Ep 186: Discipleship and Control: Fostering Curiosity and Ownership in Kids’ Faith

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Observing Lent with Children | Interview with Glenys Nellist

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Ep 171: Incorporating Faith at the Dinner Table: 16 Joyful Blessings for Family Meals

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Ep 166: Unlocking Deeper Faith: Exploring Bloom’s Taxonomy in Christian Parenting

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Ep 164: Nurturing Faith: Embracing the Division of Responsibility

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Learning to Discern: Is Misbehavior Really Sin?

Hey, fellow moms! Joy here! Today, I want to dive into a topic that has been weighing on my heart lately: misbehavior in our children, and whether or not it should be considered as sin. As a mom of five girls, ranging from toddler to pre-teen, I see a lot of misbehavior and as a…

Ep 151: Playing through the Creation Story

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

Ep 152: Intergenerational Ministry at Home

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…

We Get You! 30-Day Christian Women’s Devotional

I am published! In the summer of 2022, I went to blazing hot Dallas, Texas to listen and learn from God and an amazing group of women about how to speak and write well to glorify God and serve His people. This collaborative devotional is one small remnant of that experience. This may contain some…

Ep 150: Discipling through Storytelling

About Playfully Faithful Parenting: Are you a Christian mama who wants your kids to fall in love with Jesus? Me too, friend! I’m Joy Wendling: friend of Jesus, wife, seminary grad, and Children’s and Family Minister turned Stay-at-Home Mom to 5 girls. Join me as we explore our calling to introduce our kids to Jesus…