The Good He Grows | Episode 2: Keep Chopping Wood: Why Awkward Is Still a Beginning
Your first phone-free dinner flopped. Now what? Marc Casciani and Dr. Eric Stennett return to The Good He Grows, a Penn Woods Classical Academy Podcast, with an answer: awkward is still a beginning.
Dr. Stennett pulls back the curtain on the school’s prayer box, where his rule is simple: if a child puts it in, he prays it, even if it’s a kindergartner. He then gives parents guilt-free coaching for a second try: start with five minutes, say “I’d love to hear about your day,” embrace the silence, and choose consistency over intensity. Marc shares his own Bohemian Rhapsody car-ride tradition with his daughter.
The conversation closes on friendship as courage paired with humility: refusing gossip, admitting mistakes, receiving correction with grace, and giving three gifts of kind words each day. Jesus models it all, even from the cross. Plus, a preview of the pastors’ breakfast. Keep chopping wood. Then watch what He grows.
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