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Ever felt like you need to get something of your chest?

My Texas friend Trey Gibson and I host this weekly podcast dedicated to family and parenting topics. Check out the show at The Real Family Guys Podcast Episode 17.

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We have no prepared program today. Trey and I get a couple of things off our chest. Trey and I both want to be always growing and always getting better. What we’ve found is that unless we can admit our faults and problems then we don’t have a point to grow from. One thing includes the future of The Real Family Guys Podcast. Today Trey and I discuss:

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On one side of the scale is condoning, advocating, and promoting a behavior, lifestyle, or choice. On the other is discrimination, bigotry, or outright hatred of the same behavior. The fulcrum that balances the scale is tolerance.

My Texas friend Trey Gibson and I host this weekly podcast dedicated to family and parenting topics. Check out the show at The Real Family Guys Podcast Episode 15. You’ll find a new episode of us there every Friday.

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This discussion stemmed from an article about “National Mix It Up Day” to be held on October 30. One blogger wrote about this and had, what I felt, was a truly negative attitude towards the event. There seemed to be a lot of fear about this organization furthering a homosexual agenda. Fear is often the genesis of hate and discontent between those of differing social, racial, ethnic, and other diversity indicators. Today Trey and I discuss:

• We briefly look at the article
• We investigate the references made to tolerance.org and look at their site
• We define tolerance and condoning to show the difference
• The misconception that tolerance is interpreted as condoning
• Where we often fail as Christians, and as humans in general
• What lessons we teach our kids as a result of our actions
• How we too struggle with this very real issue
• Some Biblical foundation for how we should behave towards others

If you like to subscribe, all of our episodes will be available alongside Trey’s outstanding podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Zune and more.

But most of all, let us know what you want us to talk about! It can be an issue that you’re having, a news story that you’ve seen, a personal story about your family, and more. Simply use my Contact form or call 205-538-3234to leave a message for me 24 hours a day.

Does your family have a case of “affluenza?” Does it seem like you have to have the newest, latest, and greatest of everything?

My Texas friend Trey Gibson and I host this weekly podcast dedicated to family and parenting topics. Check out the show at The Real Family Guys Podcast Episode 11. You’ll find a new episode of us there every Friday.

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A deep and philosophical discussion on materialism and consumerism. Trey and I discuss:

• How I personally struggle with this
• How society helps feed this
• What do we do as parents to teach this behavior to our kids
• The inherent problems with having more
• Defining wants versus needs
• Tips on managing the struggle and being content
• What the Bible says about contentment

If you like to subscribe, all of our episodes will be available alongside Trey’s outstanding podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Zune and more.

But most of all, let us know what you want us to talk about! It can be an issue that you’re having, a news story that you’ve seen, a personal story about your family, and more. Simply use my Contact form or click the telephone at right to leave a message for me 24 hours a day.

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Ever considered homeschooling? Wonder what it’s really like?

My Texas friend Trey Gibson and I host this weekly podcast dedicated to family and parenting topics. Check out the show at The Real Family Guys Podcast Episode 9. You’ll find a new episode of us there every Friday.

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In keeping with the back to school theme, it’s Trey’s turn. He and his wife Corrie homeschool their four children. Listen today as I interview Trey and we hear about the Gibson family’s story and experience.

Some of the things we’ll cover are:
Why they chose to homeschool
The concept of “unschooling”
The concerns about social behavior
How the children learn from one another
The time commitment for both parents
What their future plans are on homeschooling

If you like to subscribe, all of our episodes will be available alongside Trey’s outstanding podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Zune and more.

But most of all, let us know what you want us to talk about! It can be an issue that you’re having, a news story that you’ve seen, a personal story about your family, and more. Simply use my Contact form or click the telephone at right to leave a message for me 24 hours a day.