#151: In Defense of a Beautiful Life – A Manifesto for Transforming Family and Faith
Release Date: 02/26/2025
#158: Parenting Adult Children: Is It Too Late to Restore Our Family?
LOVE IS FEARLESS
If your children are grown—or even moving back home—and you’ve just now found language for what it means to live loved instead of afraid… this episode is for you. Today, we’re responding to questions from listeners who’ve read the manifesto, heard the message at Network 220, watched , or started exploring Practicing the Art of Being Family. They’re asking: “Do these truths still apply if my kids are already out of the house?” And, "Is there still great hope if my children are already grown?" The answer is yes. Because you’re still a parent—but...
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#157: An interview with Robby Angle - A Conversation About Trusting Jesus In Everyday Life
LOVE IS FEARLESS
Today, we have the joy of welcoming Robby Angle, President and CEO of , to the Love is Fearless Podcast! Robby is passionate about helping people move from simply knowing about grace to living out their true identity in Jesus—with trust, freedom, and relational depth. Before leading Trueface, Robby pastored thousands toward authentic community at North Point Community Church. Now, he’s helping steward a powerful new resource called —an experience designed to move believers beyond striving and into a transformational life of trusting God. Also, is designed...
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#156: How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Kids in a Chronically Overstimulated World | with Sarah Boyd
LOVE IS FEARLESS
In this special episode of LOVE IS FEARLESS, Janet and Doug are joined by Sarah Boyd—author, child and adolescent development expert, and founder of . Sarah’s new book, Turn Down the Noise, offers a much-needed guide to raising emotionally healthy kids in today’s overstimulated world. This warm, insightful conversation explores the realities families face and the hope available when we slow down, simplify, and create a safe emotional atmosphere at home. You’re in the Right Place If… You feel caught between wanting to slow down and fearing what will happen if you do....
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#155: How the Story We Live Shapes the Family We Build
LOVE IS FEARLESS
What if your parenting struggles aren’t about strategy—but about the story your family is living? In this episode, Janet introduces The Three Doors—a simple but powerful framework that reveals how the emotional and spiritual atmosphere of your home helps conform or transform the people your children become. Whether you’re stuck in survival, exhausted from striving, or longing for something more—this conversation will give you hope, clarity, and practical next steps. We’re not managing behavior—we’re building a culture where transformation grows. 🔑 You’re in the...
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#154: Are You Aiming at the Wrong Target? Why Parenting Feels So Hard
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Episode Summary: Parenting is exhausting—but what if the struggle isn’t because you’re doing it wrong, but because you’re aiming at the wrong target? In this episode, we unpack the story of an Olympic athlete who hit the bullseye—but lost everything because he was aiming at the wrong lane. This powerful analogy helps parents recognize how our culture trains us to aim at compliance instead of wholeness—and why that’s a costly misalignment. If parenting feels like a constant battle to "get it right," this episode will help you reframe your target and find a...
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#153: Why We Struggle With Struggle—3 Steps to Strengthen Your Family’s Emotional Resilience
LOVE IS FEARLESS
Struggle isn’t the enemy, but how we navigate it can either weaken or strengthen our families. In this episode of Love Is Fearless, we’re tackling a fundamental shift that can change everything about the way we experience challenges at home and beyond. The world teaches us to fear struggle, to fix it, avoid it, or control it. But the kingdom of God offers a completely different way forward—one that leads to peace, connection, and resilience instead of exhaustion and shame. Today, we’re diving into the power of relational terrain—the unseen atmosphere of trust, connection,...
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#152: Restoring the Lost Art of Being Family - A Rallying Cry for Kingdom Parenting
LOVE IS FEARLESS
In this special episode of the Love Is Fearless podcast, we’re excited to launch something deeply personal and transformative—our manifesto: “Restoring the Lost Art of Being Family.” These aren’t just words on a page; they’re an invitation to reimagine what’s possible for your family. 🔑 In this episode, we discuss five key ideas from the manifesto: 1. Great parents are first great children. Before you can lead your family well, you have to embrace your identity as a child of God. Parenting isn’t just about what you do—it’s about...
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#151: In Defense of a Beautiful Life – A Manifesto for Transforming Family and Faith
LOVE IS FEARLESS
What if family wasn’t meant to be about striving but about abiding? For generations, we’ve been taught that good parenting means controlling outcomes, managing behavior, and setting our kids up for success. But what if that approach isn’t working? Today, we unveiled something deeply personal: our manifesto, Restoring the Lost Art of Being Family. This isn’t just a collection of words—it’s a call to reimagine what’s possible for your family. It’s a rallying cry to turn away from fear, shame, and transactional living and step into the freedom of abiding in God’s love. 🔹...
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#150: Eight Benefits of Abiding You Can't Get From Striving
LOVE IS FEARLESS
If you've been going to church for a very long time, you probably think "abiding" is something you do - and you don't have time for one more thing! Join us in this conversation to be reminded that abiding is NOT what you may think: It doesn't need to happen at a specific time. There is no need for a "secret place" - at least not in your house. It's not about checking "read my Bible" off your to-do list. It's not about praying because you think you're supposed to. It's not your bid to connect with Jesus. Good news! Abiding is a gift you receive, not a task you complete. It...
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#149: How to Handle Disrespect As A Parent
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Joshua Gordon is a son, brother, husband to Sarah, dad to five children, lay pastor, author, and Senior Editor of . We're grateful that Joshua agreed to share a dad's response to the challenges of living in an economy of love. In our previous episode (#148), we challenged parents with these questions: If the kingdom of God is at hand, what's really changed in our homes? If the law is love now, what's different? If I trust the finished work of Jesus for my secure identity, how does that change my relationship with God? How does that change my relationship with myself? And with you? ...
info_outlineFor generations, we’ve been taught that good parenting means controlling outcomes, managing behavior, and setting our kids up for success. But what if that approach isn’t working?
Today, we unveiled something deeply personal: our manifesto, Restoring the Lost Art of Being Family. This isn’t just a collection of words—it’s a call to reimagine what’s possible for your family. It’s a rallying cry to turn away from fear, shame, and transactional living and step into the freedom of abiding in God’s love.
✔️ You’re tired of carrying the invisible weight of parenting shame and wondering if there’s a better way.
✔️ You’ve tried behavior management strategies, but deep down, you know your family needs more than quick fixes.
✔️ You’re ready to believe that the Kingdom of God isn’t just for someday—it’s for your family, right here and now.
👉 Our children are not okay—but neither are parents. We live in an upside-down world where stress, anxiety, and shame are the norm. Parents panic over misbehavior, not just because they want what’s best for their children, but because their struggles expose something deeper—the shame we carry, too.
🌿 What if the Kingdom of God really is at hand—and that changes everything about how we love and lead our families?
🌱 A New Path Forward: Abiding, Not Striving
💡 What’s Possible: More Than Just an Above-Average Life
🔄 A family culture where transformation is the norm, not the exception.
💖 A life where shame no longer holds us hostage, because Jesus carried it to the cross.
✨ A Kingdom Invitation
🏡 Your home is a place of peace, not performance.
🪨 You rely on God’s presence, not your own capacity.
🌿 You experience the beauty of family as God intended.
This is the lost art of being family. Together, there is great hope.
✔️ Parents were never meant to carry the weight of shame—and our kids weren’t meant to inherit it.
✔️ The Kingdom of God is at hand, and that changes everything.
📚 Education by Design, Not Default – Janet Newberry
📚 Atomic Habits – James Clear
📚 Sacred Attachment – Michael Cusick
📚 The Connected Life – Dr. Todd Hall
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