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Hi friends – I hope you’ll listen to “It Takes a Parent” today at noon central time, AM1160/WYLL radio or wtreaming at www.wyll.com. It’s a “best of” show featuring my discussion with Majorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony (pro-life) PAC in D.C. She’s got lots of great insights into what we social conservatives are up against in D.C. with the new administration, and how we can not only survive – but thrive!

I also have a lot of fun in this weeks’ “Heart Beat” section of the show.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great New Year!

Betsy Hart

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Hi Friends – I hope you listen to “It Takes a Parent” today at noon central time, AM1160 Chicago or streaming on www.wyll.com.

In the “Hart Beat” part of the show, I’ll talk a little bit about Christmas (I love Christmas, but as a Christian I don’t get too wrapped up in the Christ Story at Christmas – really!) and then a lot about a great Christmas gift wives can give their husbands – and it doesn’t cost a thing.

Then it’s an (encore) interview with Michael Horton, author of the “Christless Christianity” – a perfect week for that interview! In his provocative new book, Horton argues that it’s not that churches, often even our evangelical churches, aren’t zealous enough, it’s that we are too often zealous for the wrong things. Christianity has become more and more therapeutic and about what God can do for me – not about asking, how can I glorify God?

And listen in at the top of the show for a chance to win a family five-pack of tickets to the Adler Planetarium to see their fabulous “Star of Wonder” show and take in all the exhibits there. That’s a $100 dollar value, and I’m giving away two of them right here – so listen to win!

I hope you’ll tune in today (or listen to the show here tomorrow, or later in the week on National Review.com.)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

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Hi friends – I hope you listen to “It Takes a Parent” today at noon central time, AM1160/WYLL radio, Chicago, or www.wyll.com. I’ll be talking to Michael Josephson, head of the Josephson Institute for Ethics in Los Angeles, California. Among many other projects, the institute tracks teenagers and their ethics (or lack thereof) through blind surveys, and issues regular public reports every two years. It’s most recent report was, again, shocking. The vast majority of teens admit to cheating on tests in high school, and more than half of the boys says one has to lie and cheat to get ahead in life.

The reports seem to get increasingly ominous. We’ll talk about what is going on!

You’ll especially want to listen today if you are in the Chiacago area. I’m giving away tickets to the Adler Planetarium – a family five-pack/VIP set! – to see the Adler and it’s wonderful “Star of Wonder” sky show. That’s a $100 dollar value, so listen to win.

(You can catch the show later here, or on nationalreview.com)

Thanks for stopping by!

Betsy

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Hi friends – I really hope you will tune in today to “It Takes a Parent,” AM1160/WYLL Chicago, noon central time.

I’ll have some fun items in the “Heart Beat” part of the show, then on to the “main attraction” so to speak. Today, I interview Max McLean, star of “The Screwtape Letters,” currently playing to soldout houses at the Mercury Theater in Chicago. Based on the brilliant satire by the same name by C.S. Lewis, the story follows one of Hell’s chief tormentors, Screwtape, as he helps his nephew navigate the “hoped for” snatching of a particular soul on earth. I saw the play, it’s fantastic!

Max McLean, who is based in New York, is also the President of the Fellowship for the Performing arts, a Christian performing arts company, and has starred in or been a part of many performances typically based on great Christian literature or histories.

Today on the show we’ll talk about the Screwtape Letters, Christians and the arts (I sometimes think we Christians are too “afraid” of the arts), and for those of us who have kids who want to go into the arts how can we encourage them to go about it in a way that’s redemptive? I have a son who wants to be a film director, so I’m eager for that information.

Remember, if you miss the show today at noon, you can check out out on my blog later on Monday when it will be up for “easy listening,” or on Friday you can catch it on NationalReview.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Betsy Hart

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Hi friends – I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! I had the week off! (And so Sunday’s radio show was a re-air of my interview with David Elkind, author of the best selling “The Hurried Child” and other books, which originally was broadcast on September 7th. I can never get enough of his wisdom!)

And for all you moms and dads out there whom I hear from, worried about giving your kids a “great Christmas” – here’s my column which ran last Friday.

my column

I hope you enjoy the first day of Advent!

Betsy Hart

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Hi friends – I hope you’ll listen today to “It Takes a Parent,” AM1160/WYLL Chicago, at noon central time.

I’ll have a lot of fun for you on the show today including playing a certain voice mail message, one of several sent to me from one of my daughters recently, in the “Hart Beat” part of the show. You will not want to miss that.

Then, I get to talk to my friend Marjorie Dannenfelser, Presient of the Susan B. Anthony list, the pro-life political action committee, on “what now for the social conservative agenda in Washington?” She has great insights and action plans, a long with a lot of concerns – and a good dose of humor and faith – so you won’t want to miss it.

You can also catch the show later here (by Monday evening) or starting Friday on NationalReview.com.

As always, thanks for stopping by for all all the e-mails I get from you. I read every single one!

Have a great Thanksgiving week – Betsy

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Well, according to Dr. David Popenoe, yes! He’s a professor emeritus of sociology at Rutgers University, and director of the prestigious National Marriage Project there. He has a lot to say on the matter.

For one thing? He thinks our high expectations concerning marriage today doom too many of them to failure before they start. (Think of Eharmony’s promise to help you find your “soul mate.” It may be no wonder that already, the evidence seems to be that marriages which come from Eharmony have a higher break-up rate than the culture as a whole!)

Personally, I’m beginning to think we might want to bring back arranged marriages — see my column of this week. Okay, I’m kidding but then again. . .

If you couldn’t catch the show yesterday at noon (AM1160/WYLL Chicago) check in here later today for the MP3 file here, or on Friday visit NationalReview.com.

As always, thanks for listening and thanks for stopping by!

Betsy Hart

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Dr. Michael Horton says “yes”! He’s the author of the new book, “Christless Christianity.” (He’s written many other books, including “Putting the Amazing Back into Grace.”)

Horton argues in his provocative new book that it’s not about “liberal” or “conservative” theology. It’s not even about the vigor of American evangelicalism. It’s that in churches across the board, Christ is being taken out of the gospel, and replaced with a therapeutic message that misses the cross, even in ways that sound. . . Christian.

I hope you’ll tune in today to “It Takes a Parent” at noon central on AM1160 WYLL in Chicago, listen streaming on www.wyll.com, or get the podcast by tomorrow evening here or on Friday on NationalReview.com.

In the meantime, visit “www.christlesschristianity.org”

Thanks for stopping by, and have a lovely Sunday.

Betsy

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Hi Friends – I hope you get a chance to listen to this week’s “It Takes a Parent,” radio show. Dr. Calvin Beisner, spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation (www.CornwallAlliance.org) is back to talk about the environmentalist agenda and what it could cost us – literally – if that agenda is given its head in Tuesday’s election.

Did you know that Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, wants to cut carbon emissions in the U.S. by half – half – of their current rate by the year 2050? Forget what “spreading the wealth” would cost, that agenda would have a catastrophic impact on America’s families. But most of all it would devastate the world’s poor as energy prices – needed for everything we use – would skyrocket.

The environmentalist agenda sounds so good. . . we have to help our kids think rightly about it, because no one else is!

I’ll also talk to Beverly Rothstein, CEO of “yourslimvision.org” when she tells us how to handle all that leftover Halloween candy. And do you agree with Parenting magazine which tells parents to “understand” why their children lie? Or do you think lying is just. . . wrong? All that is in store for you in this week’s radio show.

“It Takes a Parent” airs noon Sundays, AM1160 WYLL, or podcast here and nationalreview.com

Don’t forget to vote, and thanks for stopping by!

Betsy hart

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Hi Friends – this week, David Staal is my guest on “It Takes a Parent.” Until this summer, David was the head of the children’s ministry Promiseland at Willow Creek Community Church. He recently left that position to head a ministry in Michigan called Kids Hope USA. www.kidshopeusa.org.

What he has to share is amazing. Kids Hope pairs churches with public schools and kids at risk around the country – and the schools are glad to have the churches involved! You are going to want to hear how and why that’s possible. More public schools are asking for the ministry than there are churches available to provide it!

David will also talk about his own kids, and helping them through a difficult transition with the move which in their words “ripped them away” from their friends. With the economy the way it is and various transitions in our own homes, a lot of us may need his insights.

As always, I get a chance to touch on some issues of the day – like, some awful advice to a new mom in a recent advice column – in the “HeartBeat” section of the show.

I hope you’ll tune in Sunday at noon central time, at AM1160/WYLL Chicago, or streaming live at www.wyll.com, or later here or at the end of the week on NationalReview.com.

As always thanks for listening, thanks for your notes and e-mails – and have a great week!