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Mama Bear: What Makes Moms Amazing?

I’m Jeff Schadt, the founder of Revive Family and we’re going to begin this year by encouraging moms. In today’s busy, hectic world, where moms

Jeffrey Schadt January 10, 2020

Compassion 2020: A Family Resolution

Thanks for returning today. I’m Jeff Schadt, the founder of Revive Family. I hope you had a truly blessed, peaceful, and meaningful Christmas. If you

Jeffrey Schadt December 30, 2019

A Meaningful Christmas – The Gift of Great Relationships – part 3

Last week in Part Two of my blog, A Meaningful Christmas, we began talking about the building blocks of a healthy relationship and how relationships

Jeffrey Schadt December 23, 2019

A Meaningful Christmas Loving Our Family – part 2

As we pursue A Meaningful Christmas, we talked last week about how giving, sharing, and gratefulness impact how we’re feeling, our outlook on life, and

Jeffrey Schadt December 21, 2019

A Meaningful Christmas of Giving, Sharing and Gratefulness – part 1

Christmas brings an immense amount of anticipation to some of us, especially those of us with younger kids. For others it can be overwhelming, a

Jeffrey Schadt December 14, 2019

The Jesus Your Kids Will Follow: Part Four

The research I did for my book, Going, Going, Gone, made it clear that we need to examine how we talk about and teach the

Jeffrey Schadt November 16, 2019

The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part Three

I’m Jeff Schadt, author of Going, Going, Gone, a book that looks into the many reasons kids are leaving the faith. Given all my interaction

Jeffrey Schadt November 7, 2019

The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part Two

This is the second installment in a series that is close to my heart. We are focusing on how the church can stem the tide

Jeffrey Schadt November 1, 2019

The Jesus Our Kids Will Follow: Part One

Today we are starting an important series to help parents understand how to talk to their kids about God in a way that will draw

Jeffrey Schadt October 21, 2019

Young woman expressing question "What do I do now?"

Lessons from a Technology Outage: A Technology Fast

There is no question technology makes things easier and faster, when it’s working… but does it make life better? What would happen if we lost

Jeffrey Schadt September 27, 2019

Screen Time. Kids and Mental Health

We all desire to have healthy kids! We may think that screen time leads to issues and takes our kids away from us. This fear

Jeffrey Schadt September 5, 2019

Parenting with Love – Part Two

We all want to feel connected in our homes. We want to be close to our kids. This becomes difficult when the sense of being

Jeffrey Schadt August 29, 2019