the LockdownIf nothing else, lockdown has taught us a LOT about ourselves and our families. We could each write some hefty books about the lessons we have learned in parenting, especially. Join us as we scratch the surface of some key lessons Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant learned over the past year plus of the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out more great parenting content at SaddlebackParents.com 2021-04-0117 min

Total Movie RecallTMR 043 – Aladdin (1992) This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan offend approximately 1/7th of the world’s population, which has historically gone very well. Ryan’s love of fairy tale settings don’t truck with Steve, who favors Disney’s gritty, street-level crime drama Aladdin. Ryan gets vulnerable about the deterioration of his mental health in this dumpster fire world we have, and Steve, ever a good man and a good friend, reaches out. We encourage you to reach out too. Because everything sucks right now, and you need to connect with your fellow humans to survive. Also, this is...2020-10-191h 25

Parent Skills PodcastYour Role In Your Child’s Spiritual Growth, Part 2Helping our children grow in their faith...the conversation continues with Kurt and crew from the Doable Discipleship podcast.2020-01-2817 min

Parent Skills PodcastYour Role In Your Child’s Spiritual Growth, Part 1Kurt is a guest on Saddleback’s Doable Discipleship podcast where they cover a range of parenting topics all revolving around how parents play a vital role in the spiritual growth of their children.2020-01-2819 min

Parent Skills PodcastFAQ Part 2In the second of two episodes, Kurt and Liza discuss 3 more frequently asked parenting questions. The questions discussed phase-specific in this episode are: 1) How do I help my child navigate friendships and bullying? 2) When should I let my child have a cell phone? and 3) When do I let my child start dating and/or talk to them about sex?2020-01-2822 min

Parent Skills PodcastFAQ Part 1In this first of two episodes, Kurt and Liza discuss 3 frequently asked parenting questions. The questions discussed phase-specific are: 1) How do I connect and communicate with my child? 2) What's appropriate discipline for my child? and 3) How do I help my child struggling in his/her faith?2020-01-1620 min

Parent Skills PodcastTeenagers and Technology...What's a Parent to Do?Technology and teenagers...some parents fear it, while others ignore it all together. Both strategies are a mistake, and on this episode Kurt is joined by parent and co-worker, Julie Chung to talk about raising teenagers in a world of technology and smart phones that provide limitless information at the swipe of a finger.2019-09-1028 min

Parent Skills PodcastSometimes You Get it Wrong and Sometimes You Get it Right On this episode, Kurt is joined by his friend and teammate, Mike Brook. Mike, the father of two young girls, shares a few things he's done right and a few things he's done wrong along the way. This is a very practical episode full of little nuggets of wisdom for any and all parents.2019-08-2320 min

Parent Skills PodcastFanning the Flames of Your Child's PassionsIt happens to every child. At some point along the way, they discover what (at least for the moment) is a new passion. But what if that passion isn't your passion? What if that passion scares you? What if that passion is ill-advised? In this episode, Kurt and his guest, Johnny Baker, will discuss ideas to help you fan the flames of your child's passions.2019-05-2030 min

Parent Skills PodcastWorking MotherhoodThe roles and responsibilities that we carry as parents are countless. Join Kurt Johnston and Liza Gant as they discuss the highs, the lows, and the balance in being a working mom. Learn how to be intentional in your parenting, your career, your marriage, and more.2019-03-1123 min

Parent Skills PodcastBlended Families 2019-02-1023 min

Parent Skills PodcastMaking the Most of the Transitional YearsHow can parents not merely survive, but thrive during their child’s pre-teen years? Kurt is joined by friend and fellow Youth Pastor, Matt McCage and they discuss some tips to make the most of these important transitional years our children find themselves in.2019-01-2423 min

Parent Skills PodcastKeeping the Camp "High" AliveOur youth often leave camps and retreats with a "spiritual high" that slowly but surely dies out over time. How can you, as a parent, engage with your child after they step off that bus and back into day-to-day living? Join John Luzadder, CYI youth camp specialist, as he shares with Kurt some keys to connecting with your teen.2019-01-1020 min

Parent Skills PodcastHelping Your Kids CopeIn this episode, Kurt is joined by therapist Tasha Levert as they discuss helicopter parenting and how over parenting our kids hinders their development and ability to cope with life’s challenges.2018-12-0331 min

Parent Skills PodcastAlmost Nothing Good Happens By AccidentYouth Pastor and parent Scott Rubin joins this episode to talk about the importance of intentional parenting; developing certain practices that set you and your kids up to win!2018-10-1819 min

Parent Skills Podcast001 - This Too Shall PassIn the inaugural episode Kurt is joined by Justin Herman who, with his wife, is raising two children under age 3. Justin shares some of the parent skills he's learned to help him survive the chaos!2018-10-0518 min