How have libraries changed over the years. Hear Gary Duncan and Dr. Mary Manz Simon discuss the modern library and all the new technical advancements that your local libraries have adopted.
A Moment for the Family: Times of Change
Dr. Mary Manz Simon and Gary Duncan talk about the adjustments that churches had to accomplish during the lockdown portion of the pandemic. How can we also continue to adapt and be flexible during these times of change?
Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep28. Living with Endometriosis | Lena Scamman
Dear sister in Christ, Lena Scamman, joins Steph to talk about the Lord’s faithfulness to her, even as she daily lives the story of pain and suffering from endometriosis.
A Moment for the Family: Digital Connections
Dr. Mary Manz Simon and Gary Duncan discuss digital connections. Is there a limit to the amount of screen time we should allow for our children? Also, at what age should we begin instructing children about the proper and respectable use of technology?
A Moment for the Family: Engaging with Reading
Dr. Mary Manz Simon discusses with Gary Duncan the importance of reading to young children. She also talks about how biblical stories should be a large part of the reading material read to children. Hear tips on how to help keep kids engaged in a lifetime of reading.
A Moment for the Family: Increasing Outdoor Activity
With kids spending lots of screen time during the pandemic and over the winter it is time to get them out of the house for summer. Would your kids and grandkids benefit from outdoor activities like a summer job, sporting, team play and even summer education activities? Gary Duncan talks with Dr. Mary Manz Simon about this and more.
Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep27. The Roles & Blessings of Baptism Sponsors | Dcs. Erin Bauer, Gwen Zagore, Dcs. Dr. Tiffany Manor
If you’re baptized, if you have baptism sponsors, if you are a sponsor, then this episode is FOR YOU!
A Moment for the Family: Modeling Respect
Gary Duncan discusses with Dr. Mary Manz Simon about respect. What is it really? In this podcast we talk about how we should treat each other and how to model and teach respect to our children.
A Moment for the Family: Discussing Difficult Situations
Dr. Mary Manz Simon and Gary Duncan address talking with children about difficult situations. What is transforming the ways we approach our children with difficult subjects and world events?
Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep26. Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs | Deaconess Pamela Boehle-Silva, R.N.
Deaconess Pamela shares a faithful and honest story of her mother’s dementia diagnosis and the grief she experienced both before and after her mother’s death.