In this episode of Coffee & Cocoa, the real-life mother and daughter dynamics come out. What starts as a lighthearted discussion about EFY and church youth culture triggers feelings and frustrations, and leads to a more emotional disagreement about deeper issues and conflicting values. What are the motivations behind church programs and policies? Are they achieving what the church would hope? Are they actually bearing good fruit?

They don’t agree on everything in the end, but they do something even harder. They lean in, call out the feelings and the disagreements, listen to each other, and end with saying “I love you” and meaning it. If you’ve ever had a conversation that unexpectedly turned into an argument, and you didn’t know what to do about it, you will want to listen to this episode.

Maintaining family relationships can be difficult in the best of times, but when one or more family members decides to leave the faith that the family once shared, it can be especially challenging.

This episode is part two of Kimberly and Kari sharing some of the specific lessons they have learned about rebuilding their relationship after they found themselves on different sides of the faith divide. Who goes first when it comes to reaching out? What can you do when you think it’s the other person who needs to change? And how do you learn to accept each other when you disagree about really important things?

If you really want to reconnect with someone you love who doesn’t believe the same things you do, don’t miss this episode.

If you are in the thick of trying to rebuild your family relationships after someone has gone through a faith transition, this is the episode you have been waiting for.

In this episode, Kimberly and Kari get down to the real “how to” of healing relationships. Drawing on their own ongoing experience, they describe what has worked for them and what they wish they could have done better. They talk about how to take care of your own emotional well-being, and why that is such a vital part of healing relationships. They share mistakes that they made, as well the things that made it possible for them to come back together, and to keep coming back.

Listen now and tune in next week for part 2, and then share this with someone who needs help reconnecting with someone they love.