The Intentional Parents Podcast
Intentional
In a world where distractions are endless and culture constantly pulls us in different directions, it’s more important than ever to remain intentional in your marriage and parenting. Brook and Elizabeth Mosser, alongside Phil and Diane Comer, invite you into a conversation about biblical formation — offering wisdom, encouragement, and practical tools for raising passionate Jesus followers. As an intergenerational team that is also family, we bridge the perspectives of different life stages, drawing from both decades-long experience and fresh insight on the topics of parenting and marriage. From vulnerable Q+R sessions to insightful guest interviews, we explore real-life stories of both steady formation and radical transformation — unpacking how God is shaping our lives and the lives of those around us. Join us each week as we pursue God’s design for life, marriage, and parenting — with intention.
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Jan 26, 2022 • 44min
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate, is that the only question?
Many of you have asked us how to navigate this conversation with family, friends, and acquaintances. Jesus was clear about the way of love, and this isn't the first time in history when there have been strong disagreements. We talk through three ways to have these conversations and prioritize the way of Jesus and others. We touch on the need to turn to each other, not against each other, to hear each other with compassion, not judgment, and we need to sacrificially help each other through this challenging time, not withdraw into self-centered seclusion. Enjoy! Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.org Donate: https://www.intentionalparents.org/donate Blog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Episode Mentionedhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000542922403
Dec 15, 2021 • 40min
Christmas Episode! How to keep your family close at Christmas, how to create memory hooks, a culture to be launched from and return to, and keeping traditions centered around Jesus.
Merry Christmas from the Intentional team! We hope you're ready to laugh! Today we walk through some of our favorite Christmas traditions and how we attempt to keep everything centered on Jesus. Also, we have a gift for you the listener. We will talk through our favorite tradition of all, and we have put together a detailed guide on how to do this Christmas Story tradition with your family. (details in our show notes, or head to our website) intentionalparents.orgFollow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgDonate: https://www.intentionalparents.org/donateBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog A Christmas Gift to you!!!Intentionalparents.org(enter your email and we will send you the Christmas Story instructions) Episode Mentionedhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000542922403
Dec 8, 2021 • 48min
Spiritual formation in motherhood, impatience, how to find time for Jesus, and the need to be redeemed, but how?
We are all being formed but by what? How do we as adult humans allow Jesus to form us in the midst and craziness of raising a family? Today Elizabeth and Diane sit down and talk through the reality of spiritual formation in motherhood. What is needed to be an effective parent and do we have the practices in place to sustain the needs of those in our care? How do we come into close worship to God? What is bringing you into the presence of God? This, and a lot more! Enjoy! Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.org Donate: https://www.intentionalparents.org/donate Blog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Books Mentioned: The Life You’ve Always Wantedhttps://www.amazon.com/Life-Youve-Always-Wanted-audiobook/dp/B0006IU7TA/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2WGLS5W60UAN2&keywords=the+life+you+always+wanted+by+john+ortberg&qid=1638905575&sprefix=The+life+you+always+%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-3 Domestic Monasteryhttps://www.amazon.com/Domestic-Monastery-audiobook/dp/B0815TK51L/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=domestic+monastery&qid=1638910608&s=audible&sr=1-1
Dec 1, 2021 • 1h 14min
Digital addiction, screen time, boredom and the abundance of the ordinary
Today we tackle the topic of screen time. How do we rest from technology when a lot of our work is linked to our devices? Is it ok to give devices to toddlers? What are healthy boundaries? We cover the importance of boredom and how essential it is for creativity. We walk through our digital rule of life and how we can redeem the technological moment we are in.Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Books Mentioned:Tech Wise FamilyDigital Rule of Life (Brook & Elizabeth’s) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZBFltgr4cwJWoGCGT74MB14_X9XQGeL/view?usp=drivesdk
Nov 24, 2021 • 1h 5min
The holiday’s, family conflict, grandparents Involvement, and becoming peacemakers not just peacekeepers
Have you ever had to confront someone in your family of origin or extended family about something they said or did that hurt you? Has this ever come to a boiling point around the holidays? We have and want to say we TOTALLY get it. So in hopes to help you the listener, we recently all sat down together and decided to capture a conversation about some family conflict we recently had just worked through. In this episode we will walk through what the conflict was and how we as a family worked it through to the other side, fully and completely resolving the issue. We will be sharing the 7 steps we discovered and used to resolve the conflict and we share some eye opening stories along the way. Enjoy! Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Podcast Episode:Interview with Jon Tysonhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000468754403 Miles Albritton: Got it! I’ll get this scheduled!
Nov 3, 2021 • 14min
An Occasional Series: Words Matter (words heal) Part 2
Today Diane shares her heart on the healing power of our words.In case you missed Part 1:An Occasional Series: Words Matter (words heal) Part 1Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog
Oct 20, 2021 • 38min
LGBTQ, how to talk about the hard stuff, and Q&A (part 2)
Today we will be answering more of your questions! In our current cultural climate we find ourselves faced with challenging topics to discuss with our family and children. What are we to do? Do we avoid? Do we put our head in the ground? What does the Bible say? And how do we have an open culture of communication in our homes? We cover these questions and many more in today’s episode!Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Books:A War of loveshttps://www.amazon.com/War-Loves-Unexpected-Activist-Discovering/dp/0310538106/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=war+of+loves&qid=1634076204&sr=8-3 Episodes:Preston Sprinklehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000466724147 Greta Eskridgehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000517073820
Oct 13, 2021 • 32min
LGBTQ, how to talk about the hard stuff, and Q&A (part 1)
Today we will be answering more of your questions! In our current cultural climate we find ourselves faced with challenging topics to discuss with our family and children. What are we to do? Do we avoid? Do we put our head in the ground? What does the Bible say? And how do we have an open culture of communication in our homes? We cover these questions and many more in today’s episode!Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog Books:A War of loveshttps://www.amazon.com/War-Loves-Unexpected-Activist-Discovering/dp/0310538106/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=war+of+loves&qid=1634076204&sr=8-3 Episodes:Preston Sprinklehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000466724147 Greta Eskridgehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intentional-parents-podcast/id1462206659?i=1000517073820
Oct 6, 2021 • 40min
Try Softer (Interview with Aundi Kolber)
Today we interview the brilliant Aundi Kolber! Aundi the author or Try Softer: a fresh approach to move us out of anxiety, stress and survival mode and into a life of connection and joy.She also JUST released a companion book called Try Softer: a guided journey.In a world that preaches a “try harder” gospel—just keep going, keep hustling, keep pretending we’re all fine—we’re left exhausted, overwhelmed, and so numb to our lives. If we’re honest, we’ve been over-functioning for so long, we can’t even imagine another way. How else will things get done? How else will we survive? It doesn’t have to be this way. Aundi Kolber believes that we don’t have to white-knuckle our way through life. In her debut book, Try Softer, she’ll show us how God specifically designed our bodies and minds to work together to process our stories and work through obstacles. Through the latest psychology, practical clinical exercises, and her own personal story, Aundi equips and empowers us to connect us to our truest self and truly live. This is the “try softer” life. We talk about parenting in our current climate of burnout and anxiety, how to stay within our window of tollorance, how to recognize when we are outside of it and how to acknowledge our own trauma and begin to heal. Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blogBooks: Try Softerhttps://amzn.to/3AdeXnC The Try Softer Guided Journeyhttps://amzn.to/3mrjXju
Sep 29, 2021 • 14min
An Occasional Series: Words Matter (words hurt) Part 1
Here at Intentional we have put together something we are calling “An Occasional Series”. In these series we are going to have various members of the Intentional team share life lessons, wisdom, and encouragement to help you along the journey of life. Today we are going to start with a small series on the impact and power of words from our beloved Diane. Enjoy! Follow us on instagram:@intentional_parents@brook_mosser@Emosser@philmcomer@dianewcomer Grab a copy of our book: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers (Now available in audiobook!)https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Passionate-Jesus-Followers-Intentional/dp/0310347777 Website: intentionalparents.orgSupport: https://www.intentionalparents.org/giveBlog: https://www.intentionalparents./blog
