Life with Jesus. Served family-style.

Let’s have some real, raw conversations about what it looks like to follow Jesus, practically and productively, beyond the church building. Drawing on our adventures as a high school Bible teacher and a homeschool Mom, we invite you to walk with us through the mountaintop experiences as well as the twists, turns, and curveballs of everyday life as a family of seven. It's our ambition to build a community of Jesus-loving families as we transparently share our life and grow alongside of you, while learning to apply God's grace to our marriage, parenting, health, finances, time management and every other aspect of life.

Pull a chair up to the table and join us on this journey!

-Zack & Kendra Rackovan

Episode #06

Over 60% of parents feel guilty about the amount of time their kids spend in front of a screen, and 50% of them believe their children may have an addiction to their screens. They probably aren't wrong. America's next generation has a problem: the content they have been consuming is now consuming them.

Social anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide have never been as high, and although there is more than one factor, screens are a major factor in this epidemic. It's not hard to figure out when we look at the statistics, the average American, including kids, spends around 8 hours a day in front of a screen. That's 1/3 of our life! Even small children are now hooked on the dopamine hits from this synthetic alternate reality, and being turned into drones who are struggling to function in real life.

Join us as we dive deeper into this national, if not worldwide problem, and discuss what our family has done to make sure screens and content will not steal what God intends for our kids' future.

What's in this episode:

00:00 Intro

03:04 When Free Time = Screen Time

13:03 Chew & Spit

28:27 What seeds are you planting?

32:16 You've got the Means to Replace the Screens

45:14 Lead by Example

47:17 Three Steps for Success

52:25 Outtake: Kendra can't have a conversation by herself

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Episode #05

In the last several conversations, we've discussed how we've overhauled some major areas of our life as we've followed the Holy Spirit's lead. Sometimes though, even though we know God has asked certain things of us, the thought of change just overwhelms us. Where do we start? How do we figure it all out?

Because change isn't always easy, or maybe even because we convince ourselves that it's unnecessary, we never make those changes, or we make them for a short time and then revert back to what we were doing. This could be true in areas of health and nutrition, of priorities and time management, of disciplines and habits, or really any area of life.

But here is the reality: obedience unlocks blessing. In this conversation, we explore how Scripture links these two realities. Over and over again we see that immediate/total/persistent obedience unleashes God's blessings on men and women of the Bible, and God promises to do the same for you and me.

We share throughout this episode why we believe these principles to be true and how we have experienced those blessings in our life. It's our hope that this conversation encourages you to be obedient to what God has asked individually of you this year, and that you would see and experience unlocked blessings for you and your family!

What's in this episode:

00:00 Intro

03:58 The comfort of Correction (Psalm 23)

07:40 Our Obedience reveals our Trust in God

14:24 Obedience is the Highest form of Worship

18:31 Don't be Overwhelmed!

26:34 Obedience is Customized not Duplicated

30:57 Obedience isn't always easy, but it's always worth it

32:40 Obedience is the Opposite of Compulsion

35:02 What Scripture says about Obedience and Blessing

38:38 Is it OK to question God on what He's asked of us?

41:43 Partial Obedience is Disobedience

48:03 Learn to Love Correction and Obedience!

51:16 What commitment of Obedience will YOU make?

52:07 Outtakes-Brrrats

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