(Parenting Game-Changers)

Parents are wrestling with so many incredibly important challenges. What if there were a place to get together with other parents to discuss the topics that are most important for you and your family right now?

Week 1: The Last Time

1) We get busy. Time goes by so quickly. It's a cliché, but true. With this poem in mind, what can you do to have more meaningful connections with your family this week?

2) One of the greatest gifts we can share with those we love: re-visiting special memories. What's a special memory that you have and how can you revisit it with someone you love this week?

Week 2: No Hands... but Yours

1) How did the video challenge you?

2) What are some ways (small, local, or large, global) that you feel called or inspired to be Christ's hands? Will you start a discussion about this with your family or a friend?

Week 3: Dropped my phone @ Stonehenge

I was NOT happy for about 90 minutes. Then, I started laughing uncontrollably and out loud. Why laugh? Well, I drop phones. And other things. Most of the dropping is for the same reason: I have too much going on. Something's going to get dropped. This time, it was a phone.

1) Do you have too much going on? Do you drop things? Are some of them the most important things? What are some of the things that keep you busy, but you wouldn't want defining your life?

2) Have you decided what's okay to drop and what's NOT okay to drop?

Week 4: The Saint of Auschwitz

1) Acts of charity... they endure forever! What acts of charity done by others have deeply affected you?

2) "The commander was shaking in the presence of Fr. Kolbe." Does the world shake in the presence of courage and wisdom?

3) Will you ask Saint Maximillian Kolbe to pray that you have the courage and wisdom to see and do what's true, good and beautiful?

Week 5: Marshmallow

1) What's your marshmallow? Your calendar and checkbook are spiritual documents. What do they say about your priorities?

2) What pillars do you need to build/strengthen to support the "marshmallow"?

Week 6: 5 things your kids NEED most from you

1) God, please help us to have the wisdom to see what our kids need most from us in this current season of life. What are the top 3-5 for each kid needs from you right now?

2) What struck you from the video? What did God want you to notice?

3) What would help you to have more love in your heart throughout your days and especially during interactions with your family?