The Heidi St. John Podcast

Today is Mailbox Monday and I am answering tons of your questions! Is Biden just anti-Christian? | My 13 year old wants to stay in public school while we homeschool our younger kids. | My husband’s family members are unbelievers and scoffers. How do I interact and not get sucked in? | My son has a really bad attitude problem, and I don’t know what to do. | How do we stop pride month from taking over our town every June? | Where do you buy clothes and support a good company at the same time? Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/teen-family-relationships-perversion-taking-culture

It’s no surprise kids are struggling with identity these days, but we can’t let it stay this way. Our kids need us to step up to the plate and give them a firm foundation of identity so they will walk firmly in who Christ has created them to be. Join me my friend Dr. Kathy Koch today as she shares encouragement and practical tips for how you can help your kids have a solid identity in Christ—and face their own future with confidence and courage. Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/children-identity-culture-lies-dr-kathy-koch

Kary Oberbrunner is joining me today and we have a full show for you! Kary is on staff at Cedarville University, and he’s here to share the importance of being in the world but not of the world, how to help our kids manage the intersection of faith and culture, and how to teach entrepreneurship and creative problem solving. We’re discussing the dangers of advancing technology, the compromise in Christian universities, the need to engage with different worldviews, the danger of sending children to pseudo-Christian universities, the laziness of relying on AI and dead ideas, and the entrepreneurship program at Cedarville University. Do not miss it! Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/raise-entrepreneurial-kids-kary-oberbrunner

Answering listener questions! How do you feel about sleepover church camps? | How do I take down spiritual strongholds in my life? | I’m not homeschooling. How do I ensure my kids are filtering their education through a Biblical worldview?  Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/sleepover-camps-spiritual-strongholds

My new friend Karla Marie Williams is here sharing her journey of transitioning from traditional homeschooling to unschooling and the positive impact it had on her children. What really is unschooling? And how can it leave opportunities for our kids to flourish in their natural talents, abilities, and passions?  Stick around for our last Happy Hour extended podcast and we’re wrapping up with a great topic: How we use the Bible in an unschooling life and ultimately, let go of our kids for God’s plan for them! Programming Note: This is our last Extended Podcast for Subscribers. Listen in or check your email for the scoop!Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/unschooling-karla-marie-williams

Pastor Phil Hopper is joining me today and we’re talking about the difference between a Biblical issue and a political issue (or whether there is a difference at all) and the flak he is getting from the media for a recent sermon he preached. Don’t miss this encouragement from Phil on how we can be salty in our communities.  Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/what-does-it-mean-to-be-salty-phil-hopper

Mailbox Monday is with Dr. Mark Sherwood today! Should my husband be on Viagra? How do I detox from vaccinations? Don’t miss these questions and more! Stick around for Happy Hour to listen to our discussion on intermittent fasting and the 2024 political landscape. Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/mailbox-monday-with-dr-mark-sherwood-2

Courtney Allen, a former kindergarten teacher, joins me today to share her story of being fired for refusing to comply with controversial curriculum and weekly testing mandates. She is exposing the inappropriate sexual indoctrination being pushed on young children in schools and the lack of support from other teachers. Courtney started Patriot Pre-K, a platform that provides age-appropriate curriculum and stories with morals and values. She is here to encourage parents to get off the bench! I’m also answering a listener question about a family member getting engaged to a same sex partner from a grieving listener. Listen in! Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/kindergarten-teacher-fired-exposing-inappropriate-curriculum-courtney-allen

The statistics on kids raised by Christian parents falling away from the church are disheartening. I’m joined today by Lee Ann Mancini and we’re talking about the urgency of raising our children to follow Christ. How did we get to this point, and more importantly, what do we need to be doing differently? Stick around for Happy Hour and we're going to continue talking about her book, Raising Kids to Follow Christ and take a little bit of a dive into some practical advice for parents and other caregivers as they start to help build the spiritual foundation for their children. Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/raising-kids-follow-christ-lee-ann-mancini

Today is Mailbox Monday and it is the day of the week where I get to answer listener questions. I love these days! We've got some tough ones today. We're going to wade into some theologically deep water, such as why does God allow suffering, particularly as it relates to a little child? And there's a mom who wrote in to me to say that she's struggling with the emotion of shame as it relates to the gifts that God has given her. Should she stay home with her children? Should she go to work? Is she stewarding the gifts that God has given her? Listen in to hear these questions and more!  Show Notes: http://heidistjohn.com/blog/podcasts/suffering-children-stewarding-gifts