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LuHi Thriving Parents: Resources and Next Meeting | Email from March 21, 2026

Next Thriving Parents Meeting

 

Monday, March 23 from 7:00 - 8:00 PM in room 032. Please come and be encouraged! Check out the resources below with newer ones from 1-4 and 22.  

 

Resources:

    1. Summit Ministries Live Q&A: Raising Faithful Kids Livestream w/ Frank Turek, April 9 from 5:30-6:30 PM.

In this 60-minute livestream, Frank will answer real questions from parents, including:

    • How do I help my child defend the Christian faith without becoming argumentative?
    • How should we respond to cultural pressure around identity, morality, and truth?
    • What does effective discipleship look like in a secular age?
  1. The Christian Response to Loneliness: A Biblical Response to a Modern Epidemic  
  2. Truth Changes Everything Podcast
  3. Upside-Down Parenting Podcast
  4. Ruthless Elimination of Hurry | John Mark Comer (A Christian response to “Anxious Generation” and thoughtful look at being discipled by Jesus and Spiritual Formation)
  5. Delighting in the Trinity | Michael Reeves (Excellent look at the key uniqueness of Christianity)
  6. Anxious Generation | Jonathan Haidt (Best Seller and Non-Christian research on what our teens are facing)
  7. Spirituality of the Cross | Gene Veith (Understanding the beauty of the Gospel)
  8. Upside-Down Spirituality | Chad Bird (Excellent and thought provoking look at Jesus’ unique view of the life we live. Very freeing)
  9. Making Sense of God | Tim Keller (Intellectual look at why Christians believe in Jesus, a favorite of mine)
  10. The Reason for God | Tim Keller (Excellent book, top 5 of books I have read, answering tough questions we all deal with and helps you share truth with those who are looking for truth)
  11. Prayer | Tim Keller (Great book on prayer … surprise:) 
  12. Psalms | Dietrich Bonhoeffer (A dive into God’s prayer book)
  13. The War Between Ourselves | Tim Keller
  14. The Chosen | Download the App to watch https://watch.thechosen.tv/ Please watch from the beginning in season 1 but if you need a good taste to get you started, try Season 1, Episode 8 and Season 2 Episode 1. That should get you hooked, so you could go back and start at the beginning. 
  15. Parenting Teens Toward Adulthood (Part 1) - Dr. Ken Wilgus
  16. How Great Is Our God | Video by Louie Giglio (Laminin and Colossians 1:17)
  17. 4 Things Gen Z Needs Most from the Adults in Their Lives
  18. Sexuality and Christian Hope | Gospel and Life/Tim Keller
  19. How To Talk About Dating With Your Teen | AXIS 
  20. Talking Love and Dating | AXIS 
  21. Some pretty big things to be aware of from The Cultural Translator/AXIS:

Why it's big money: According to the American Gaming Association, an estimated $1.76 billion will be legally bet on the showdown between the Patriots and Seahawks on Sunday. Sports betting is now legal in 39 US States, and for many, it’s become a core part of their sports-watching experience. Instead of cheering for a specific team, betting allows fans to cheer for specific moments, like rushing yards, completion percentage, the result of the coin-flip at the start, and more off-the-wall bets, like whether a player completes an “octopus” (scoring a touchdown and a subsequent 2-point conversion) or whether they’ll play “Sweet Caroline” in the stadium. 

In 2013, game developers at Valve released something called “the Compendium” for their video game Dota 2. It gave players a different way of engaging with the game, with cosmetics and new features tied to it. Without realizing it, Valve had changed gaming by inventing what we now know as the battlepass. Today, battlepasses are the industry-standard way of spending a little money (usually $10) to get bonus features on games. Any parent who has a teen who loves Fortnite is probably more aware of battlepasses than they ever wanted to be.

 

For many, sports betting offers something similar to the battlepass. It’s a way for fans to engage with a sport in a more invested way. In the last decade or so, apps like FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM have completely changed the betting landscape and given fans a reason to pay more attention to games and maybe even hit a parlay to win some cash. 

 

What it is: OpenClaw (aka Moltbot and ClawdBot) is a new, free “agentic AI” assistant that lives on your computer.

Why it’s different: Unlike other AI tools, OpenClaw doesn’t just give you information. It makes decisions. If you ask it to book you a flight to San Francisco, it will actually do it. But to do this, it requires access to everything on your computer, including your passwords, your payment methods, your calendar, your account information, et cetera. The potential pro of OpenClaw is that it could serve as a fully functional AI assistant. The potential con is that its requirement of so much private information could create serious security risks for users, should the software get hacked.

 

Remaining Dates for Thriving Parents this year after Monday, March 23:

April 20, May 11