Episode 3: Raising Spiritually Resilient Kids, In an Age of Questions
Your child’s questions aren’t a crisis—they’re an invitation.In this episode, we explore how to create a home where faith feels real, not forced. You don’t have to have all the answers—you just have to be willing to walk beside your…
Your child’s questions aren’t a crisis—they’re an invitation.
In this episode, we explore how to create a home where faith feels real, not forced. You don’t have to have all the answers—you just have to be willing to walk beside your child as they wonder, wrestle, and grow. Let’s talk about how spiritual resilience is formed in the space of honesty, curiosity, and relationship.
FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Kids don’t need certainty as much as they need companionship in their curiosity.”
Mentioned in the Episode:
Dr. Kara Powell – Sticky Faith, Fuller Youth Institute
→ Lasting faith is linked to adult companions who walk through doubt without fear.
Parental Faith – Authenticity > Theology
→ Kids absorb what we live more than what we say.
John 20:24–29 – Thomas the doubter
→ Jesus welcomes the questioner without shame.
Mark 9:24 – “I believe, help my unbelief”
→ A father’s prayer that echoes many of ours.
Stages of Faith Development
→ From concrete questions to identity-forming wonder.
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