Family Resources

Helping build Christ-centered homes where faith is lived out, passed down, and celebrated — one conversation, one moment, and one milestone at a time.

Recommended Resources

Our go-to list of reads and listens to encourage you in parenting, marriage, and your own walk with Christ.

  • Family Discipleship - Matt Chandler, Adam Griffin, and Jared Kennedy: practical framework of time, moments, and milestones for leading your home in faith
  • Habits of the Household - Justin Whitmel Earley: simple daily practices to shape family life around faith
  • The Lifegiving Parent - Clay and Sally Clarkson: building a Christ-centered home that nurtures faith
  • Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family - Paul David Tripp: biblical framework for raising kids
  • Shepherding a Child's Heart - Tedd Tripp: classic guide on reaching your child's heart with the Gospel
  • The Opt-Out Family - Erin Loechner: choosing a slower, more intentional family life rooted in values over culture and technology

    • Resources and referrals for Christian counselors, family therapists, and mental health support—because caring for your family starts with caring for yourself too.

  • Counseling @ NF - Christ-centered support for individuals, couples, and families seeking hope and healing
  • Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation - biblical counseling training and referral network
  • Focus on the Family Counseling Services - nationwide support line and referral network
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - faith-integrated support for families
  • The Refuge Center for Counseling - faith-based counseling in Middle Tennessee

    • Creative and simple ways to make spiritual conversations part of everyday life, from bedtime prayers to milestone moments.

    Serving together as a family helps grow faith and compassion. We provide opportunities to partner with local ministries and make a difference—together.

    Kid-friendly and parent-approved movies, shows, music, and apps that align with your family’s values.

    Tools and advice to help you manage screen time, social media, and raise digitally wise kids.

    • Bark - monitors texts, apps, and social media for risks
    • Canopy - AI-powered filtering for real-time inappropriate content blocking
    • Circle - whole-home WiFi parental controls
    • Family Technology Resources List - a guide to smart device safeguards, apps, software programs, content awareness, alternative devices, pornography filters, books, and more
    • Pinwheel Phone - safe first smartphone alternative for kids
    • Screen Sanity - free contracts and conversation kits for families

    Use your drivetime to listen to these great podcasts that help shape a Christian worldview

    • Axis Conversations - faith and culture in meaningful dialogue, with tools to spark stronger conversations with teens
    • Don't Mom Alone - Heather MacFadyen - biblical encouragement and practical strategies to build community and parent with faith
    • Kingdom Dads - three Christian fathers inspiring dads to lead with Christ-like love and create lasting generational impact
    • Parenting Today's Teens - Mark Gregston - grace-filled, biblically grounded wisdom for navigating the teen years
    • The Family Discipleship Podcast - Adam Griffin, Chelsea Griffin, Matt Chandler - practical equipping for parents using the time, moments, milestones framework