Find a Moment
Navigating the space between ideals and everyday life.
Episodes
44 episodes
Honest Parenting Part 8: A Moment with Keri
In this episode of Honest Parenting, Gretchen and Jennifer sit down with a mother of three adult children. Keri is Gretchen’s neighbor, and two of her children have special needs, requiring lifelong daily care. This conversation exp...
Honest Parenting Part 7: A Moment with Kalee & Anouk
Are you chasing toddlers and trying to figure out how to make meaningful connections with them? Do you find yourself torn between your maternal instincts and the voices from the outside world? If you’re in the thick of raising tiny ...
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Honest Parenting Part 6: Navigating Life with Adult Children
Parenting doesn’t stop when our children turn 18. In many ways, it becomes more complicated, more intentional, and sometimes even more emotional. In this episode of Honest Parenting, Gretchen and Jennifer talk honestly about what it...
Honest Parenting Part 5: From Puberty to Adulthood
What do puberty, screen time, friendship difficulties, and curfews have in common? If you're parenting kids between 11 and 18, you've likely been navigating these universal challenges.In this continuation of our Honest Parenting series, ...
Honest Parenting Part 4: Birth to 10 Parenting Topics
In the first ten years of parenting, we encounter an endless list of habits to train and attitudes to shape. The list rarely slows. Just as one milestone comes into focus, another appears on the horizon. Sleep schedules, potty training, picky e...
Honest Parenting Part 3: Time to Pivot?
How do we know when it’s time to make a change in our parenting? Why are we so drawn to promises of first-time obedience and simplified step-by-step formulas? Is there value in sharing our personal faith journey with our children?In the...
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Honest Parenting Part 2: Myths, Misconceptions, & Mistakes
In the second episode of our parenting series, Gretchen brings her perspective as a pediatrician, and Jennifer gets personal as we dig into some of the most debated parenting topics like spanking, time-outs, cry-it-out, Babywise, and what disci...
Honest Parenting Part 1: Saying Quiet Things Out Loud
We might end up saying the quiet part out loud in this new series. We can all agree that there is an abundance of parenting controversies, and we believe it’s time to start using our “outside voices.”Born out of a friendship and a shared...
Entering the Season of Easter: From Resurrection to Pentecost
The transition from Lent into Eastertide invites us to pause and reflect. Similar to Advent leading into Christmas, we are prepared by confronting our sin which awakens our hunger for reconciliation and redemption.In this standalone epis...
Meet the Artists: A Moment with Christine
In this final episode of Meet the Artists, our friend Christine opens up about her creative journey as an artist, educator, and mother. She discusses her vision to protect and defend the innocence of our children so they can remain bold in thei...
Meet the Artists: A Moment with Lucy
Raising a teen who loves the performing arts is a wild ride - from audition anticipation to exhausting rehearsal schedules to the adrenaline of tech week, all culminating in a whirlwind series of shows… If you know, you know! This...
Meet the Artists: A Moment with Kricia
From physician to interior designer, this episode with our friend Dr. Kricia Palmer explores the purpose and power of creativity in every season of life.Our conversation traces the intersection of personality, creative gifts, professiona...
Meet the Artists: A Moment with Simon
If you’ve ever been curious about the inner workings of a young artist’s mind, this episode is for you. Meet our friend Simon Wood, who shares some of his earliest childhood memories as an artist and musician, and how those experiences have sha...
Meet the Artists: A Moment with Amelia
Are you raising children with hopes of inspiring a love of art and beauty? How do we cultivate a child's aesthetic appetite in a way that enriches the whole person and builds confidence for artistic expression?We had the pleasure of welc...
Meet the Artists: Introduction to Cultivating Beauty in the Ordinary Moments
Meet the Artists is a new series exploring the purpose and mystery of art woven throughout human history. From ancient pottery and paintings to landscaping, cooking, sewing, and countless other disciplines, artistic expression has always...
Preparing for the Season of Lent
What does faithful observance of Lent involve? Is it a necessary practice for a believer, or is it optional?In this standalone episode, Gretchen and Jennifer discuss the purpose and spirit of the Lenten season as we move towards Resurrec...
Suffering & Grief Part 3: A Moment with Catherine (2 of 2)
What does compassion look like when someone in our lives is suffering? Are there both practical and meaningful ways that we might care for a loved one in their season of grief? This episode is the second half of our conversation w...
Suffering & Grief Part 2: A Moment with Catherine (1 of 2)
Grieving a loved one is an experience shared by all of humanity. And yet, while grief acquaints itself with each of us, we find ourselves uncertain when someone close to us suffers. We aren’t sure what to say…We don’t want t...
Suffering & Grief Part 1: A Moment with Taya
This episode is opening our first series of Season Two of Find a Moment. These conversations will be focused on grief and suffering… an experience that touches every one of us in some measure and spares no season of life.In this po...
Season 2 - Welcome & Our Words for the Year
Stepping into each new year prompts us to pause for reflection and contemplation. In our first episode of Season Two, we share our personal processes for discerning our words for the year: how we listen, notice, and invite both wisdom and strat...
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Season 1 Recap & Reflections
In our most spontaneous episode to date, we decided to reflect on all of the different topics from season one and how those conversations have shaped the way we move through our everyday lives. If you are a new listener, this would ...
Home for the Holidays Part 5: A Moment with Sally Clarkson
With gratitude and excitement, we bring you the finale of our Home for the Holidays series with one of the most inspiring and influential voices of our time. Sally Clarkson’s legacy includes decade upon decade of messages sent out to women acro...
Home for the Holidays Part 4: A Pinch of Sugar, a Page Turn, and a Lot of Laughter - Our Holiday Traditions
Join Gretchen and Jennifer as they dive into the delicious chaos of holiday traditions! From Gretchen’s scratch-made egg noodles and three kinds of pies to Jennifer’s Grandmommy’s cranberry salad and cozy crock pot mac ‘n’ cheese, this episode ...
Home for the Holidays Part 3: A Moment with Melissa - From Messy to Merry
In our third Home for the Holidays episode, Gretchen and Jennifer sit down with their friend Melissa Capps, owner of Simple Spaces, to talk about what it really looks like to stay organized through the holiday season and beyond.Melissa s...
Home for the Holidays Part 2: Between Hustle & Grace - Finding Your Holiday Rhythm
When it comes to holiday preparations, are you a methodical list maker like Gretchen, or are you more scattered and spontaneous like Jennifer? Do you put up the Christmas tree before or after Thanksgiving? Is your Christmas card picked out by O...
