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Deep Dive into Jesus' Prodigal Story Part 3: Privilege Without Responsibility a mothers love for her adult kids apostasy christian no more family estrangement fathers parenting prodigals parents of adult children Sep 11, 2023

There's something Jesus' audience knew about this story that we might miss. The father's son was asking for privilege without responsibility. 

Here's how Bailey explains this, 

"The...

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Deep Dive into Jesus' Prodigal Story Part 2: A Relationship is Broken, Not a Law a mothers love for her adult kids apostasy bible reading christian no more confidence in god family estrangement fathers mothers parenting parenting prodigals parents of adult children Sep 11, 2023

Once we understand the culture of Jesus' day, we have a greater awareness of the impact His story of the prodigal son had on His audience.

The original audience for this parable

Don't forget who...

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Love Works (Hard). A Blog Post for Parents Who Need It a mothers love for her adult kids begging in prayer can i trust god christian no more deconstructing faith deconversion family estrangement how to pray for someone i love parents of adult children people deconstructing their faith what went wrong woke Mar 06, 2023

As a mother of adults who have traveled the deconstruction journey, I have up close and personal experience with the deconstruction of faith that is happening in our world today.

As a mother of...

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When Your Deconstructing Kids Dismiss You a mothers love for her adult kids can i trust god confidence in god deconstructing faith deconversion family estrangement parents of adult children Apr 20, 2022

"Honor my boundaries, give me space and do not contact me anymore."

Those were the words I read on the text she sent. What do we do when our deconstructing kids dismiss us from their lives? I've...

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Parenting People Who are Deconstructing Their Faith Conclusion christian no more deconversion parents of adult children people deconstructing their faith Jan 07, 2022

For those of you who are walking this path, this has no doubt been an emotional journey. I hope that your heart is encouraged by listening to the 3 (kind of) part series I just completed on my...

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Parenting People Who are Deconstructing Their Faith a mothers love for her adult kids deconstructing faith parents of adult children Dec 23, 2021

I've been waxing eloquent on the subject of parenting people who are deconstructing their faith on my podcasts in a 3-part series you can find here on The Prayer Clinic Podcast. Look for...

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Giving My Children a PIECE OF MY MIND for Christmas! a mothers love for her adult kids christmas deconstructing faith mothers parents of adult children presents Dec 06, 2021

So I jokingly said I was thinking about giving my children a "piece of my mind" for Christmas this year.

I thought it was hilarious. 

I'm sure my beautiful adult "children" aren't laughing. In...

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