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This week on Parent Talk, Jill Hart and Neta Jackson

Getting us started on Parent Talk this week is Jill Hart of CWAHM.com!

 Here’s the Podcast!

Is it really possible to work from home? Does God care about things like business and success? I’ve worked from home for more than 10 years now and I look forward to sharing my experiences, successes, failures (yes – there are many of these!) and lessons learned.

We’ll look at some practical topics like:
What are some of the options available to work from home?
How can we succeed at home?

And some Biblical topics like:
What does God say about success?
Does God have anything to say about women working from home?

Jill Hart’s entrepreneurial career began in her teens when she spent a summer working with her father who ran his own business. When he put her in charge of a Coke machine and allowed her to keep the profits, she saw the benefits of being her own boss.… continue reading

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Choose NOW Radio Guests You Recognize & Most Downloaded Shows

Josh McDowell – The

Matt Redmond – Mirror Ball

Paul Young – The Shack

Shawn Johnson – DWTS

Alex Kendrick — Sherwood Pictures

Ted Dekker/Tosca Lee – Book of Mortals

Larry the Cucumber — Veggie Tales

Cameron Mathison – All my Children

Michael Card – Imagination Series

Kim Alexis – Supermodel

Danny Cahill — The Biggest Loser

B Haley – Toby Mac

Britt Nicole, Jamie Grace, Jenna Lucado Bishop – Revolve Tour

John Waller, Jordan Elias, Sean Spicer

Nicole’s Personal Favorite Choose NOW Radio Shows (ones that made me cry)

Jim McBride – Courageous

Paul Young — The Shack

Dori Powledge – Grief

Claire Culwell — Survived her own Abortion

David Kyle — BloodMoney

The Abbates – The 5th Quarter

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Choose NOW Radio airs Fridays LIVE from 10-11 EST at www.toginet.com!

Or you can come back here for the podcast, or subscribe on iTunes for FREE to Parent Talk or Teen Talk.

This week on Parent Talk, Jennifer Maggio and Jocelyn Green.

Here’s the podcast!

Getting us started on Parent Talk this week is Jennifer Maggio.

Along with being the On Single Parenting columnist here at Choose NOW Ministries, Jennifer Maggio i is the founder of The Life of a Single Mom Ministries, a global nonprofit that has helped thousands of single moms in 19 countries find a home in their local churches. She is also founder of Overwhelmed: The Single Moms Magazine. Maggio has been featured in hundreds of media venues, including The 700 Club, Focus on the Family, Daystar Television, Moody Radio,  Power Women, Solo Mom, and more. She is a columnist with Single Parents Town, Bizy Moms, and Crosswalk. For more information, visit www.jennifermaggio.com.

This week, Jennifer Maggio and Nicole O’Dell will be chatting about the kind of an impact a single parent can have on teens and pre-teens. And, also, we’ll find out from Jennifer just how important it is that single parents have their kids in church on a regular basis.… continue reading

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Choose NOW Radio

Fridays LIVE from 9-10 CST at www.toginet.com!

Or you can come back here for the podcast,

or subscribe on iTunes for FREE to Parent Talk or Teen Talk.

Join me on Parent Talk! Opening with Valerie Comer on those annoying Jonses!

Your brother bought an Audi S8. Do you want one?

Your sister is moving into a 4,000-square-foot house. With a housekeeper and nanny. Maybe a cook, too. Jealous much?

Your neighbor buys a new laptop, tablet, and smart phone every time a new one comes out. Your computer is old, slow, and tethered to the wall. Your phone? Kind of dumb.

That guy from the corner office takes his family on vacation to a new destination every year. He’s too good for Caribbean cruises or Hawaii. He’s all about the chateau in the south of France. Thinking of stowing away in his luggage?

The gal at the gym is renovating her kitchen and putting in cherry cabinets, granite counters, and those refrigerator drawers. We could get serious envy here.

Man, those Joneses are hard to keep up with! A family could work from dawn to dusk and still be way behind in the wealth display department.… continue reading

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Choose NOW Radio airs Fridays LIVE from 10-11 EST at www.toginet.com!

Or you can come back here for the podcast, or subscribe on iTunes for FREE to Parent Talk or Teen Talk.

This week on Parent Talk, Cara Putman and Nicole O’Dell on Being Supermom

(This Week’s Parent Talk Podcast)

Cara Putman is the Choose NOW Ministries columnist on the issue of Doing it All. Why do we do this to ourselves as parents? Whose standards are we trying to live up to? Will we ever feel like we’ve met the expectations society has for us? Is there a better way?

Hear from the Do-It-All Mom herself, Cara Putman. Cara is an attorney, author, professor, work-at-home-mom, homeschooler, laundress, cook, shopper, etc. She definitely does…it…all!

Cara and I will look at those things and more as we dive into this issue headfirst. You ready? I know I am! (Spoken like a true supermom!)

And, Nicole O’Dell on dealing with Tragedy

In the second segment of Parent Talk this week, I’ll be looking at what we need to do as parents to help our teens and tweens deal with tragedy and the fear it can cause. Events like the Newtown shootings, the Boston Marathon bombings, the attacks on the World Trade Center…they are real, and increasingly common events, and without the right context, they can elicit feelings of fear and unrest.… continue reading

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Choose NOW Radio airs Fridays LIVE from 10-11 EST at www.toginet.com!

Or you can ome back here for the podcast, or subscribe on iTunes for FREE to Parent Talk or Teen Talk.

This week on Parent Talk, John Robinson, the last days

John Robinson is going to tell us when Jesus is coming back for the church! Okay, not quite. But maybe he’ll get close. Tune in to find out.

This would be a great opportunity to get ready for the tough questions your kids are going to ask you about this subject! It may just change the way you look at the world, and the final seconds we’re in.

The Bible makes it clear no one knows the day or the hour of Christ’s return. But it doesn’t say we won’t know the month. Or the week. When every Christian simultaneously receives a message that Christ will return sometime in the next seven days, the world is thrown into stark panic. Two old friends, hardened combat veterans from the closing days of the Vietnam War, set out on a suspenseful quest to redeem that time. What they can’t know is they and their entire church have been targeted for satanic annihilation.… continue reading

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Friday at 10am EST on Parent Talk with Nicole O’Dell: Cecil Murphey and Gary Roe, family secrets; Cynthia Ruchti, unplanned pregnancy; Abbie Smith, purity

Friday at 11am EST on Teen Talk with Nicole O’Dell: Laura Kurk, On Hollywood; Jill Williamson, Captives

Miss the live show? No worries! You can grab the podcast or subscribe on iTunes for FREE!

First up on Parent Talk:

Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Cecil Murphey and Gary Roe

How are sexual abuse survivors to overcome the challenges they are sure to face? Finding strength in community with other survivors is one key to recovery. In Not Quite Healed, two survivors join forces to share insight and encouragement on the issues that challenge them most. After a candid discussion about each issue, the authors provide a self-affirming statement that men can study, memorize, and recite on their darkest days.

In Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Cecil Murphey and Gary Roe discuss the delicate balance of healing, dealing with the past, and protecting family privacy.

Cecil Murphey has written or coauthored more than one hundred books, including the autobiography of Franklin Graham, Rebel with a Cause and the New York Times best-seller 90 Minutes in Heaven.… continue reading

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Friday at 10am EST on Teen Talk with Nicole O’Dell: Don Jacobson, God Makes Lemonade; Bill Delvaux, Landmarks

Friday at 11am EST on Teen Talk with Nicole O’Dell: Heather Burch, Avenger; Penny Whipps, Just 1X

Miss the live show? No worries! You can grab the podcast, or subscribe on iTunes for FREE!

First up on Parent Talk is Don Jacobson:

When life turns sour, refreshing sweetness can still be found

Veteran publisher Don Jacobson is showcasing in his new book series, When God Makes Lemonade: True Stories That Amaze & Encourage (Thomas Nelson, Inc., April 2013), with a    host of stories that offer encouragement, inspiration and hope to those experiencing the sourer   side of life.

“We all have lemonade stories,” Jacobson says. “So we wondered what would happen if we could share them with those who need them most all around the world. Our dream for the God Makes Lemonade project is to be able to publish true stories that will encourage those going through sour experiences that God is at work making sweet lemonade.”

Don Jacobson’s twenty-five years in publishing included serving as the president and owner of Multnomah Publishers, where he oversaw the production of more than 1000 titles and the sale of more than 100 million books.… continue reading

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