Meta’s new Muse AI is more than a chatbot – it’s an agent. Capable of managing your emails, scheduling appointments, making purchases, and managing your finances, this agent’s goal is to make your life better. More than that, Meta’s philosophy is to provide everyone with superintelligence to help each person achieve their individual goals.

In this episode, Kelly explains Meta’s new AI rollout of the agentic app and the forthcoming Muse Charm. Considering the broad and spiritual concerns surrounding the merging of our lives with machines, Kelly unpacks how Meta’s worldview and promises of personal superintelligence are opposed to Scripture and to what it means to be human. She offers parents practical ways to disciple kids through conversations surrounding Muse, and its “delightful” new charm.

Articles referenced:

Introducing Muse
Introducing Muse: The World’s First Personal AI Agent Built for Everyone
Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026
How We Designed Muse
Meta Muse Charm Kids Safety: Where Are Parental Controls?
Meta’s New AI “Muse Charm”: When the AI Companion Moves From the Phone To A New Type Of Digital Device
Meta is making a Tamagotchi-like AI companion for the AI era — meet the Muse Charm

Scripture referenced:

Genesis 3:1-6
Romans 12:2
1 Thessalonians 4:3
Philippians 2:6-8
John 6:38
John 8:50
2 Timothy 4:3-5

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As the 2024 Presidential election draws near, anxiety is at an all-time high. And not just for adults! Children, too, are absorbing the stress, rhetoric, and divisiveness they see in media and the adults in their lives.

In this episode, Kelly reviews God’s sovereignty over nations and kings and how peace can be found in trusting God’s faithfulness throughout generations. This peace is much needed—peace that is achieved with less media and more Scripture.

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Articles referenced:

We asked 10-year-olds about the election. Here’s what we learned
CNN study finds Democrat-leaning kids 5 times more likely to say they wouldn’t visit pro-Trump family’s house

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In today’s episode, we consider the use of Bible apps during church worship services. Kelly and Chelsea survey the crowd at the Women in Apologetics conference about this topic, and they unpack the issue, looking at the benefits and detriments for ALL ages.

Articles referenced:

YouVersion Bible
BlueLetter Bible
Sexual Predator Uses YouVersion Bible App to Target Teen Girls in Church Youth Group
YouVersion Bible App Child Vulnerability Exposed

Other illuminating articles:

YouVersion Bible app hires former Facebook exec to fuel growth
When the Bible Turns Into Instagram
Why You Should Ditch Your Digital Bible

Scripture referenced:

John 4:24
Hebrews 12:28-29
Psalm 46:10
1 Corinthians 8:9-13

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Today, we are unpacking the immanent and unhealthy social media culture of competition and comparison and the ‘Momfluencer’ movement. There is a growing norm of learning how to parent from so-called “experts” on social media. As always, Kelly & Chelsea evaluate this through the lens of Scripture. If we start with God’s word, how do we love our fellow parents in Christ and neighbors in light of the online comparison and parenting expertise culture?

Articles/Books referenced:

The New Parenting Gurus are the Mom Experts on Instagram
Social Media Said I Could Become the Perfect Mother, It Was a Lie.
Survey Shows that More than 70% of Moms Compare Themselves to Momfluencers on Social Media.
Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture by Sara Petersen

Scripture referenced:

Genesis 4, 16, 29-30, 37
Galatians 6:3
James 3:14-16
Philippians 2:3-4
James 1:5
1 Thessalonians 4

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In today’s episode, we examine whether Youth/Student Ministry Pastors should be friends with or follow their students on social media. We’ve been investigating this question, and we asked the attendees at the Women in Apologetics conference for their take on it. We biblically unpack the three most common reasons why Christians believe Youth Pastors should be friends/follow students.

Articles referenced

Youth Ministry in America (2014)
How Do Youth Leaders Disciple in a Media-Formed Generation?

Scripture referenced

Matthew 11:29
Galatians 5:17-18 (MSG version, in particular)
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
Romans 12:2
James 4:4
Ephesians 5:11

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Today, we are discussing the newly announced Instagram “Teen Accounts,” which will automatically restrict teens under 18 to a private account, offer more strongly filtered content, and prevent them from being DM’d unless they are already connected. Is this praiseworthy news?? We give our two cents. And we’re discussing the Toronto Zoo’s problem with patrons allowing the gorillas to have too much screen time.

Articles referenced:

Meta: Introducing Instagram Teen Accounts
Instagram Makes Teen Accounts Private As Pressure Mounts on the App to Protect Children
Instagram Launches “Teen Accounts” As Child Safety Scrutiny Mounts
Instagram Teen Accounts Aren’t Really for Teens
Zoo Bans Phone Screens After Gorillas Become Addicted
Zoos Concerned as Gorillas Become Hooked on Smartphone Videos

Scripture referenced:

Jeremiah 17:9
Mark 7:20-23

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In today’s episode, Kelly discusses the U.S. Surgeon General’s most recent advisory about parental stress in America. Dr. Murthy presents it as a serious public health issue, but Kelly walks us through the stress of parenting through the lens of Scripture. Why are parents so stressed and what can be done about it? Kelly has a few ideas.

And this episode has two surprise announcements!

Articles referenced:

Parental Stress is a Significant Public Health Issue, Surgeon General Advisory says
A Half Century of Surgeon General Warnings
Parental Stress is so Debilitating, the Surgeon General Declared it a Public Health Issue
Surgeon General Prescribes Much Bigger Government

Scripture referenced:

The Book of Genesis
Job 1:4-5
The Book of Proverbs
Luke 2:41-50
Luke 15:11-32
Matthew 21:28-31
Matthew 11:28-30

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In today’s episode, we discuss the norm of listening to music all day long and through earbuds/airpods. Is there such a thing as too much music? How does music impact someone’s mood? What about shutting the world out through airpods – is that healthy? And most importantly, what does Scripture have to say about music, its purpose, and its function in our lives?

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Articles Referenced:

Can Too Much Music Be Bad For Your Mental Health?
Why I’m Taking a 30-Day Break From Music
The Harmful Side of Music: Understanding the effects of rumination on adolescent mental health
Does Music Affect Your Mood?
Music Use for Mood Regulation: Self-Awareness and Conscious Listening Choices in Young People With Tendencies to Depression
Is Music Addiction Possible? Here’s What To Know
Do We Listen to Too Much Music?
Earbuds, Hearing Loss, and Social Isolation
The Lonely World of Earbuds
It’s hard to find a person not wearing headphones in San Fransisco
Headphones Everywhere

Scripture Referenced:

1 Sam 16:23
Deut 6:4-5
Deut 18:15
Matt 17:5
Psalm 81:8
John 10:27
Psalm 46:10
1 Kings 19
Exodus 14:14
Matt 11:28-30
Phil 4:6-7
1 Pet 5:7
Psalm 92
Col 3:16
Eph 5:18-19
James 5:20

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