HOME: Reading to Your Children and the Power of Story

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel are joined by Jeff Davenport to review the best books they read last year. They also cover reading books to your children, whether the modern man has the mettle of men from 1895 (he doesn’t), and what the novelization of Rocky III can teach us about race relations (nothing).

13 Jan 20211h 10min

All we’ve got for you this week is a quick admonition to take a gander at your own upcoming year. Set some goals! We can help with that. Back to our regularly scheduled programming next week.

6 Jan 20218min

A few weeks ago we discussed how financial ratios (along with many other tools) can be used to measure the financial wellness of your household. A big driver of those ratios is the cash you’ve got on hand – but where should you keep cash? We explore different types of accounts and wrap up 2020 with a highly practical episode for our crew of Abrahamic family leaders.

30 Des 202048min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel have a chat with Aaron Renn, hitting issues like how the home interfaces with the church, on being fiscally conservative (Aaron has never spent more than $5K on a car), and how the Masculinist became their favorite emailed newsletter.

23 Des 202059min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel consider celebrating Christmas for the Jesus-loving family. Is it right? Is it pagan? What about yule logs? What about lighting up the front yard? What about giving gifts? Anyway, they discuss it all. And whether or not a Charlie Brown style tree is charming or just plain pathetic.

16 Des 202038min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel enter the year-end giving season by discussing the idea that family vision drives financial giving. Mark lets Steven pull apart, in real time, his family’s vision statement, then together they take that vision statement and apply it to several year-end giving opportunities that have come the Parretts’ way. Steven also gives tips on giving to individuals vs. organizations, giving to the local church, how to be a hilarious giver, and not giving only to “needs”.

9 Des 202042min

Quick hit this week to give you a few ratios that you can use to check in on how your family is doing when it comes to spending, saving, giving and managing debts (both good and bad). Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and we’ll be back next week with a full length episode.

2 Des 202014min

Mark Parrett and Steven Manuel sit down with Roger and Linda Manuel (Steven’s parents) in Houston, Texas and talk about what pervasive fear looks like, what the Bible says about fear (and death)… and whether or not being burned at the stake is a good thing.

25 Nov 202035min