Table Talks with the Tares

Ep 105 - On Body Safety and Pornography, A Discussion on the Right Time to Bring It up with your Children

In this episode, we flesh out my (MJ's) initial reactions after Ashley's orders of 2 books arrive at our house. Initially it was a cringy and uncomfortable thought to even entertain having to bring this up to our kids, but after talking it further with her, realized that this conversation might come up a lot sooner than we think.
 
Resources mentioned:
Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds
God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies (God Made Me)
 
Next episode recommended:
Ep 100 - How Adoption Changed Me, The Volatility of New Siblings Joining your Home, Unpacking my Experience
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Ep 104 - How we Rest as an Introvert/Extrovert Couple, Finding Rhythm of Rest in our Sabbath, Not Everyone should Rest

As we approach the holidays, I wanted to talk about how we've thought about rest during this time of year. We talk about how social media (or whatever form of endless screen-time/scrolling you pursue) robs you of the rest the Lord wants from you. We also detail how we practice rest through the form of a Saturday Sabbath rest and how that looks like for our specific context. Also, I make the argument that the elimination of hurry does not apply to everyone.
 
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Ep 103 - Why We're Choosing to Homeschool, Tapping into Strengths, Wrestling through the Pros and Cons of Education at Home

As our oldest starts out Kindergarten next year, we have started the discussion and research in finding what we believe to be the best education option for her. We came from diverse educational backgrounds and naturally reverted back to our own experiences as what we believed to be optimal, but after digging through all the options available in our area and realizing that Ashley was actually able to use her own strength set, we decided to home school Evie for her kindergarten year. Tune in to find out more about why we decided to do so!
 
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Ep 102 - Reimagine Advent: Practicing the Age-old Christian Season as a New Family

We grew up just anticipating Christmas for the gifts. But now as parents of young kids, we see the significance of creating rhythms as a family and how it has led to our flourishing. But as a household where our cultural backgrounds are so different from each other, we see these seasonal celebrations as opportunity to create something unique for our family.
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Ep 101 - From Holiday Hustle to Weekly Habit: How We're Avoiding Stressing over Thanksgiving by Practicing Gratitude Regularly

We used to really make sure Thanksgiving was such a special meal and time as a family which came with a ton of stress and hustle to get the dinner ready on time. But then our regular practice of gratitude by having a weekly "all-out" meal together as a family as a way of experiencing God's goodness in our life changed how we view the holiday today.
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Ep 100 - How Adoption Changed Me, The Volatility of New Siblings Joining your Home, Unpacking my Experience

In this conversation, Ash opens up on how her experience growing up with adopted siblings joining her family's home changed her and shaped her into the adult and parent she is today. She specifically talks about how facing the chaos and volatility of parenting young ones brings to the surface some of the experiences she had in childhood and how it is bringing a disproportionate response to how she handles her kids' emotional outbursts.
 
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Ep 99 - When a Visionary and an Optimizer make decisions, Why they can work together well or terribly, How to work with someone who is different than you

We're dealing with our leaky shower and tackling this problem has revealed more than the source of where the water is coming from. Our differences in personality types, problem solving approach, and project management style come to light when trying to tackle projects around the house. Tune in for a conversation where a little project around the house is revealing more about how we work together.
 
Resources mentioned:
Working Genius Assessment: The Six Types of Working Genius
 
Next episode recommended: Ep 32 - How we bought our house, Vision vs Strategy, Effective Leadership Teams
 
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Ep 98 - Vacillator and Avoider Clashing in their Needs, Re-implementing the Family Meeting, The difference between being strategic and visionary

This is an extended discussion on our need to put the family meeting back in place on our family rhythm. As a visionary/strategic couple, some of the things we prioritize are different at times, so I try to suggest this as a remedy to get us back on the same page. 
 
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Ep 97 - MJ's first time to Vote, Pro-Life Policy Voting Challenges, and Expressing a Christian Worldview to our Civic Duty

In this episode we talk about my (MJ's) first time to go out to vote for a President! I talk about how it compares to the voting system in Austria as a multi-party socialist governing body and the policies of this seemingly consequential election. 
 
Resources mentioned:
Lacrae interview with Matt Chandler: Lecrae Has a DEEP Convo with Matt Chandler on Fallen Pastors
 
Next episode recommended:Ep 88 - Designing Authority: How Societies Shape Power, Rights, and Choices
 
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Ep 96 - Navigating Loss: My Journey of Grief and Having my Wife by my Side

In this episode we talk about the journey of experiencing the loss of my dad this past summer. The 6 year journey of his battle with metastasized prostate cancer and the good things that I was able to see along the way. I share the importance of being able to share the journey with someone and also the cultural differences as a person who lives in a culture (USA) that is different from the culture he grew up in (Austria) and different from the culture his parents grew up in (Philippines).
 
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