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Estranged Adult Children: When Its Up To Them

January 20, 2025 • Nathan Guy • Season 4 • Episode 39

Church is where we share life together. We welcome each other’s joys and shoulder one another’s pain; we laugh and cry, rejoice and weep; give up our self-conceit and also bear each other’s burdens. We live as family, finding light in the darkness, strength for the journey, and refreshment in the dry patches of life.

The sermon today is titled "Estranged Adult Children: When It's Up to Them." It is the first installment in our recurring series "The Struggles We Face." The Scripture reading is from Hosea 11:1-9 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on January 19, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 5 broad categories: Begin, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under GROW: Dealing with Struggles and Suffering.

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Podcast Notes (resources used or referenced):

Every Moment Holy (Vols 1 & 2)
Pegg Stroop, “No, Parent-Child Estrangement Isn’t Just A Fad,” Psychology Today (May 20), 2023).
Stephen Rossi, “Estranged Families,” Thechristiancounselor.com (Dec 30, 2018).
Joshua Coleman, Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties & How to Heal the Conflict.

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