This episode is a short introduction about your hosts for The Walk. Tony and Laura Smith have been married for almost seven years and have two children and are expecting their third! They have a desire to share God's truth a…
12/30/2021 The Walk Podcast Family Worship: Episode 1 Deuteronomy 6:5 commands us to love the Lord with all of our being. The art of family worship is missing in modern society. In this first episode of a five-part series, …
12/30/2021 The Walk Podcast Family Worship: Episode 2 Our second episode in the Family Worship series focuses on Deuteronomy 6:6. This verse is all about God's commandments being on our hearts. Tony discusses the impact of a…
1/11/2022 The Walk Podcast Family Worship: Episode 3 Deuteronomy 6:7 emphasizes that parents are to impress or engrave God's wisdom, truth and love onto their kids. Doing this with gentleness and intentionality is the goal, …
1/18/2022 The Walk Podcast Family Worship: Episode 4 Do our actions and words really matter to our kids? As Tony tackles how parents influence their kids by what they say and what they do, he also shares a mistake of his own…
1/25/2022 The Walk Podcast Family Worship: Episode 5 As the Family Worship Series comes to a close, Tony and Laura take time to focus on Deuteronomy 6:9 while explaining ways that you can share God's Word with people all thr…
2/1/2022 Newborns: Encouragement in a Tribe New parents experiencing the trials of bringing home a fresh baby, or a veteran parent snuggling great-grandkids, there is nothing like the newborn phase of life. Focusing on encou…
2/8/2022 The Walk Podcast Newborns: Contentment Anxiety and fear can easily set in long before you bring home a new baby. All of the societal pressures to buy the newest fancy gadget or uphold certain family expectations can…
2/15/2022 The Walk Podcast Newborns: Attachment Jeremiah 1:5 claims that God forms children in the womb and knows who they are before they are even born! Having a new baby can be such a powerful, joyous experience. But havin…
2/22/2022 The Walk Podcast Newborns: Postpartum Depression 1 Kings 19 describes the depression of the Hebrew Prophet Elijah and how God comforts him. In this episode, Tony and Laura discuss their own struggles with depressio…
Isaiah 41:10 In this episode Tony uses Isaiah 41:10 to navigate through a few different types of Mental Health disorders that are most commonly found in parents and kids. How does God guide us through these dark moments in l…
3/8/2022 Parental Mental Health: Blindsided In this episode, Tony interviews Heather Caster, author of Blindsided to Blessed: My Family's Journey from Teen Suicide to Finding a Purpose. Heather talks about the struggles of l…
3/15/2022 Parental Mental Health: Blessed Tony continues his discussion with Heather Caster and her daughter MJ about finding God and how He has provided hope during the grieving process after Lauren's death. Heather and MJ …
3/22/2022 Tony dives into the mental health struggles of teens and how parents can adapt and have discussions with them. So often, teens set up walls where we don't realize anything is wrong. Sympathy, understanding and help…
4/5/2022 Prayer Pillars: Gratitude Children are a gift from the Lord, but sometimes we don't treat them as such. We get bogged down with life, work and fatigue where we go through the motions of getting through the day inste…
4/12/2022 Prayer Pillars: Salvation Tony discusses the second pillar of prayer: salvation. In regards to lifting up your kids hearts to God in prayer, asking Him to reach your children in a divine way, it isn't a guarantee t…
4/19/2022 Prayer Pillars: Wisdom Tony discusses the third pillar of prayer: wisdom. When your kids enter into a new phase of life, particularly adulthood, there are a lot of internal struggles and conflicts. Children learn t…
5/6/2022 Prayer Pillars: Guidance Tony discusses the fourth and final prayer pillar: Guidance. As we prayer for our kids as they are younger, our prayers for them shouldn't cease as they enter into adulthood. The reality is,…
5/10/2022 Prodigals: The Younger Son Looking through Luke chapter 15, the story of the Prodigal son, Tony dives into understanding the mind and heart of rebellious prodigals. Often times as parents we experience the heartach…
5/17/2022 Prodigals: The Older Son Continuing through Luke chapter 15, we take a glance at the older son in the parable. How do we as people and as parents struggle with comparison and self-righteousness? We can fall into en…
5/24/2022 Prodigals: The Father part 1 Tony focuses on the father in the story of the prodigal son. We notice that his reaction to the younger sons return is parallel for how we should react when our children return to us af…
5/31/2022 Prodigals: The Father Part 2 Tony concludes the Prodigals series with the Father's response from Luke chapter 15 to the older son. As parents, how do we find restoration when another family member burns bridges and…
6/21/2022 Happy Summer! For the next few months, Tony and Laura will be discussing random topics on parenting and having an authentic conversation with some coffee or tea. This episode focuses on chores and how we as parent …
6/28/2022 Tony and Laura discuss the reality of parenting in a world with smart phones and new technology. As the Millennial generation is now in the midst of parenthood, how do smart phones affect your child's brain develop…