Connexions Classroom

Truth is rare to find in our world. It’s even more rare to find someone who actually chooses to live inside the Truth. To find a person who is honest, responsible and humble is difficult. Why is that? Why are there so few people who choose to live inside values and principles?Today’s podcast talks of a young woman who finds herself in an environment where few to no people are choosing Truth. Though she knows she wants to live inside Truth, she is sad that so few people desire it as well.Listen to her journey. Hopefully, you will be inspired to choose and live in Truth yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I choose not to be honest, responsible and humble, I will choose to be irresponsible, dishonest and prideful.These irresponsible behaviors are what we use to control the discomfort of reality. Each person has their own flavor of control. Some examples of controlling behaviors include, picking skin and biting fingernails, staying up all night playing video games, smoking, scrolling on social media, over-eating. The controlling behavior I’m focusing on today is the refusal to eat.I answer a mother’s question about her daughter’s lying to cover up a developing eating disorder. Controlling behaviors are always accompanied with manipulation, lying and hiding. The manipulation, lying and hiding create a “protective” barrier for the controlling behavior, which is “protecting” discomfort and pain. This young woman is creating a layered cocoon of control. She is building walls and doesn’t want her mother to tap into what is really going on.Listen to how confused this mother becomes as she chases her daughter’s li

What does it mean to "want to dress like a girl?" What would a girl dress like?Well, some people would say, "wear a dress," "wear pastels," "wear heels," "curl your hair," "put on makeup," etc.The Truth is there is no Truth to that. I, for example, am a girl and I dress very differently than those descriptors above. What you place on your body has zero to do with you genetically being a girl or a boy.So what's going on?Why are men and women demanding and inserting that they are in the wrong bodies? Come listen to how people are being invited into this confusion all from a place of looking for connection, listen to how they are being lied to and why it is so easily believed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parents, are you waking up to the reality that we are living in a world where we as moms and dads in Truth are not being supported?Can you feel the war being waged against raising children in Truth? It’s real! Distortion is constantly and deliberately battling Truth. And what better way for distortion to gather allies, than to flatter children with promises that they can have what they want?Standing for Truth, making necessary sacrifices and telling children “no," as village support is nowhere to be found, is almost unbearable . . . almost.Parents, we brought children into this world and we need to stand by them as we guide them in principles of honesty, responsibility and humility. Allowing teachers, counselors, coaches, church leaders or any other person take higher authority in our children’s lives is neglecting the sacred role of parent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many people very intentionally decide to have children and some of us very intentionally decide not to have Children.And yet there are some of us who engage in sexual activity and then act shocked that they are going to be a parent! Regardless of whether a child is planned for and desired or whether a child is unexpected and catches you off guard, you are going to be a parent and parents are required to be responsible. You may ask what in the world am I responsible for in parenting a child?Your primary responsibility is to teach your child about principles-about how to be honest, responsible and humble.Today we will learn how to teach honesty, responsibility and humility when your child decides he/she doesn't want to go to church any longer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In every decision that I make, I am responsible to understand my motive.Why am I doing this? Who am I doing this for? What did I expect?Knowing my motive is critical if I am to live inside truth. When I am unaware of my motive, I will default into living a life of distortion.Join me in answering this mother's question about her daughter's motives. Why is this daughter showing up irresponsibly and lying? And how will this mother approach the daughter and help this daughter to see that her motives are in distortion? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you someone who believes that a one or two year old cannot understand principles? At what age do you think they're able to understand? What if you enable them to live in distortion . . . which means you're not honest with them, you don't encourage them to be responsible, you don't hold boundaries with them, you lie to them about people and about their environment because you want to be comfortable . . . and then when they turn five, you want to teach them the Truth?Do you think they will then be interested in changing? My experience tells me, no. Distortion is a space where a person or a child appears to get what they want andthen they're not interested in getting what they actually need, which is the Truth.Come learn how a parent of a little child is trying to change their perception from distortion back into the Truth and how difficult it is because they did not start when they were younger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do I connect with a loved one when the loved one only takes?Is it possible to wallow in a pigpen and not get muddy? These questions pull at the heartstrings of parents and grandparents all over the world.Selfish entitlement cannot demand a relationship.Relationships are carefully built, one Truthful choice at a time. Just as a home cannot stand without a solid foundation, neither can a relationship be demanded or coerced.Honesty, responsibility and humility are foundational to any loving connected relationship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Teenagers who want to date? When is that experience appropriate for your teen? Is there a certain age when kids are ready to date?I would say no, there's not an age, but I would say that there's a baseline that you don't even consider that your child begins to go one on one with the opposite sex until they are 16 years old. And then just because they're 16, doesn't mean that they are mature in such a way to be alone with the opposite sex.Kids are ready to date when they can give you evidence over the course of months and years that they know how to use their choices to be honest, responsible and humble. So you as the parent need to know and need to live in Truth as well so that you'll be able to see whether they're being honest, responsible and humble or not. If you are not living that way, you are only going to reflect the bar to the degree that you live.So you have a child, your job is to model and to hold boundaries and to reflect their responsibility of their thoughts, their feelings and their behaviors,

This life affords each human three guarantees. One is the opportunity to experience a physical body of flesh and blood. Two, the freedom to exercise agency to choose. And three, the realization of death. Each of us will experience the ending of life. We are all mortal.Just as our bodies differ in function, health and strength, so do our bodies differ in when and how death comes.Have you experienced the death of a loved one? Did you accept or deny the reality? Grieving, sadness, shock, anger, resentment and even destructive behaviors are all responses you may have chosen. Come listen for Truth and distortion inside a young man's experience losing a loved one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm done living. I can't do this any longer. I'm trapped. I want out. This is too hard. This person is experiencing much darkness.They feel lost, they feel confused, they feel trapped. They don't know where to turn.Darkness means that they are being lied to . . . by distortion.Distortion lies to the individual and tells them that there's no way out.Distortion says gigs up, you've lost, you're too much of a bother.This person needs to have someone speak truth to them.Truth sounds like this. You are not trapped. There are options. You just can't see them at this point. You are loved and then explain what love actually means.The person done living needs another person to be honest with them and to tell them what the reality is. They need people around them who will support and educate them how to speak the Truth about the reality. And then ultimately, that person needs to take that Truth and speak it to themselves.People can pull out of the pressing thoughts of doom with the Truth.Come learn how to speak truth a

The way a family talks with each other reveals a lot about the connection or the disconnection in the home.Have you ever asked a child how their day was and was given a shrug of the shoulders?Does your spouse sigh when you talk about spending Saturday cleaning up the yard and home?What response do you face when you announce unexpected plans?Do you find your family asking more often for “fun” things to do rather than ways to serve?Connecting as a family may not be as far off as you think. And the resources for bringing Truth and light back into your home is one choice away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does control look like?What does it speak like?What does it sound like?What does it feel like to control and to be on the other side of someone inviting you into control?Today's podcast is about a mom who wants to, "help her daughter." However, her help and her willingness to make sure that her daughter is healthy is coming in the form of control. The mother does not want to allow the daughter's choices to be autonomous. And so there is a tug of war here. This is about the mother learning to surrender, surrender what? Surrender her control and what she wants her daughter to do. So come and listen and see if the mother is willing to let go of control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manipulation means to handle or control in a skillful manner.Am I a parent who manipulates?When I manipulate in Truth I handle and control the only person I can control - MYSELF! I also invite my child to recognize, feel and then accept personal responsibility for every choice they make.When I manipulate in distortion I am creating an illusion that I can control my child. I minimize, justify and distract from my own choices and my child’s accountability for their choices.Where do I live . . . Inside Truth or inside distortion? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I had children as a teen . . . not my best choice.I want God back in my life and I want my kids to obey me and they don't. How can I have both of these outcomes that I want?Come listen to this podcast about a teen mother who made very selfish choices when she was a teenager and now she is having the outcomes.She really likes many of the outcomes and many she doesn't.Well, the Truth is you can have God in your life. That is an outcome you can have because it's all within your control to put Him back in your life. He's been waiting to be a part of your life ever since you left Him.Having your kids obey you is a different story. They have their own agency and you can't control your children. So those are the outcomes you don't like.You can learn to put up boundaries around your children in such a way that they will be invited to make different choices, to listen and follow.You come and listen and learn how to do this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can I choose in Truth?How can I choose the Truth, knowing on the other end, I'm going to have family and friends choose to leave my life?What principle can I exercise that will strengthen me and give me a base to support living inside my integrity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It is alarming to watch children be so numb and disconnected to their choices.Here's a child who used their phone to send and receive pictures of lewd and lascivious behavior. Children are engaging in criminal behavior and are not aware of the seriousness of what they're doing.Are children being groomed to engage in child pornography?Yes!Are Children aware of the emotional, spiritual, sexual, physical consequences or outcomes of what they're doing?No!Are their parents aware of those consequences of what is happening with their Children?No!Come and listen and wake up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do I know if religion is in the Truth?How do I know if MY religion is in the Truth?If the Bible is the Truth, then how do I know if the interpretation is also in the Truth?What can I do to be responsible inside my own religious choices?Knowing principles and how to use them will help me navigate this confusion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are millennials listening to the Truth? Many millennials are full of distortion, they attack others, they blame others. They expect people to take care of them from cradle to grave. They want money distributed to them without them earning it. They act entitled and they are quite selfish and we hear from them.True?Yet . . . this millennial is also out there and wants to be heard and understood that she is a hard worker. She is honest, she is not entitled and she is responsible and humble!She is grateful for principles and her ability to choose as she wishes. She has learned how to use her choices to be honest, responsible and humble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it distorted to wear makeup or color your hair or get Botox, or maybe lip fillers?How about plastic surgery? Is it distorted to wear fancy dresses or lose weight or to get your nails done? Where is the Truth when you're grooming yourself?This is going to be a really fun podcast to listen to! I go to the heart of the motives behind these questions and look at the guiding principles of how to know if I'm inTruth when applying and working with my physical body. This podcast goes to the heart of the distraction or the connection inside my decisions around my physical body. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.