Blessed to Be a Blessing: Marriage, Parenting & Legacy
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<div class="wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-108deda" data-block-id="108deda"><p class="stk-block-text__text">What does it look like to live out the Connected Families Framework? What does it look like to live it out in your own heart and relationships? In this final episode of our 3-part series, Hope for the Long Haul, Jim and Lynne Jackson share how the Framework has shaped their lives over time: from finding their identity in Jesus, to marriage, to navigating the joys and challenges of parenting adult children. If you’re wondering whether this stuff really helps in the long term, this one’s for you.</p></div>
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<li>How and what the Connected Families Framework has looked like in their marriage</li>
<li>Learning that Jesus is our “report card”</li>
<li>What it looks like to keep the connection alive in marriage and in parenting</li>
<li>How gifts gone awry and “Foundation” messages impacted their working careers</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%2012%3A%201-3&version=NIV" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Genesis 12:1-3</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4j11ze5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Book mentioned – Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships by Dr. Larry Crabb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/courses/entitlement/">The Entitlement Fix online course</a></li>
<li><a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/donate/">Donate to Connected Families</a></li>
<li><a href="https://community.connectedfamilies.org/product/mean-words-hurt/?_gl=1*19zhro9*_gcl_au*MTE1MTI5MjQ0Mi4xNzYzNjU1NTczLjE4MTQ0NTU4MzYuMTc2NTM4Nzg1MS4xNzY1Mzg5NTMw*_ga*MTI0ODIwOTI1MC4xNzQ3NjgyMzg3*_ga_0DHR2MLFYS*czE3NjYwMzEyMTQkbzI1MyRnMSR0MTc2NjAzMTgyMyRqMzMkbDAkaDEzODcwMTIyMTY.">Trash, Truth, Treasure online mini-course</a></li>
<li><a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/free-resources/4-messages-for-kids/">The Connected Families Framework</a></li>
<li><a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/payoffs-accidental-rewards/">Podcast – Payoffs & Accidental Rewards: How to Focus on the Right Stuff</a></li>
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<div class="wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-87bf4b1" data-block-id="87bf4b1"><p class="stk-block-text__text">Check out <a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/">our website</a> for more resources to support your parenting!</p></div>
<div class="wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-b81d29d" data-block-id="b81d29d"><p class="stk-block-text__text"><em>This podcast was made possible by members of <a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/">The Table</a>, whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at <a href="https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/">The Table</a>!</em></p></div>
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<div class="wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-020cc53" id="guest-bio" data-block-id="020cc53"><h3 class="stk-block-heading__text">Guest Bio:</h3></div>
<div class="wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-245720a" data-block-id="245720a"><p class="stk-block-text__text">Jim and Lynne Jackson are the Co-Founders of Connected Families in Plymouth, MN. With over 50 combined years of professionally helping families and a love for working in the church, Jim and Lynne have been dedicated to bringing reliable, God-centered, research-based parenting resources to all families since 2002.</p></div>
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