Crazy Cool Family

Crazy Cool Family

Hosted by: Don and Suzanne Manning

Want home to be your favorite place in the world? Want to see siblings get along like best friends? Want to send your kid off to college with hope instead of fear? At Crazy Cool Family, we can help you answer all of...

Episodes

#169: We Fight for Family to Believe

Season #4

What are your family's beliefs? Are your beliefs helping or hurting your family grow? We were recently on a walk and started talking about how our family has been marked by our beliefs. We identified positive and...
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#168: What if I'm Losing the Fight? (Feat. Madeline Jones)

Season #4

Do you feel like "quitting the fight?" Have you ever felt like throwing in the towel and quitting this whole parenting thing? Madeline, our 2nd daughter joins us to share about her season of feeling like the is...
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#167: Fighting for Marriage (Feat. Anne Evans)

Season #4

What do I do if my spouse and I are not on the same page? Unity within marriage is vital. God's idea of marriage is centered on unity. Is your marriage unified? What creates unity and what destroys it?  Anne Evans...
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#166: Fight for Generosity (Feat. Christy Gandy)

Season #4

Mother's Day is coming up and we have the perfect gift idea! This week, Christy Gandy joins the podcast to help us Fight for Generosity. She unpacks ways her family chooses to be generous in every season. Generosity...
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165: Parents Who Fight for Truth (Feat. Julie Parido)

Season #4

The fight continues, parents and this week we are picking up the Word of God to help us fight for our kid's hearts.  Julie Parido joins the podcast to share a God-inspired idea. She created a book called, Draw the...
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164: Being a Funny Family (Feat. Tim Hawkins)

Season #4

Is your family culture marked by fun?  Tim Hawkins joins us this week to share how his family values laughter, jokes, and silliness. If you need a laugh or help creating laughter in your home, then this podcast is for...
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#163: Step into the Spiritual Fight (Feat. Colleen Stickl)

Season #4

When God gave us the word FIGHT, this is what we wanted to talk about! What we are called to do as parents is fight on the spiritual realm for our kids.  Colleen Stickl, the wife of our lead pastor at Valley Creek,...
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#162: Fight for Energy!

Season #4

As a parent, do you ever feel like your kid(s) have SO MUCH MORE energy than you? Often, we get asked the question,"How did you have enough energy to raise 7 kids!?" The truth is, the kids do have more energy! "The...
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#161: Commit to Fight for Family

Season #4

We are in the Fight for Family, are you with us? How do we take it to the next level? "I looked at the fight for family and I decided... I am not going to lose this fight." - Don Commitment is key and we are talking...
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#160: Fight for Forgiveness (Feat. Julie Plagens)

Season #4

Do you need forgiveness in your family? Join us this week as Julie Plagens shares with Don and Suzanne about her book, Estranged and shares how forgiveness is essential to a healthy, whole family. If you need...
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#159. Dads, Join the Fight! (Feat. Jeff Zaugg)

Season #4

How do we, as fathers, win the game of love?  Does work feel like too much? Are you missing out on deep connecting with your kids? How do we (dads) invite God into our family and allow Him to teach us to be a...
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#158 Leadership is Worth the Fight (Feat. Julie Pierce)

Season #4

Is everyone a kingdom leader? That’s the question we unpack today. Julie Pierce joins us to answer our questions about leadership. Leadership is next level when it becomes KINGDOM leadership! We take the conversation...
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