96: How to Raise Strong and Empowered Children with Catherine Parks
What makes you powerful? What makes you strong? Is strength measured in grit, tenacity, courage, bravery, and never backing down from a challenge? In Episode 96, Daniel and Christina interview author Catherine Parks about where our true strength comes from and how to start the conversation with our kids about character, strength, empowerment, and grace.
In This Episode, You Will Hear About:
- What it means to raise strong boys.
- What it means to raise empowered girls.
- How the Enneagram shapes us.
- The importance of where we place our ambitions.
Resources Mentioned During the Episode:
- Purchase a copy of Catherine Parks two books, Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women’s Lives (And Can Shape Yours Too) and Strong: How God Equipped 11 Ordinary Men with Extraordinary Power (and Can Do the Same for You)
- Check out Catherine’s resources about Using Empowered with Old Teens: A Study Resource and Resources for an Empowered Book Club
Quotes and Tweets:
- What does it mean for the call of God in our lives to apply to every single thing that we do and not to just these big life events? @cathparks
- It’s important for our kids to see that Christianity doesn’t mean that we are perfect; it means depending on Christ in our weaknesses. @cathparks
- You can’t stand up for something and you can’t be faithful to someone that you don’t know. These men and women knew God so well. @cathparks
- The Bible doesn’t tell us our purpose in life is to do big things or change the world. Instead, it says we’re crated in the image of God – we’re made to show the world the glory of God! @cathparks
- Loving God and others means standing up for justice, being self-less, using our gifts, and many other things. But the power to do those things come from God, not from our own strength. @cathparks
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Meet Catherine Parks:
Catherine Parks is a writer and Bible teacher who has loved reading biographies since she was a kid. When she’s not reading, she loves playing volleyball and basketball, traveling with her family, and helping lead worship for her church. She’s the author of Empowered, Strong and Real: The Surprising Secret to Deeper Relationships and lives in Nashville, TN with her husband, two children, and a cute dog named Ollie. Find out more about her via her website, www.cathparks.com
