Episodes
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It might sounds like a complicated, monk-ish Latin practice. But this one is much easier than you think! And we think it might just be the alms to the ailments of anyone who is busy, hurried, and wanting to engage with God.
Kids can do it. Adults can do it. And here's the best part: There really are no rules about how or when you do it!
Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy for a fun, grace-filled conversation about fussing with the practice of Examen. And give it a try! With these suggestions, we know you'll walk away with an easy way to slow down and reflect on all that God has done.
Start by simply asking: What was good? What was hard? What's next?
It's all about slowing down enough to notice the handprint of God on our lives.
Recommendations
Candle by the hour
5-year journal
GratiKube, by GoodKind
Invitation to a Journey, by Robert Mulholland
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Happy November! It's a month full of Autumn goodness and all sorts of random (and not-so-random) holidays. Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy are in the studio working out all sorts of ways to engage with God and one another this month, and we can't wait for you to join us!
Enjoy the leaves. Enjoy the margin. Enjoy all the food and family. And get ready, because Christmas is coming!
Random Holidays
Sunday, Nov. 3 - Daylight Savings Ends, Give Someone a Dollar Day
Monday, Nov. 4 - National Candy Day
Tuesday, Nov. 5 - Election Day
Wednesday, Nov. 6 - Stress Awareness Day
Saturday, Nov. 9 - Chaos Never Dies Day
Monday, Nov. 11 - Veterans' Day
Friday, Nov. 22 - Flossing Day
Thursday, Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Day
Recommendations
Article—Thanksgiving After Another Hard Year
Article—Eight Reasons Why Thanksgiving Deserves Its Moment
GratiKube and Advent Blocks from GoodKind (with new packaging—perfect for gifting!)
Freebies
Free stuff when you vote! A lot of these deals are local, so keep an ear out near you. Usually Krispy Kreme will give you a free donut if you show your voting sticker! Free food for Veterans! Cake at Cracker Barrel, sandwiches at Chick-fil-A, a meal at Applebees, and more on Nov. 11! Starbucks Red Cup Day! Buy a seasonal drink on Nov. 21 and get a free reusable cup!Learn more about us and the products we make at www.goodkind.shop
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This week, GoodKind Co-founder, Chris Pappalardo, is sharing his conversation with Robbie Sondag, about all sorts of everyday objects that you might start seeing in a new light!
Robbie and his daughter host weekly YouTube videos, showcasing really cool object lessons that engage kids with biblical truth in a fun, engaging way.
Top 5 Everyday Objects with Biblical Meaning
1. Toothpaste
2. Candy
3. Water
4. Dirt
5. Watermelon
Press play to learn why!
Find Robbie online at familymomentsfun.com and on his YouTube channel.
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Play might be the trickiest spiritual habit for adults to grow in—in part, no doubt, because we probably don't often even think of it as a spiritual practice. But we're making the case that it is an opportunity to engage more with God and one another, as long as you are paying attention.
Join Chris, Clayton, and Amy on the podcast and learn how, even if it wasn't on the top of your mind at first, play, as a spiritual habit, is easier (and way more fun!) than you think!
www.goodkind.shop
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It's October! We've lovingly dubbed this month the best of the year, and we 100% stand by that claim. But we're digging into it even more this year, and have some new and surprising ways that you can engage with God and one another.
Join your friends, Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Lindsey for some lively debate and thoughtful reflections on how to take advantage of the margin you may have this month and how to turn it into more meaningful moments.
Random Holidays
National Book Month
Friday, October 4 - National Taco Day, Body Language Day
Thursday, October 10 - National Cake Decorating Day
Wednesday, October 16 - National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day (Open to interpretation on who are the "parents" in this situation!)
Thursday, October 17 - National Pasta (Specifically Tortellini because it's the best) Day
Sunday, October 27 - Cranky Coworkers Day
Freebies
October 4 - National Taco Day and National Cinnamon roll Day - Check out local shops near you for yummy deals. (And let us know, team Chris? Or team Cinnabon?)
October 8/9 - Prime Day! The Influencers are coming for you!
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It's that time of year... and we know you're all out there wanting to know our theological thoughts and biblical musings related to Halloween. Well, this isn't that, exactly.
But it IS a fun-filled, light-hearted episode with Chris, Brian, and Amy all searching for the best wrong reason to celebrate Halloween or not.
Don a costume, if you wish, and join us for a few minutes of Halloween fun. We promise, it'll be a treat!
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We're getting super ~meta~ this week and sharing an episode reflecting on all of our past Habits and Holidays episodes! We're breaking it all down, taking a step back, and reminding ourselves (and maybe you, too!) of why all of this matters.
Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Lindsey, for an episode to encourage you as you engage with God and one another in your habits and holiday practices all year long.
Read more on our blog, and learn more about our products at www.goodkind.shop
Recommended Resources:
When, by Daniel Pink
Everything Belongs, by Richard Rohr
The Chronicles of Narnia Series, by C.S. Lewis (If this isn't new to you, take it as a cue to make sure you have the whole set, and consider starting to read it to your kids!)
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It's time for a Top 5 episode, where we sit down and learn from a friend about an area we're both growing in related to spiritual life. And we're so excited to share this conversation between our founder, Clayton Greene, and Amy Gannett!
Amy is a mom, entrepreneur, and church planter with so much wisdom to share. Today, it's all about the top five moments in your day to capture a meaningful moment by initiating to the spiritual with your family.
It sounds complicated, but it can be so, so simple. It's all about finding the moment, paying attention to it, and practicing small steps over and over and over again.
Top 5 Moments To Engage Spiritually With Your Kids
1. Wake up time - Set the cultural tone in the home with the way you greet your kids. What's the first thing they hear from you? And how does it help them relate and connect to you?
2. Meal time - Conversation + food = an opportunity for meaningful connection. There's a vulnerability about eating together that invites conversation. And food gives you the energy for it! Pay attention and create a habit of spiritual conversation over shared meal times.
3. When we have wronged one another - No matter who has wronged someone else or been wronged, it's a critical time to repair and restore relationships.
4. In the Car - Take advantage of the driving time, or walking/scootering time if your in a more urban setting, and invite spiritual conversation and open-ended questions into this time as a regular rhythm. And don't forget that silence and solitude is a spiritual practice too, in case you find yourself in a moment of quiet or at a loss for words.
5. At bedtime - Bookend the days, morning and evening, with even a small nod to the spiritual. By being present with your kids, you are teaching them about the presence and heart of God!
Learn more and engage with Amy below!
Bible Study Schoolhouse
Tiny Theologians Instagram
Tiny Theologians Blog
Amy's Instagram
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Clayton and the Seminarians are back with an episode that feels like friendship, but focuses on community. Think they're the same thing? Take a listen and find out.
Just like any spiritual practice, engaging in community isn't always easy, but it can be easier than you think. Join us!
Learn more about us and the products we make at www.goodkind.shop.
Resources:
Messy Beautiful Friendships, by Christine Hoover
Made For People, by Justin Whitmel Earley
Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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We're rounding the corner into fall, and here to help you find your September stride. It's the time of year for returning to all of your regular rhythms and routines, and we think it's a great time to focus on setting some new goals, too.
Join your friends Chris, Clayton, Brian, and Lindsey for a look at the month ahead and all of the ways we'll engage with God and one another.
Random Holidays:
Monday, Sept. 2 - Labor Day, Calendar Day
Friday, Sept. 6 - Fight Procrastination Day
Thursday, Sept. 12 - National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Thursday, Sept. 19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day
Wednesday, Sept. 25 - World Dream Day
Saturday, Sept. 28 - Ask a Stupid Question Day, National Good Neighbor Day
Freebies:
1. Lowe's Home Improvement is giving away FREE flowers for reward members (free to join)! The only catch is you need to register ahead of time! Sign up now so you can pick up your freebie in store on September 13th-14th!
2. Get unlimited $1 Frostys at Wendy's now through Sept. 15.
Join us with Advent Blocks and other spiritual habits at www.goodkind.shop.
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It may not be on your list of "favorite" spiritual practices. But it's a biblical one, and transformative, too!
Clayton, Chris, and Amy are back with another episode in this series where we're taking spiritual practices and breaking them down into their lowest common denominator so that we can practice them with more consistency.
Generosity is tricky. But despite the history you have with it, or the misconceptions you may hold, we think there's something to uncover in the way God designed this spiritual practice for us. Grab a chair and join us!
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The heat may be all the way turned up, but the summer is winding down, and soon we'll be in a new season altogether!
Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Lindsey on the podcast for some easy and fun ways to make this August meaningful.
Random Holidays
August 3 - Clean Your Floors Day
August 6 - National Friendship Day
August 7 - Simplify Your Life Week
August 9 - National Book Lover's Day
August 10 - Garage Sale Day
August 12 - Middle Child Day, National Bowling Day
August 15 - National Back to School Prep Day
August 20 - National Lemonade Day
August 24 - National Waffle Day
Freebies
August 20 - Red Robin is giving away free samples of their speckled lemonade to celebrate National Lemonade Day.
August 24 - Members of the Regulars Club will receive a special treat by way of a coupon in their inboxes for a little “waffle cheer” on National Waffle Day. Club members can redeem the printed, paper coupon at a local Waffle House to receive a FREE waffle with one topping.
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Happy Christmas in July!
It might not be the time of year where you're used to thinking about Christmas. But we think it's a great time to grab a pool floaty and your family and think through what this year's Christmas season will look like.
Plus, we LOVE Christmas. And we love all of the opportunities the season gives us to redirect anticipation toward Jesus' birth.
So our team compiled a list of 5 activities to make the season more meaningful, and we know that just a little bit of preparation now will reap huge rewards once Christmas rolls around.
Plus, we'd love it more than anything if you'd join us this year with Advent Blocks. It's what started us on this whole journey of celebrating the GoodKind habits and holidays. And we think you'll love it!
www.goodkind.shop
Top 5 Activities for a More Meaningful Christmas
1. Make space to decorate.
Enjoy the lights and tree (no judgment on if it is real or artificial!) but also put something up central in the home that is about Jesus. We think Advent Blocks is just as good as a decoration as it is a family tradition.
2. Make something homemade.
Christmas crafts are the best! There are tons of options online, but we also have several suggestions for church leaders to use along with Advent Blocks! Sign up here for the local church program for crafts, games, and coloring pages for the whole church to use together!
3. Read a book together.
Repetition is key. And the Christmas story is a beautiful one to craft a family tradition around. Pick a devotional that you will plan to read together year after year.
4. Sing!
There are so many great Christmas carols, jingles, and songs to celebrate the season with. We even wrote one ourselves!
5. Give intentional gifts.
Schedule time to shop together with your kids. Schedule a time to wrap those gifts. The togetherness makes it so special. But before you do any of that, schedule a time to make your list, and make it meaningful. Last year, we even suggested cutting some people out! Trust us, being intentional about the whole gift-giving process may feel like extra work, but it is so worth it to have the confidence that goes with the intentionality! And they will feel it too!
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It's that time of year! We all have vacation on the mind. And we've already argued that, if we pay attention, vacation can be a spiritual practice.
But now, mom and influencer, Kiara Ruth is here with us to lay out some practical steps to make vacation meaningful.
Each of us took away a new idea, and we think you will too! Join us, and get ready for your best vacations yet!
Top 5 Ways to Make Vacation Meaningful
1. Margin, margin, margin.
A - Take advantage of the travel time to have meaningful conversations.
B - Give yourself extra time at the end of the trip to re-enter daily life.
C - Schedule some "unscheduled time" together and see what happens!
2. Immerse yourself in local culture.
3. Invite your friends.
4. Have a sit down dinner with the GratiKube.
5. Capture the memories in a way you'll remember/revisit.
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If you just read the title of this episode and had some questions, you're not alone. This week, Clayton, Chris, and Amy are discussing all things vacation. Is it a spiritual practice? Is it possible that vacation is actually something that's kind of difficult, and we need to break it down a bit to make it easier than you think?
It's the perfect time of year to think on vacation, as your family may be getting ready to pack up the car and head somewhere sunny and warm.
We think that with just a few small shifts, vacation might just be the spiritual interruption that you (and your family!) are craving.
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It's July! The best month of the year for taking a hall pass.
"What's a hall pass?" Great question.
July is when the heat of summer is all the way dialed up, in terms of heat, summer schedules, and the mountains of pool and sweat-induced laundry. It's time to take a break. Whether or not you have a vacation scheduled this month, we're giving you permission to take a break. Find space to slow things down, give yourself grace, and make a small shift in the ways you engage with God and one another.
Pull up a chair and join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy for some summer shenanigans!
Random Holidays
Monday, July 8 - Be a Kid Again Day
Saturday, July 20 - Moon Day
Tuesday, July 23 - National Sprinkle Day
Sunday, July 28 - National Parents’ Day
Freebies
Krispy Kreme - Show up on July 4 in red, white, and blue for a free donut! 7 Eleven - Get a free slurpee on July 11. Caribou Coffee - $3 Iced Mochas every afternoon this month with the app. -
Fellow dads, Clayton Greene, and one of our favorite "Sherpas", Arthur Tew, are here with a special bonus episode this week!
Arthur is part of Sherpa Collaborative, a small business accelerator that is has been instrumental in GoodKind as you know it, and all the products we make!
Arthur brings alignment and insight to everything we're about, and as he and Clayton began talking about shifts they were making in their schedules this summer, we decided to throw a mic in front of them so that we could share the conversation with you too!
We hope it's encouraging and helpful, and also a fun behind-the-scenes look at what some of our daily interactions look like!
Top 5 Dad Shifts For Summer
Take evening walks. They're great for open-ended conversation! Don't have a plan, just take advantage of the extra sunlight, get out there, and get your wiggles out. Change the location and type of breakfast. Invite conversation and give connection in the morning. Those moments really frame the day for family intimacy. Try competitive sweating. Yes, sweating. Get outside and get some exercise. Work hard and work up a good sweat. It's fun if the kids join in, too. See if you can keep up! Take some "pool afternoons". Leave early on a week day and do a cannonball, already. It is a little bit of extra fun and is incredibly meaningful for everyone involved. Allow for late bedtimes, but don't lose adult time. If your kids are old enough, have them do their bedtime independently. As long as they stay in the room (and stay quiet) then all is well. Give the adults some time to talk and straighten up and be quiet themselves.Bonus Challenge: Try a dad camp. Take a few day (3 - 5) and make a daily schedule that looks a lot like camp. Don’t over schedule. Leave space for quiet time, reading, pool, and a strict lights out. Every vacation day away from work doesn’t have to be spent on the road traveling.
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It's time for another Top 5 Episode, and GoodKind Co-Founder, Clayton Greene, is chatting with Dwell Differently Co-Founder, Natalie Abbott, about enjoying Scripture!
We love Dwell's mission to help people memorize more Scripture, and we had a ton of fun talking with her about the Top 5 ways to enjoy it in the process. Check out the conversation and let us know what you think!
Top 5 Ways to Enjoy Scripture
Include Scripture in one-on-one "dates" with your kids. Sing it! (Loudly, and often) Don't just read Scripture, read culture, too. Read the whole story. Don't forget that the Bible is a metanarrative! Check out The Ology or even try reading the Bible as a novel! Write it everywhere! Try a temporary tattoo, put up prints in your house, or use our Sticky Prayers!Resources
Find Dwell products and free resources at: dwelldifferently.com Sticky Prayers from GoodKind The Ology Book The Book of God (Bible as a novel) -
You don't have to be monkish in order to practice silence and solitude. With the pace our culture is running at, it's actually the spiritual practice we might be most starved for.
Join Clayton, Chris, and Amy as they dive into the spiritual practice of silence and solitude and fuss over how it works, why it matters, and how to make it easier than you think.
Recommended Resources
Invitation to Solitude and Silence, by Ruth Haley Barton
Silence and Solitude Teaching, by John Mark Comer
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It's quite possibly our most unhinged episode yet.
We're feeling all of the excitement and possibility of a fresh summer season, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Join Clayton, Chris, Brian, and Amy on the podcast for fun and easy ways to create meaningful moments this June, and a whole lot of laughs along the way.
Wherever you find yourself this May-cember—in the carpool line for the last time this year, riding to 14 end of school activities, or heading out on vacation—we promise, it's worth it. And June is right around the corner.
Holidays
June 1 - Volunteers Week
June 2 (but really, any Friday) - National Leave Work Early Day
June 6 - Drive-in Movie Day
June 13 - The Feast of St. Anthony
June 16 - Father's Day, National Play Catch Week
June 19 - Juneteenth
June 20 - National Yard Games Day, Summer Solstice
June 25 - National Please Take My Children to Work Day
June 27 - National Handshake Day
Freebies
Friday, June 7 - National Donut Day
Recommendations
A Year of Playing Catch, by Ethan Bryan
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