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09/01/2026

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What questions are you wrestling with as a parent? In this live Q&A, Brett and Erin are answering your questions about C...
08/31/2026

What questions are you wrestling with as a parent?

In this live Q&A, Brett and Erin are answering your questions about Christian parenting—whatever is on your mind. From everyday parenting challenges to difficult questions about raising kids in today’s culture, no topic is off the table. Join us live, ask your questions in the chat, and hear Brett and Erin share their thoughts, experiences, and biblical perspective on parenting.

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What do you actually do when your kids don’t listen?We talk a lot on this podcast about setting boundaries, holding kids...
08/26/2026

What do you actually do when your kids don’t listen?

We talk a lot on this podcast about setting boundaries, holding kids accountable, and discipline but what do those strategies actually look like in the nitty gritty of real life with real kids? What do you do when your child ignores you, hits a sibling, speaks disrespectfully, or refuses to do their chores?

In this episode, Brett and Erin get incredibly practical by walking you through real-life discipline scenarios and explaining how Christian parents can move from biblical principles to concrete action.

WATCH HERE: https://linktw.in/cAgMQl

Is youth sports slowly becoming the center of your family's life?In this episode, Brett and Erin take a hard look at the...
08/13/2026

Is youth sports slowly becoming the center of your family's life?

In this episode, Brett and Erin take a hard look at the growing “sports cult” in American culture and how parents can get sucked in without even realizing. From year-round teams and rising costs to Sunday games, early specialization, and the pressure to chase college scholarships, youth sports can easily move from being a good thing in a child's life to becoming the thing that dictates the family's priorities.

But this isn't an argument against sports. Sports teaches kids teamwork, discipline, and perseverance. The question is: Have we allowed a good thing to become an idol?

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Join us September 19 for a morning devoted to one of the twentieth century’s most beloved Christian thinkers: C.S. Lewis...
08/12/2026

Join us September 19 for a morning devoted to one of the twentieth century’s most beloved Christian thinkers: C.S. Lewis.

Renowned Lewis scholar Dr. Jerry Root will guide us through three talks exploring Lewis’s insights into truth, goodness, and beauty—and how they can help us reason more clearly, love more rightly, and imagine more faithfully.

Visit mavenconferences.com for more information and to secure your spot. Live streaming of the event is also available!

Today's kids have more information than any generation in history but they struggle to pay attention, think deeply, and ...
07/30/2026

Today's kids have more information than any generation in history but they struggle to pay attention, think deeply, and engage with truth. Why?

In this episode, Brett and Erin sit down with Dr. Matthew Burford, founder of Tactical Faith, to explore the hidden cost of the attention economy and what it's doing to our kids' minds. Together, they build a practical framework for how parents can address the attention crisis in our young people, helping them to wrestle with big ideas and cultivate wisdom instead of mere information.

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PODCAST | The Dark Side of Gentle Parenting: What Viral Influencers Get Wrong | Brett & Erin KunkleGentle parenting is e...
07/30/2026

PODCAST | The Dark Side of Gentle Parenting: What Viral Influencers Get Wrong | Brett & Erin Kunkle

Gentle parenting is everywhere—but is it biblical?

In this episode, I’m joined by Brett and Erin Kunkle of Maven to ask what’s really underneath one of today’s most popular parenting movements. Is gentle parenting just a kinder, more compassionate approach—or is it built on a worldview that quietly redefines sin, authority, discipline, and the role of parents?

We talk about the overlap between gentle parenting, progressive theology, critical theory, and expressive individualism. We also ask the big question: Who gets the final word in our homes—God and His Word, or our children and their feelings?

Brett and Erin help us break down the assumptions behind the movement, respond to popular gentle parenting videos, and explain why this conversation matters for parents, grandparents, pastors, teachers—and anyone who cares about the next generation.

💬 Want the full episode? Drop ‘PODCAST’ in the comments, and we’ll DM you the link!

07/30/2026

Is the so-called "gentle parenting" movement producing a generation of narcissists? Parents, grandparents, and children, listen up! For this midweek podcast, our friend, Maven founder, and CIA Instructor, Brett Kunkle, sits down with Frank at the 2024 CrossExamined Instructor's Academy to discuss this new gentle parenting trend, its flaws, future outcomes, and its devastating impact on today’s youth.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀!!!

👉📱listen to the full podcast https://bit.ly/3yChKf6

07/30/2026

Modern parenting trends often attempt to erase the hierarchy between parent and child. But as Brett Kunkle explains, the Bible commands children to obey their parents, which creates a very real, objective obligation.

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Truth. Goodness. Beauty.C. S. Lewis believed these three were never separate — that the deepest truths of the Christian ...
07/28/2026

Truth. Goodness. Beauty.

C. S. Lewis believed these three were never separate — that the deepest truths of the Christian faith are also good, and beautiful, and worth loving with our whole selves. In a culture that increasingly treats truth as relative, goodness as subjective, and beauty as irrelevant, Lewis’s vision offers something rare: a faith that satisfies both the mind and the imagination.

Join us for the C.S. Lewis Symposium, a morning devoted to exploring how one of the twentieth century’s most beloved Christian thinkers can help us reason more clearly, love more rightly, and imagine more faithfully. Renowned Lewis scholar Dr. Jerry Root will guide us through three talks exploring Lewis’s insight into truth, goodness, and beauty.

Whether you’re a longtime Lewis reader or new to his work, this symposium is for anyone who wants a faith that’s rigorous and reasonable, morally grounded, and alive with wonder.

Go to mavenconferences.com for more information

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