Episodes

  • S12E6: Self Worth (Debs Peake)

    S12E6: Self Worth (Debs Peake)
    Jun 3 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Debs Peake about Self Worth, drawing on some ideas from the Puberty, Emotions, Eating Disorders and Self Harm chapters in the A - Z of Parenting for Faith book. Debs is a parent of two and Founder of the Charity Know Your Worth which is all about helping teenage girls to grow self-esteem. The charity also supports professionals and parents/carers to support their teens too. Links: - Book onto any of our upcoming zoom courses https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ - Become a friend of Parenting for Faith by giving just £2 per month https://www.brf.org.uk/give/friends/ - Find out more about Know Your Worth on their website know-your-worth.org.uk/ or Instagram @knowyourworth_uk - Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    38 mins
  • S12E5: Sport (Graham Daniels and Jonny Reid)

    S12E5: Sport (Graham Daniels and Jonny Reid)
    May 20 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Graham Daniels and Jonny Reid about sport. Dr Graham Daniels is General Director of Christians in Sport. A former professional footballer, he also serves as a director of Cambridge United Football Club. Graham is on the staff of St Andrew the Great Church, Cambridge, UK and an Associate of Ridley Hall Theological College, Cambridge. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Jonny Reid co-leads Town Church Bicester and is Director of Engagement at Oak Hill College. He worked for Christians in Sport for 13 years, helping sportspeople connect their sport and faith. He is married to Caroline and they have two children. Graham and Jonny have just released a book called Spiritual Gameplan. A book for anyone who enjoys sport to discover how the gospel transforms our thinking, our playing and our watching. Links: Book onto any of our upcoming zoom courses https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ Buy Spiritual Gameplan https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/spiritual-game-plan The parents section of Christians in Sport https://christiansinsport.org.uk/academy/audience/parent/ Podcast episode on Connecting with God through sport with Richard Shorter https://on.soundcloud.com/fhn173TuRyAbLrqGA Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    38 mins
  • S12E4: Emotions (Joy Wendling)

    S12E4: Emotions (Joy Wendling)
    May 13 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Joy Wendling about emotions. Joy Wendling is a mum of 5 girls, writer, speaker, parent coach, founder of Created to Play, and former family pastor. She has over 25 years of experience in children, youth, and family ministry and a Master’s in Youth, Family, and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary. The springboard for the conversation was the emotions chapter of An A - Z of Parenting for Faith (out October 2025). Links: Book onto any of our upcoming zoom courses https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ Become a champion or find a champion https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/meet-team/all-about-champions/ Created to play https://createdtoplay.com/ Follow Created to Play on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/createdtoplay The emotions chapter of An A - Z of Parenting for Faith book is based on Struggling with emotional health (Rae Morfin, S5E6) https://on.soundcloud.com/fSfePS4XGjgXZGvRA, Helping an autistic child manage emotions with God (Rachel, E96) https://on.soundcloud.com/makDYqLQ3MwYvK4D7, Dealing with big emotions (Lisa Campbell, S9E3) https://on.soundcloud.com/mH5LQMEufayXfbCB8 Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    31 mins
  • S12E3: Forgiveness (Karen Allen)

    S12E3: Forgiveness (Karen Allen)
    May 6 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Karen Allen about forgiveness. She is an author, speaker and mother of five. Passionate about inspiring and empowering young people challenging the norms and changing the narrative especially as it relates to young black men. Links: Book onto any of our upcoming zoom courses https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ Become a friend of Parenting for Faith and partner with us for just £2 a month https://www.brf.org.uk/give/friends/ to help these resources keep reaching the people who need them. Find Karen on her website at karenallen.info or on social media @iamkarenallen Buy her books including Broken Into Useful Pieces from https://karenallenenterprise.myshopify.com/collections/books For more on explaining forgiveness listen to episode 96 of the podcast https://on.soundcloud.com/pqojbTRY1WxQgT1c9 Amani, the short film Karen is in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6PwChWiJ8 Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    37 mins
  • S12E2: Tricky Questions (Melissa Richards)

    S12E2: Tricky Questions (Melissa Richards)
    Apr 29 2025
    Our guest today is Melissa Richards, a wife and mum of four. She is originally from Canada but moved to Australia in 2007.She is the Children's Pastor at Door of Hope Christian Church in Tasmania and became a Parenting for Faith champion six months ago. She talks us through how she used the questions tool (from the big questions chapter of An A - Z of Parenting for Faith) to help her son when his Nana died. This episode explores processing the death of the loved one so feel free to skip this week if that’s particularly raw for you at the moment. Links: Hear the original podcast episodes that the big questions chapter is based on: Answering questions with Justin Brierly https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s6-ep3-asking-questions; Big questions with Canon J.John https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s8e8-connecting-with-god-through-big-questions-with-canon-jjohn; Are answers important with Becky Sedgwick https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/114-tackling-big-questions-chatting-if-kids-need-verbal-reassurance-and-kate-wharton-on-singleness; and Apologetics with Rachel Turner https://on.soundcloud.com/DHp9mBhX6bpVV9JQ6 Questions tool (video and postcard) - https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/questions/ Death and grief https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/grief/ Become or find a Parenting for Faith champion https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/meet-team/all-about-champions/ Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    35 mins
  • S12E1: Big questions - The Bible (Chris Morphew)

    S12E1: Big questions - The Bible (Chris Morphew)
    Apr 22 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Chris Morphew. Chris is an author, teacher, youth leader and school chaplain living in Sydney, Australia who has written (he thinks!) 32 books. Anna spoke to Chris about how to explain tricky bits of the Bible and how to tackle tricky questions. The springboard for this was the ‘Tricky parts of the Bible’ chapter in ‘An A - Z of Parenting for Faith) which is out in October 2025. Links: - Book onto the Forge gathering or any of the Parenting for Faith courses on zoom https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ - You can find more about Chris and his books at https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/authors/chris-morphew or at chrismorphew.com - Hear the original PFF podcast episodes that the tricky parts of the Bible chapter is based on: Explaining concubines https://on.soundcloud.com/VG1sYvwoQRs4rk8t6, Bible baddies https://on.soundcloud.com/STJDZjMVY5vvbro29 and explaining awkward Biblical love stories https://on.soundcloud.com/fEjdHkG6DXFSc1abA. - The questions tool https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/questions/ - Sharing the whole story of the Bible - https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/the-whole-gospel-showing-kids-the-big-story-of-god-and-us-in-the-bible/ Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    26 mins
  • S11E13: Bonus Episode on A Light To Share (Natalie Frisk)

    S11E13: Bonus Episode on A Light To Share (Natalie Frisk)
    Apr 7 2025
    In today’s episode we speak to Natalie Frisk about her new book A Light To Share. Natalie Frisk has worked in ministry for over 15 years. During which time she earned a Masters in Theological Study (Biblical Studies) and began pursuit of her Doctorate in Practical Theology with an emphasis on the spiritual experience of children (in process). She is now the Director of Curriculum for RaiseUpFaith as she continues doing what she loves: content developing, team building, and pastorally nurturing the souls of whomever she encounters. Links: A Light To Share - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Share-Stories-Spreading-Changing/dp/151381446X Raise Up Faith - https://www.raiseupfaith.com/ Book any of the Parenting for Faith courses and events - https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    37 mins
  • S11E12: Q&A with Rachel Turner

    S11E12: Q&A with Rachel Turner
    Mar 31 2025
    In today’s episode we ask Rachel Turner, founder of Parenting for Faith, your questions. She has worked in churches for over 15 years and continues to consult, speak at conferences and run training days for church leaders, parents and families around the world. Rachel is the author of nine books, and the original Parenting for Faith course. We asked her four questions: 1) (3:48) I feel like other people have it together, or at least more together than me. When people post pictures of family Bible times or prayer walking or something like that I just think how!?! We're struggling just to get everyone dressed and fed over here. I don't feel like I will ever be organised enough and have life under control enough to be able to do stuff like that and it makes me feel a failure. 2) (9:38) I recently read an article on your website about siblings. I'm a single parent with an only child and I sometimes wonder if there are things I should be doing differently in my parenting to take that into consideration. Faith stuff always feel quite high pressure - like if I suggest we read the Bible or pray or do an activity and she doesn't want to, I feel a bit stuck. There's no option to sort of sit on the edges and watch first or listen to others chipping in, if that makes sense. Anything I should be doing specifically to help an only child? 3) (17:25) I don't 'chat to God' myself. I am a Christian and I do pray but I prefer to do that through set prayers and Bible meditations. I've watched the course sessions on chat and catch but not sure what to teach my children as that's not really how I have a relationship with God. 4) (22:15) My son’s partner is of another faith and they are coming to stay over the Easter holidays. I’m not sure what to do about Easter. We’d normally go to church together but I don’t want to seem rude or pushy. Even if they do come I'm worried they'll feel uncomfortable and it won't be a positive experience. Links: - Check out our courses and events coming up and book on at https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/upcoming-events/ - Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.
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    33 mins
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