The Parenting for Faith podcast

In today’s episode, Anna is joined by The Clewer Initiative director Lois Bosatta to explore the reality of modern slavery and exploitation in communities across the UK. Together they identify what exploitation can look like, the warning signs parents and carers should be aware of and how we can have age-appropriate conversations with children and teenagers about trust, vulnerability and staying safe.

Trigger warning: this episode is focused on modern slavery but there is no in-depth detail included.

Links:

The Clewer Initiative https://clewer.org.uk/

Fearless from Crimestoppers https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless

Modern Slavery Awareness Module from The Clewer Initiative (free!) https://safeguardingtraining.cofeportal.org/

Children in the Shadows https://clewer.org.uk/resources/children-in-the-shadows-revisited

The Children’s Society - https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/lookcloser

‘The Orphan’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VYaTepAQA

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Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk


Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. 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. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

What do you do when your child asks a question that leaves you scrambling for an answer?

In this episode, Anna and Jess revisit one of Parenting for Faith’s most-loved tools for handling tricky faith questions with confidence. Using the simple four-step framework of What do you think? What do we know? What do we not know? How do I handle it?, they explore three challenging questions that many children and teenagers ask:

Why does God let bad things happen?

Why doesn’t God answer every prayer?

Why are Christians sometimes hypocrites?

Rather than trying to have all the answers, this conversation encourages parents and carers to create space for honest exploration, model a faith that can wrestle with uncertainty, and help children discover that God is present even in the questions we cannot fully resolve.

Links:

BRF Online - https://brfonline.org.uk/pages/parenting-for-faith

Offering to be a ‘guinea pig’ for our Five Key Tools Course - https://forms.office.com/e/bksHWjVjvM

4 steps model explanation video and postcard - https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/questions/

Telling kids and teens the whole story- https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/telling-the-whole-story-facebook-live/

We would love to know how Parenting for Faith has helped you and how we can develop more! If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YM8BXS5.   

Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk

Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. 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. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode, Anna is joined by author, blogger, and church leader Tim Challies. Based in Canada, Tim serves as an elder at Grace Fellowship Church and has spent decades writing and teaching about faith, culture, and the Christian life. His latest children’s book, God’s Great Big Global Church, grew out of a personal project travelling the world to experience how Christians worship across different cultures.

This conversation explores how we can help children see beyond their immediate world and understand their place in God’s global family. Tim shares how the book invites kids to:

Discover how Christians around the world worship each Sunday
Understand the beauty of cultural diversity within the Church
See themselves as part of God’s bigger story and mission

Anna connects this with the Parenting for Faith Key Tool: Framing, which helps children grasp the bigger picture of God’s story and their place within it (https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/tool/framing/)


Links:

God’s Great Big Global Church https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/gods-great-big-global-church

Tim Challies’ website (daily blog): https://www.challies.com/

From the Rising of the Sun (book + free documentary via QR code inside the book) https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/from-the-rising-of-the-sun

If you'd like to get involved in trying out our new Five Key Tools Course, register your interest here: https://forms.office.com/e/bksHWjVjvM

Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk

We would love to know how Parenting for Faith has helped you and how we can develop more! If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YM8BXS5.   

Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. 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. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

Church with kids can sometimes feel like something to get through, but what if it could be so much more?

In today’s episode, Anna and Jess explore how to help children and teenagers notice God in church, not just sit through it. From simple ways to frame the experience before you arrive, to spotting God at work during the service, to meaningful conversations afterwards, there are practical ideas to help your family engage more deeply.

Whether church feels life-giving or really challenging right now, this episode is packed with encouragement and small, doable steps to help you make the most of it as a family.

Links:

Talking Toddlers Webinar - https://www.hopetogether.org.uk/PaymentGroup/Registration.aspx?group_id=460080

Church Support Hub - https://churchsupporthub.org/all-resources/parenting-for-faith-how-it-could-transform-your-family-and-church/

Episode 8 of Parenting for Faith course (Church)

Helping Children Love Church - https://brfonline.org.uk/programs/parenting-for-faith?cid=4467135&permalink=helping-children-love-church

Building Lasting Connection - https://brfonline.org.uk/programs/parenting-for-faith?cid=4467136&permalink=session-8-part-2-e79e4b

Debriefing a Church Service (with postcard) - https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/debriefing-a-church-service/

Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk.

We would love to know how Parenting for Faith has helped you and how we can develop more! If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YM8BXS5.   


Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. 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. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode, we will be watching and listening to a re-run of a podcast episode where Esther Kuku shares about how to share faith as part of a stepfamily. She gives insight into her experience and where God has been a part of that.

Esther’s book is available to buy on BRF Resources.

Links:

‘Stepping Up: A devotional for stepfamilies’ by Esther Kuku https://www.brfresources.org.uk/products/stepping-up?_pos=1&_sid=4e1580282&_ss=r

Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at parentingforfaith@brf.org.uk

We would love to know how Parenting for Faith has helped you and how we can develop more! If you have a few minutes, please complete this survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YM8BXS5.   

Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. 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. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.