1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 2: You're listening to every day prayers with million praying moms 3 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,119 Speaker 2: helping you pray God's word for your family in the 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 2: areas you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here, 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first 6 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come 7 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. 8 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: Today we'll be talking with Jess Woolson, Home of Mino 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 2: and we are so excited to have her here with us. 10 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: After a brief word from our sponsors, we'll pray together 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 2: for our families. 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: Jess, what a joy to have you on the show today. 13 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 4: Welcome, Thank you, Thanks so much for having me. It's 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 4: fun to be here. 15 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 16 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 2: So for those that do not know you, tell us 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: a little bit about you and what you do at MINOT. 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: Yeah. 19 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 5: So I'm Jess Wilson Home and I am the VP 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 5: of Education and Research at MINNO. And so what that 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 5: means is I get to look at all of our 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 5: content that we are putting in front of kids and families, 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 5: make sure that it's age appropriate, make sure that it's 24 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 5: theologically sound and really fun for kids. 25 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 4: So it's us a privilege to do what I do. 26 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 5: I also get to to be the executive producer on 27 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 5: our Laugh and Grow Bible show and editor of the Bible. 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 5: So just always have my hands in creating content for 29 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 5: kids that was teaching them about God in the Bible, 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: but in a really fun, biblically accurate and age appropriate way. 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: Yeah. 32 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: So you're a mom, jess, right, tell us a little 33 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: about your kids and yeah, their ages and where we're at. 34 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 4: Absolutely. 35 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 5: So, my daughter, Hope is a senior, she's graduating and 36 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 5: what did we count? Forty seven days or we got 37 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 5: forty seven days left of school? They started the last 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 5: quarter today as we record this. And then my son 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 5: is a freshman, Joshua. 40 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 4: And so got two. 41 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 5: Kids and there in the teen years. So been through 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 5: the trenches some and still have a little ways to go. 43 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 3: Yes, that's right, that's right. 44 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: Well I have a four year old daughter and a 45 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: twelve week old little boy. Oh my, so I've got 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: that older daughter and younger boy too. 47 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: Yes, Oh how did you? 48 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: Yeah? Tell us how did you get started in your 49 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 2: work with Mino? 50 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 3: Like, how did you get started and what you do? 51 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 5: So my background is in has been always been in 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 5: Christian media. I used to work in Christian music, and 53 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 5: my kids were born, I kind of took a break 54 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 5: from working in the music industry, but I again always 55 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 5: worked in media and ministry and so still have that heart, 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 5: but realized that I wanted more for my kids, you know, 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 5: as you're kind of walking through your days with them 58 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 5: and really focusing on discipleship, just realizing that there was 59 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 5: a need for. 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 4: Good media for kids. 61 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 5: And I also worked in children's ministry for over twenty 62 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 5: five years, and so just working with curriculum and how 63 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 5: to teach kids the Bible, that was something that I 64 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 5: always did and so God just provided this opportunity for 65 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 5: me to bring it all together. Went back to school 66 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 5: and studied education so I could really look at teaching 67 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 5: kids the Bible through an educational lens. I feel like 68 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 5: in the Church we've kind of always done things the 69 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 5: way we've always done them, and there's so much research 70 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 5: now that we have access to that is showing us 71 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 5: there's a better way. There is a way to really 72 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 5: tap into the way God made children, the way he 73 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 5: wired their brains, the way he made them specific learners. 74 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 5: And to be able to do that and put so 75 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 5: much intention behind what we do at Minno uh to 76 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 5: to make it the most effective for kids. Not only that, 77 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: but besides the kind of the educational side, just really 78 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 5: also the theological side. And you know, how do we 79 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 5: the question that I ask that we ask a Mino 80 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 5: every day is how do we how do we present 81 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 5: this to a child in the most biblic biblically accurate way, 82 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 5: age appropriate way, but in a way that is going 83 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 5: to form an early, very healthy early view of God. 84 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 5: And so they're building their relationship with God and with 85 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 5: Jesus in a really healthy way that it's going to 86 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 5: lead to long term faith formation, which is of course 87 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 5: what we want as parents, is for our kids to 88 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 5: choose to walk with Jesus their whole lives. 89 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 2: Right Well, before we go any further, I guess we 90 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 2: should tell our listeners if they don't know what Mino is. 91 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: What is Yes, let's do that before we. 92 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 5: Meno is a children's media a Christian children's media company, 93 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 5: and what we do is primarily we have a streaming 94 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 5: video platform, so think Netflix or Disney Plus, but for 95 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 5: Christian kids and families, we've curated the best of what's 96 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 5: out there and in Christian kids media like a VeggieTales, 97 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 5: Bible Man, and some classics, but quickly realized that there's 98 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 5: not as much out there as we would like, so 99 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 5: we are now creating our own originals, such as The 100 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 5: Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids, which I get to 101 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 5: work on, which is an animated show that walks the 102 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 5: Bible from Genesis to Revelation and has a companion physical 103 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 5: Bible as well storybook Bible. And then The Young David Property. 104 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 5: If you're familiar with The David, the animated David film 105 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 5: that came out, we have the privilege of working on 106 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 5: sort of a prequil short series that showed David as 107 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 5: a younger boy like before the movie started. 108 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 4: We have Let's See the Dead Sea. 109 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 5: Squirrels is a new big one that everybody's super excited about. 110 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 5: And then The Chosen Adventures, which is the kid's animated 111 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 5: version of The Chosen Those are some of the things. 112 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 5: We have over two hundred shows, thousands of episodes, and 113 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 5: it's been highly vetted by our team just to make 114 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 5: sure that it's a really safe place for kids to 115 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 5: watch media and then for parents to be able to 116 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 5: you know, disciple them through the media that they're watching. 117 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 2: Right right, So when we think about media and what 118 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: our kids are exposed to, you know, it's amazing to 119 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 2: me as a parent of young children kind of watching 120 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 2: back through even some of the shows that I grew 121 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 2: up watching and realizing some of the messaging that is present, 122 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 2: and then in some of the newer shows. You know, 123 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: we kind of have a role in our house. Like 124 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: Josie doesn't get to watch anything new until Mommy has 125 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: has watched it first. And it's amazing. Sometimes I'll watch 126 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: something and go, oh, my gosh, how is that for kids? 127 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 2: Or and it's all so amazing to me. What she's 128 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: what scares her, or what frightens her, like what she's 129 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: a sensitive soul and so you know, even this is 130 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: some simple things we'll just frighten her. And then I 131 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: think about, well, wow, yeah, that could frighten her, And 132 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: so it's my job to protect what her little eyes see. 133 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: You shared with me that research shows that a child's 134 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: spiritual formation is largely set between the ages of four 135 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 2: and twelve. That window is really short, and early exposure 136 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 2: can have a lifelong impact. Why is it so important 137 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 2: that we kind of are on top of what our 138 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: kids are consuming at as Christian parents. 139 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, so there's a lot of research too and neuroscience 140 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 5: behind that of you know, the way that a child's 141 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,679 Speaker 5: brain is forming between the ages of zero and five 142 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 5: is the most rapid brain development, and so what they're 143 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 5: taking in is largely forming their beliefs and so what 144 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: they take in combined with their experiences and so that's 145 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 5: also how you interact with them every day around everything. 146 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 5: But in this instance we're talking about media, and so 147 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 5: how you interact with them around media and what they 148 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 5: take in really forms those pathways that as they're developing, 149 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: brain is forming, and so that's why it's so important 150 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 5: the inputs that they have in them at the age. 151 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 5: And even with my teenagers, I'm still talking to them 152 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 5: about what I call balancing inputs, you know, because as 153 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 5: they grow older, they're they're experiencing a lot more, they're 154 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 5: taking in a lot more once they start on social media. 155 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 4: If you do social media. 156 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 5: And I always tell them, hey, we need to balance 157 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 5: your inputs, Like, yes, you're going to be exposed to 158 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 5: some different things, not bad things I'm saying, but just 159 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 5: not ideal things. Maybe if you're on social media, things 160 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 5: that we would call brain rot, right, just stuff that's 161 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 5: just silly and just doesn't have a ton of meeting. 162 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 5: But to balance that, we need to make sure that 163 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 5: you're spending time reading the Bible, reading good literature, watching 164 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 5: good stories that we can maybe talk about as a family. 165 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 5: And so it's not just the young age, but specifically 166 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 5: that young age when the brain is forming as rapidly, 167 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 5: it's when they are putting together those experiences and the 168 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: inputs and really making determinations of how they're going to 169 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 5: think about things a long term in their life. And 170 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 5: so I think officially it's they call it the four 171 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 5: to fourteen window, and that has been back by research 172 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 5: and saying by the time a kid reaches the age 173 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 5: of fourteen, their worldview is formed largely. And we have 174 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 5: such an opportunity between and we say two to twelve 175 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 5: or four to twelve, because twelve kind of before kids 176 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 5: become teenagers, before they enter high school, you really have 177 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 5: the most influence on them. There's just a natural separation 178 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 5: that starts when they get to high school and beyond. 179 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 5: And so that four to twelve is really when we 180 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 5: as parents have the largest influence on our children. And 181 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 5: we have a great privilege and responsibility to manage those 182 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 5: inputs so that we are setting them up in the 183 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 5: best way for their relationship with God and for their 184 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 5: long term faith formation. 185 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. 186 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 3: So when I think about that, you know, I think 187 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 3: about the debate kind of that. 188 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 2: You we hear a lot about right now of like 189 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 2: screen time for kids, not those types of things, and 190 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 2: how to create that balance in your home, and so, 191 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 2: you know, I know sometimes I just need to put 192 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,079 Speaker 2: a show on so that I can get dinner ready, 193 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 2: that I can finish this project that I'm working on, 194 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: or whatever that might be. And some parents would be like, ah, 195 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: you know, I don't know about that. You know, some 196 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: houses are completely screen free. We only have a TV 197 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 2: in our living room. We don't use personal screens as 198 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 2: kind of our rule in our household. So give us 199 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 2: kind of some ideas. There's a lot of debate and 200 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 2: different things around that. Obviously, the no is a great 201 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: choice for if you are going to put something in 202 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 2: front of your kids, this is a great choice to 203 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 2: put in front of them. What's kind of your thought 204 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: and understanding of research of screen time kids brain development, 205 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: that type of thing. 206 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, So the American Academy of Pediatrics for a long 207 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 5: time recommended no screen time under the. 208 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 4: Age of two, and. 209 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: I think it actually went a little bit further than 210 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 5: even age two. They walked it back a little bit, 211 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 5: largely because after COVID screens were introduced in school systems, 212 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 5: and so now we have kids learning on screens, and 213 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 5: so the American Academy of Pediatrics cannot say that screens 214 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 5: are bad because we use them in school. And there's 215 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 5: a lot of movements going on around that. I don't 216 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 5: know if you're familiar with Jonathan Hate's book The Anxious Generation, 217 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 5: I highly recommend that for parents, even parents of young kids. 218 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 5: Even though it's written more about teens, it's really about 219 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 5: how you are setting up the culture of your home 220 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 5: and your family for the long term. So actually it's 221 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 5: a great opportunity for parents of young kids to read 222 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 5: that book. And I read it reluctantly, thinking, Okay, he's 223 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 5: going to be so anti media, and I work in media. 224 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 4: What am I supposed to do with this? 225 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 5: And as the viewers, we want to do what is 226 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 5: wise and what is right, So there's always going to 227 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 5: be this tension. But I think he is actually a 228 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 5: very hopeful message of how do we win back childhood 229 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 5: for our kids? How do we make sure that they 230 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 5: are having the best healthiest childhood that they can. And 231 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: you know, I think that screens aren't going away. It 232 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 5: is something that is a reality for where we are 233 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 5: in our culture. That doesn't mean that we bow to it, 234 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 5: but that does mean that it can be an opportunity 235 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 5: for learning. I think parents there's a little bit of 236 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 5: tension with parents. Parents don't want their kids on screens, 237 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 5: but they understand the value of screens and how kids 238 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 5: can learn on screens, and so it's really about finding 239 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 5: that balance. And that sounds like such a cop out, like, oh, 240 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 5: it's good, it's not good, let's just find a balance. 241 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 5: But the truth is, this is where we are that 242 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 5: it is it can be very destrimental for kids. One 243 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 5: of the research points that I just had the privilege 244 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,959 Speaker 5: of listening to I heard Jonathan Hate do a key 245 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 5: at a conference I went to last month, and one 246 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 5: of the things, you know, he's specifically talking about is 247 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 5: short form content and so the way that the brain 248 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 5: processes short form content is detrimental to our kids and 249 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 5: their long term brain development and their learning. And so 250 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 5: one of the things he's saying is, hey, not all 251 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 5: media is bad stories are actually really really powerful. 252 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 4: Jesus taught in stories. 253 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 5: It's why we have parables, and he recognized that was 254 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 5: a powerful way to teach. Stories are an incredible way 255 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 5: for families to engage with one another. I have some 256 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 5: of my best conversations with my kids after we've watched 257 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 5: something that is a good, meaningful story. But a lot 258 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 5: of short form content, which is sort of taking over now, 259 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 5: is really affecting the attention spans of kids and their 260 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 5: brain development, and so, you know, it is finding a balance. 261 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 5: It's finding a balance of the amount of time spent, 262 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 5: it's finding a balance of the type of media that 263 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 5: you're watching. 264 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 4: That doesn't mean that, you know, a short. 265 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 5: Blooper video that makes everybody laugh out loud is always 266 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 5: going to be a bad thing because it's short. 267 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 4: But that's not what we need to scroll and consume 268 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 4: all day long. 269 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 5: You know, it's really important that we if we are 270 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 5: going to use screens, that we use them in a 271 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 5: meaningful way, and that's with good, meaningful content and then 272 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 5: long form content that we can really digest as a 273 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 5: family and talk about as a family. Mm hmm. 274 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 3: That's great. 275 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 2: That's great information to share as we're thinking about things, 276 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: and that was the anxious generation the name of Yes, 277 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 2: I have heard of it, but I have not read it, so. 278 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 3: I will need to pick up a copy of that. 279 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 4: And give it a read. Yeah, I highly recommend. 280 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 2: That's so interesting to think about the correlation or relationship 281 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 2: between anxiety and screen use or in media consumption. You know, 282 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: I find that so true in my own life, and 283 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 2: so how much more true is it for our children? Absolutely? 284 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 3: So, just tell me a. 285 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 2: Couple of what are a couple of your favorite things, 286 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 2: maybe hit a couple of different age groups that you 287 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: got are doing right now in Minno that our moms 288 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: may want to know about for their kids. 289 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. 290 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 5: So I mentioned the Laugh and Grow Bible for kids, 291 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 5: and I would say that's probably we call it. We 292 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 5: would call it a bridge show. It's about ages like 293 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 5: three or four to seven, and that's so for preschool 294 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 5: early elementary. And again that's an animated look at the 295 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 5: laugh and Grow Bible. So we decided to go from 296 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 5: Genesis to revelation to really help kids understand the big 297 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 5: story of the Bible. 298 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 4: So we start off. 299 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: With creation and the fall and and then God's plan 300 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 5: of redemption and rescue all the way through to revelation 301 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 5: and our hope for the future. And so we've taken 302 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 5: special care to do that in a very intentional way, 303 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 5: making sure that a language is very kid friendly, preschool friendly. 304 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 4: We stop and define big Bible words. We have a. 305 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 5: Narrator telling the story, but kids are interacting with him, 306 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 5: so that we can model curiosity for kids and them 307 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 5: asking questions when they don't understand something that was really 308 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 5: important to us. With that with that series, and so 309 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 5: that is on Minno. We have I think we have 310 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 5: about forty five episodes. We're not quite done and I 311 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 5: mean the whole Bible yet. We're working on that. And 312 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 5: we have a few specials, so a Christmas and an 313 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 5: Easter special. We have a special about Creation, which is 314 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 5: we kind of strung together four episodes so it's a 315 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 5: little bit of a longer experience. All of those episodes 316 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 5: are about five to seven minutes, and so with the special, 317 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 5: so for instance, the Easter special is for the four 318 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 5: Easter episodes, we string them together, so it's more of 319 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 5: a like a thirty minute sit down as a family, 320 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 5: pops and popcorn. 321 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 4: Watch the Easter celerity together. 322 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 5: So that is available and actually it's available we've ungated it, 323 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 5: So Minno's a subscription platform, but a lot of our 324 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 5: content we will put ungated so that people can try 325 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 5: it for free and test it out and see and 326 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 5: see what they think. So that's a favorite of mine 327 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 5: because I get to work on that one every day. 328 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 5: Another preschool show that I love is called God's Greenhouse. 329 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 5: It's a live action Arios as the host and she 330 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 5: has some puppet friends that she teaches Bible stories and 331 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 5: songs to kids, and it's been a fand favorite. Little 332 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 5: ones love Arios a. 333 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 2: Little bit of a miss Rachel vibe to it. Would 334 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 2: that be like an accurate comparison. It's like all centered 335 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 2: around Bible stories and God's word and teach it exactly. 336 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 4: Yes. 337 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's another favorite Young David. I mentioned that's for 338 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 5: a little bit older kids, although preschoolers love it too. 339 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 5: All ages love that show. They get obsessed with It 340 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 5: has really great music in it. It's probably the best 341 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 5: animation you've ever seen in Christian media. So we're really 342 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 5: proud of that. And if you've seen the movie, it's 343 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 5: just another way to watch more of David at home. 344 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 4: I guess I mentioned a lot of the a lot 345 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 4: of the favorites. 346 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 5: Chosen Adventures such a privilege to have that on the platform. 347 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 5: It's we're the only besides Amazon, where the only Christian 348 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 5: platform you can watch Chosen Adventures on. And they just 349 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 5: did a beautiful job telling stories of Jesus and how 350 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 5: he interacts with the kids in that in that series. 351 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 3: And then Dead Sea. 352 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,880 Speaker 5: Squirrels, which if you're not familiar, Mike Naraki is one 353 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 5: of the creators of Veggietails. He's actually Larry the Cucumber, 354 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 5: and he created a new series called The Dead Sea 355 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 5: Squirrels and it's kind of a zany, you know, show 356 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 5: about these two fifth or three fifth graders and one 357 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 5: of the boys his dad is an archaeologist and he's 358 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 5: with him in Israel at a dig and he finds 359 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 5: these two petrified squirrels and puts them back. 360 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 4: It puts them in. 361 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 5: His backpack, brings them back to America where they become unpetrified, 362 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 5: and you realize that they are squirrels that lived by 363 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 5: the Dead Sea and in the time of Jesus, and 364 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 5: so they tell stories about jesus life and it's really 365 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 5: really fun, yeah, really really fun. 366 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 2: My daughter actually has a stuff to squirrel that she's 367 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 2: sleeping with right now, and she's never seen the dead 368 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 2: Sea squirrels, so we're that's something we're going to have 369 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 2: to watch. 370 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really, it's really fun Really. 371 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 3: She's gonna think that's amazing. 372 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 4: Yes, because she loves squirrels. That's amazing. 373 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 3: She likes squirrels. It's so funny. 374 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 2: We have plenty of them here in Mississippi. That's so funny. 375 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 2: So yes, Well, that's some great suggestions of things like 376 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 2: when you go onto the platform that you can look 377 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 2: for and look out for. 378 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 3: I love that you said. 379 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,479 Speaker 2: You know, you're working through with the laugh and grow Bible, 380 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 2: the entire story of Scripture. I think that that's something 381 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 2: that is so important. I served as a youth pastor 382 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 2: in in the family minister in the local church, and 383 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 2: you know, students would come into to youth ministry and 384 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 2: they would have no background knowledge of the scriptures. 385 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 3: You know, so much of that Sunday School. 386 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 2: Background that maybe you and I got going through Sunday 387 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 2: School as a kid and learning just kind of the 388 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 2: basic stories of the Bible. 389 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 3: They're not getting that in the same way. 390 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: Whether Sunday School got taken away during COVID and it 391 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 2: didn't come back or a different curriculum that we use 392 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 2: now that it is just different than maybe some of 393 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,120 Speaker 2: those that just cover these core Biblical stories. 394 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 3: And so that would be a wonderful way to help. 395 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 2: Your children to have that firm biblical foundation as they're 396 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 2: entering into those teen years, because I would have found 397 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 2: very quickly in youth ministry I could not make assumptions 398 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 2: about what Bible stories my students knew or didn't know. 399 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 2: And it's amazing what kind of learning just some of 400 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: these this historical faithfulness of God, and how that can 401 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 2: help our children in their moment of trouble to be 402 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 2: able to trust in God to be faithful to them 403 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,719 Speaker 2: in the situation that they find themselves in. And so 404 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 2: what a creative way to teach our children. Some of 405 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 2: these are really kind of this overarching narrative of the scriptures. 406 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 3: I love that, and it's amazing. 407 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 5: It's amazing to see what kids retain when they are 408 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 5: consuming in a form that they enjoy. So that's one 409 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 5: of the reasons that we're so passionate about kids media 410 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 5: is because when they are engaged, they will learn, they 411 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 5: will take it in and so you know, there's different 412 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 5: forms and all children learn in different ways, but they 413 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 5: all love stories, and so when we teach them in 414 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 5: this way and the colors are vibrant and the music 415 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 5: is fun and it's just memorable, and they take it 416 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 5: with them, they can take. 417 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: It with them. 418 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 2: Well, just as we kind of wrap up our conversation, 419 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 2: we are the Everyday Prayers podcast, and we talk a 420 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 2: lot about praying God's word for our kids. And I 421 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 2: wonder if you could just share with us a story 422 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 2: or example or maybe a favorite way that you like 423 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 2: to pray for your kids. 424 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know. 425 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 5: One of the most powerful ways I have found praying 426 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 5: for my kids is praying with them in the moment. 427 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 5: And you know, I love to go off and pray 428 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 5: for them, to write in my journal about what I 429 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 5: want to pray for them. I probably do that mostly, 430 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 5: not the writing in my journal, but the praying in 431 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 5: my commute to work, because I have about an hour 432 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,639 Speaker 5: commute to work and so that is so important. But 433 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 5: one thing, and this is actually just a more recent story. 434 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,280 Speaker 5: My daughters is about to graduate and has been applying 435 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 5: for colleges and scholarships and writing essays. And she wrote 436 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 5: in an essay the other day and it meant the 437 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 5: world to me about you know, my husband and being 438 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 5: an example to her and her faith growing up. In 439 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 5: one of the ways is because we always stopped and 440 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 5: prayed with her, and that is something that we have 441 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 5: always purposed to do. Is if she's having a hard time, 442 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 5: they both of my children having a hard time about 443 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,719 Speaker 5: to do, you know, head into a tough test, about 444 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 5: to my someplace tennis, about to play a tough tennis match. 445 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 5: We always stop and pray together. And they don't always 446 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 5: have words, you know, that's a practice that they're going 447 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 5: to have to kind of take on their own, but 448 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 5: as we do it with them, we help them find 449 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 5: words so that they can take their needs to Jesus 450 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 5: as well. So there's all different kinds of ways to 451 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 5: pray for kids, and consistency, of course is the most 452 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 5: important thing. But one thing that we've found really powerful 453 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 5: is the stop and pray for in the moment for something, 454 00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 5: because then they recognize that they can do that. If 455 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 5: I'm just praying for them in secret, which of course 456 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 5: I'm going to do and we should do, they don't 457 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,360 Speaker 5: see it, they don't experience it. But when we do 458 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 5: the stop and pray for different things. It builds a 459 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 5: habit in them to do that themselves. 460 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 2: We have a saying care at Milan Pray moms that 461 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 2: prayer is not our last resort, that it's our first 462 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 2: and best response and parenting, and I would argue it's 463 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 2: our first and best response in all things, right, And 464 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 2: so that's what you're teaching kids in those moments of 465 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 2: just stopping and praying, right, then it's our first response. 466 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 2: We're going to go to God in prayer. And you're right, 467 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: we're teaching them the words where we're allowing them to see, Hey, mom, 468 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 2: mom prays for me. Mom prays with me right here 469 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 2: in this moment. And what a powerful testament, How cool, 470 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: what a cool full circle moment. 471 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 5: I was very thankful, Like I didn't think she noticed, 472 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 5: but they a young mom. 473 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 2: That's encouraging. Like maybe when my daughter is a senior, 474 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 2: she'll say the same thing. Right, keep up the practice 475 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 2: because it is making a difference in their hearts and 476 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 2: in their lives. So thank you for that encouragement. I 477 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 2: want you to tell us where can we go for 478 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 2: our free trial of minno Yeah, tell us how to 479 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 2: access that? 480 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 5: Sure if you go to gomino dot com it's g 481 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 5: O m I n n o. So Mino is now 482 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 5: like the fish, it's just am I n and o, 483 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 5: which is an Anglican spelling of Greek word mino, which 484 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 5: means to abide. At John fifteen, that's what we want 485 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 5: families to do. We want to help kids and families 486 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 5: abide with Jesus every day and so gomino dot com 487 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 5: and you can sign up for a free trial there 488 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:45,360 Speaker 5: and try things out and see if it's a good 489 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,199 Speaker 5: fit for your family. Like I said, there will be 490 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 5: some things that are ungated, so some shows you can 491 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 5: watch without the free trial. You may just have to 492 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 5: do a log in. And then we're also on YouTube, 493 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 5: so we put all of our laugh and Go Bible 494 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 5: episodes on YouTube, which has been an amazing evangelistic tool. 495 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 5: We have kids all over the world that are able 496 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 5: to watch that for free. Of course, there's ads on YouTube, 497 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 5: so if you don't like to use YouTube, that's why 498 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 5: we have the platform and they're all they're all available 499 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 5: there as well. 500 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 4: That's great. 501 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 2: We're going to put all of the links as well 502 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 2: in our show notes today so you can have easy access. 503 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: But I think the Easter show in the Life and 504 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 2: Grow Bible would be a great onboarding spot for our listeners. 505 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 2: Listen to that Easter show that you can enjoy with 506 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 2: the whole family and be able to have a conversation 507 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 2: around the Easter story as we approach Easter this next week. So, friends, 508 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: we are so grateful that you have joined us today. 509 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 3: Jess. 510 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 2: We are grateful for your wisdom and for the work 511 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 2: that you do to provide us with content that is 512 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 2: healthy for our children and that builds them up. And 513 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: we thank you for the work that you do and 514 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 2: pray God's blessings upon your journey. 515 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 4: Thank you you too. 516 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, friends, Well, we will see you back 517 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,760 Speaker 2: next week on the podcast. 518 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: Are you a visual learner? 519 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 2: Would you like to receive our daily devotions and written 520 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 2: form write to your inbox then join our Patreon community 521 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 2: of Praying Moms. Not only will you receive the transcripts 522 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 2: of each podcast devotional, you will also receive a monthly 523 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 2: prayer calendar and surprise bonus content. 524 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: Learn more about our Praying Mom. 525 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 2: Community in today's show notes or at million Prayingmoms dot com. 526 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 2: Till next time, friends, the Lord bless you and keep you, 527 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 2: Make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. 528 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 2: May the Lord look with favor on you and give 529 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 2: you peace.