A Free Range Faith
Life with Jesus. Served family-style.If you want to raise godly kids, build strong marriages, and live healthy, Kingdom-minded lives through practical biblical wisdom, we're glad you're here!We're a Spirit-filled family of 7 that is passionate about helping families deepen their faith, develop whole-body health, and define their Kingdom purpose.Drawing on our experiences as a high school Bible teacher and a homeschool Mom, we're having real, raw conversations about the ups and downs of everyday, Christian family life. From parenting and marriage to spiritual warfare, our ambition is to guide, strengthen, equip and encourage families like yours as you...
Are You Actually Leading Your Wife? | Biblical Marriage
What does it mean that the husband is the head of his wife / the spiritual leader? Because a lot of time, men think this means that they get to make all the decisions and their wife is designed to serve them.
But the Biblical principles about spiritual leadership are not that. You can't take the authority and leave the responsibility. A Christian husband understands he has been called to love his wife "as Christ loves the church."
That means you are to cultivate, protect, and serve your wife. A Christian husband cares for his wife...
Be The Man That God Trusts | This is How He Will Form You
What kind of man can God trust? Scripture reveals the qualities God looks for in faithful men.
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What kind of man can God trust with greater responsibility? When we look at men like Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, David, Peter, and Paul, we...
The Forgotten Mission: What God Actually Created Men To Do
Biblical manhood starts with understanding the mission God gave men from the very beginning.
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What does biblical manhood actually look like?
From Adam in Genesis to the Great Commission, Scripture reveals a consistent...
Raised in a Christian Home… But Something Was Missing
Kendra sits down with Madie Walk for a candid conversation about how encountering Jesus changed the direction of her life.
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What happens when the faith you grew up around becomes real and personal to you? In this conversation, Madie Walk shares her Christian testimony and the journey that transformed her understanding of Jesus from something she knew about, into a faith she was determined...
Is Spanking Biblical? Here's What Scripture Says About Discipline
Should Christian parents spank their children? What does the Bible actually teach about discipline?
In this episode, we explore one of the most debated topics in Christian parenting by examining what Scripture says about discipline, correction, and raising children in the Lord. Is biblical discipline only about punishment, or is it ultimately about discipleship and training a child's heart?
We discuss key passages from Proverbs, the meaning of the "rod of discipline," and why God's design for parenting emphasizes both loving correction and intentional instruction. We also share personal experiences from raising our five children...
Raising Godly Kids in a Godless World | Our Biblical Parenting Framework
In this conversation, we share practical biblical parenting strategies for raising godly kids in today's culture. Too often parents measure success by grades, sports achievements, or worldly accomplishments, but Scripture points us toward a different standard. We discuss how to evaluate parenting through a spiritual lens and how to help children develop a genuine relationship with Christ.
You'll learn why your example matters more than your words, how modeling repentance can transform your home, and practical ways to create a Christ-centered family culture. We also share real-life examples from raising our five children, including family nights of...
Our 5th Baby Was Born in Our Kitchen (Our Honest Take On Hospital vs. Homebirth)
Why are more families choosing home births over the traditional hospital experience?
In this episode, we share our honest experience after having five children — including hospital births, a birthing center birth, and finally a home birth. We talk openly about what pushed us to start questioning the standard hospital system, the stress and rigidity we experienced during previous births, and why working with qualified midwives completely changed the experience for our family.
We also break down:
• The differences between hospital births, birthing centers, and home births
• How to safely choose a qualif...
Powerful Prayers for Protection (3 Proven Strategies to Keep Your Family Safe)
How do you truly protect your family in a world filled with fear?
With a nonstop news cycle and a booming home security industry, it’s easy to believe protection comes from technology. Cameras. Alarms. Systems.
But what if the most powerful protection available to your family isn’t physical — it’s spiritual?
In this episode, we dive into what Scripture actually says about protecting your home and your children. We unpack Psalm 91 and other powerful passages to show how prayer becomes your greatest defense.
We also share a personal story of a mom...
God Has a Plan for Your Kids (This is How You Help Them Walk in it)
Are we loving our kids… or avoiding our responsibility?
So many parents say, “I don’t want to interfere. I’ll let them figure out who they are.” It sounds supportive. It sounds kind. But what if that mindset is actually setting them up for confusion?
In this episode, we talk honestly about the responsibility God gives parents. Not to control our kids. Not to force our dreams on them. But to intentionally nurture the calling He placed on their lives.
We discuss:
• The danger of passive parenting
• Why “I’ll love you no...
Why Christian Families Are Rethinking Their Children’s Education
What is the real purpose of education?
Is it to get a job… make money… build a successful life?
Or is there something deeper that we’ve completely missed?
In this episode, we unpack what God actually says about education—and why so many families today feel like something is off with the system.
We talk about:
Why education was never meant to be separated from GodThe hidden shift that changed schools over timeWhy parents are still the primary educators (whether we realize it or not)How kids are designed to learn...How They Strategically Removed God From Public Schools… And The Destructive Results
Episode #08
The government school system (aka "public school") was literally designed to kill Christianity. The founders didn't hide their agenda at all, they put their plans in writing and set out to conquer overthrow the Christian culture in America during the 1930's by targeting the most vulnerable demographic: our kids.
In just 30 years, they executed their plan and were able to remove all traces of Christianity from the classroom. They sold the American public on the idea of a "neutral, but still moral" education, but lurking below the surface of their manipulative words was a...
The Reading List Replacing Screens in Our Home (25 Books for Christian Kids ages 5-12)
Episode #07
Finding clean, wholesome content can be really difficult, if not impossible these days. While screens are melting our kids' minds and turning the next generation into robots who just regurgitate their favorite influencers' opinions (or even worse, ChatGPT's opinions!) we are a family of seven who has seen abundant fruit from nurturing a love in our children for reading. Reading develops problem-solving abilities, vocabulary, and empathy for others, it's even lowers stress and helps kids sleep better at night.
The benefits of reading are far reaching and long lasting. Even so, although books are...
Our Families are being Consumed by Content. This is how we Stop it.
Episode #06
Over 60% of parents feel guilty about the amount of time their kids spend in front of a screen, and 50% of them believe their children may have an addiction to their screens. They probably aren't wrong. America's next generation has a problem: the content they have been consuming is now consuming them.
Social anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide have never been as high, and although there is more than one factor, screens are a major factor in this epidemic. It's not hard to figure out when we look at the statistics, the average American...
Stop Blocking God's Blessings for Your Family
Episode #05
In the last several conversations, we've discussed how we've overhauled some major areas of our life as we've followed the Holy Spirit's lead. Sometimes though, even though we know God has asked certain things of us, the thought of change just overwhelms us. Where do we start? How do we figure it all out?
Because change isn't always easy, or maybe even because we convince ourselves that it's unnecessary, we never make those changes, or we make them for a short time and then revert back to what we were doing. This could be...
Doctors Said There Was No Cure… but God said something else
Episode #04
This conversation is an extension of the conversation we started in Episode #03. We live in a fallen world, and sometimes despite taking care of our bodies the way God expects by eating right and exercising, we still get sick.
In this conversation, we look at how we handle healing now, and the journey that God took us on to get to where we are today. Specifically, we faced some very difficult circumstances with our oldest daughter who was diagnosed with chronic lyme disease. As we watched helplessly, our 8-year old went from a bright...
The Deceptive Sin Eating Away Your Family's Spiritual Strength
Episode #03
There is a deceptive sin that is eating away the spiritual strength of millions of families. Have you fallen into this trap of the enemy?
As Jesus followers, we are supposed to look different in every aspect of life. The secular world SHOULD look at the church and see leaders in every industry, they should see men and women of God claiming victory over all of life's circumstances, but this undercover sin has crept in to the church and is eating away our individual and collective spiritual strength.
1 in 10 Americans is now...
The Power of Words as a Parent (Stop Applying These Labels to your Family)
Episode #02
Proverbs 18:21 tells us that the power of life and death are in our tongue. But do you really believe that? We've seen firsthand how our words and the words of those around us have shaped the direction of life. Words really do have power. If you are an astute reader of God's Word, you already know this. But the enemy of your soul also knows this, and absolutely uses words as weapons against us.
In this conversation, we expose some of the main ways the enemy comes at us with the power of words...
When we Asked God What to Name Our Kids… Here’s What Happened
Episode #01
We are excited you've joined us for our very first episode of Free Range Faith! What better way to get started than to discuss the power of a name?
God makes it really clear throughout the pages of Scripture that He placed great importance in names. In this episode, we share our journey in grasping this reality more and more with each of our 5 children. We also discuss what the name Free Range Faith means for us.
How much power do you think a name yields though? Do you think a name...
A Free Range Faith: Introduction
Life with Jesus. Served family-style.
Let’s have some real, raw conversations about what it looks like to follow Jesus, practically and productively, beyond the church building. Drawing on our adventures as a high school Bible teacher and a homeschool Mom, we invite you to walk with us through the mountaintop experiences as well as the twists, turns, and curveballs of everyday life as a family of seven. It's our ambition to build a community of Jesus-loving families as we transparently share our life and grow alongside of you, while learning to apply God's grace to our ma...
