Making Holy Week a Family Event

Curt Hale

Let’s start with a scenario. Your daughter’s softball team has a tournament this weekend, and her uniform is currently lying […]

Tolkien, Friendship, and the Power of Ordinary Faithfulness

Episode snapshot Guest: Dr. Bill Fliss (Curator, J.R.R. Tolkien Collection at Marquette University) Big idea: Tolkien’s stories don’t just feature […]

Discipling in the Little Moments

Sarah Free

Child discipleship. Sounds like a weighty concept — a term that belongs to your church’s children’s ministry, right? It’s something […]

Better Rhythms for a Better Year, Together

Mike Handler

Family Rhythms for 2026: Five Practices That Make Room for Relationship A new year brings new expectations and a chance […]

New Year, New Screen Time: Shaping a Culture of Technology

Arlene Pellicane

On a scale from one to ten, how did screen time go for your family last year? Ten being “couldn’t […]

Parenting Your Kids to Have a Heart For the Nations

Brian and Sandee Rhodes have served in a variety of roles around the world with Awana. They shared how child […]

Sharing Perspective on Racial Injustice (Part 2)

Samuel Porcha and Matt Markins continue their conversation on how parents and church leaders can guide the children in their […]

A Legacy of Resilient Discipleship

Melanie Hester and Brian Rhodes return to the podcast with a conversation all about resilient child discipleship! These two individuals […]

Practitioners & Parents Working Together to Make Resilient Disciples

Dr. Josh Mulvihill from Renewanation and Ross Cochran discuss how a church revival can start in the children’s ministry and […]

Easter in Place

Catherine McNeil and Ross Cochran discuss an unprecedented Holy Week, parenting during the Coronavirus, and Catherine’s latest blog for Awana, […]

Raising the Greatest Generation of Disciples

Valerie Bell, Matt Markins, and Mike Handler all connected with Ross Cochran to discuss how, even during a pandemic, we […]

Moving Ministry From the Trained Professional to the Average Parent

Michael Handler, Chief Communications Officer at Awana, joined Host Ross Cochran to reflect on how he and his family are […]