Real Talk with PK: Honest Faith Conversations for Everyday Life

What if breaking generational curses starts with asking your grown kids what you got wrong?

Pastor Ken sits down with his daughter Brooke Warren, now serving in ministry herself, and asks her to grade how he and Rachel did raising five kids. She talks about the sleepover rule, no dating until 18, the faith she watched them live at home, and the spilled cups at dinner that turned into a hard conversation years later. Pastor Ken talks about the pattern he learned from his own father, the apology that changed things between them, and the grade Brooke finally gives them.

This week: dads, ask your kids one honest question. Did I do something wrong?

Scripture: Proverbs 18꞉13 · Matthew 6꞉33

Chapters:

00:00 Dad, here's what you got right and wrong

00:39 A follow-up to Parenting 101

01:52 Asking my own daughter how we did

03:59 Growing up in the Warren household

05:06 Too strict or good balance?

06:04 Enough attention with five kids?

06:57 Why grandparents matter

08:19 Favorite family memories

10:27 Who was the stricter parent?

12:09 The rules that drove her crazy

13:16 No dating until 18

14:10 Would she keep the 18 rule?

16:02 Date only if you could marry soon

16:37 What Mom and Dad got right

17:08 Faith lived out at home

18:35 What Mom did every morning

20:14 What Dad did best

22:01 Social media and insecurity

22:55 Could she come to us when struggling?

23:27 Bullied in fifth grade

24:05 Bringing kids into family decisions

25:09 Carrying each other's burdens

26:51 What we got wrong

28:07 Making small things big things

29:28 Perfectionism and all-or-nothing

31:00 Would you be a problem for Dad?

32:33 The conversation with Dad

33:19 You never had to be perfect

34:00 When parents won't hear it

34:53 Why dads won't be vulnerable

35:56 Pastor Ken's own father

36:32 Why did you go that way?

38:07 The pattern comes home

39:22 Breaking generational curses

40:01 Not the same man today

41:16 Loving Jesus with unhealthy habits

42:11 Hearing where you failed

42:57 Yielding to the Lord

43:51 Growing up in a pastor's home

45:01 Church as a value, not an option

46:09 Why people want what we have

47:57 When her faith became her own

49:02 When a youth pastor left

50:34 God healed her heart

51:24 Following Jesus at home

52:02 Watching her dad grieve

53:36 Now serving in ministry herself

55:06 Discipline and strong wills

56:17 Mom talked, Dad disciplined

57:49 Rules she appreciates now

58:51 Few rules: follow God, be kind

59:51 What every parent should understand

1:00:28 Explain the why

1:01:36 Their opinion is welcome

1:02:43 Never too late to start over

1:03:39 What money can't buy

1:04:34 20 minutes of special time

1:05:18 What grade did we get?

1:06:31 What Pastor Ken wants her to know

1:07:14 Does your family follow Christ?

1:08:24 What it meant to be our daughter

1:09:18 Two families, both dysfunctional

1:10:31 Any family can have this

1:11:45 What raising five kids taught me

1:12:31 Dads, talk to your kids

1:13:16 A prayer for parents

1:14:27 Keep it real

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How do you keep trusting God after losing a child, when the miracle you prayed for doesn't come?

Pastor Ken sits down with his nephew Eric Thiede, associate pastor and worship leader at Motor City Church in Detroit. Eric and his wife Bri were expecting twin boys when everything changed, and their son Pearson passed away shortly after birth. Eric talks about the night it happened, naming Pearson, the anger he had to work through, and why he says American Christianity is comfort, but true Christianity is surrender.

This week: if you know a parent who has lost a child, you don't need the right words. Sit with them. That is how Jesus sits with us.

Motor City Church: https://motorcitychurch.com

Chapters:

00:00 When life breaks your heart

02:07 Meet Eric Thiede

03:05 Eric's journey into ministry

04:41 The internship that never came

05:23 Bible college and life on the road

07:20 Planting Motor City Church

09:11 The audio equipment miracle

11:29 A prophecy fulfilled

13:58 Worship night at Detroit Music Hall

14:30 Why Scripture illuminates

16:13 How dare we hold anything back

18:24 Marriage and becoming a dad

20:27 To become a husband

21:32 Afraid to become a father

22:40 What kids teach you about love

23:17 Outside the children's hospital

25:06 How fatherhood changed his ministry

26:13 You're not the king of your house

28:27 When life takes a turn

29:37 The night everything changed

34:50 Two boys in the NICU

36:20 No brain activity

37:32 The hardest conversation

38:21 Holding Pearson

40:20 Naming Pearson

43:10 How do you process losing a child?

45:24 Leaning into Christ and each other

46:56 A word for grieving mothers

48:49 Anger and control

49:24 What jiu-jitsu taught him

51:25 Great fathers surrender control

52:01 The why question

52:53 Jesus wept

53:41 Lazarus and Joseph

54:36 They forgot who He was

55:55 Remember who God is

56:56 Stop saying "God's got this"

57:25 A word that changed everything

1:00:30 I surrender it all

1:02:30 Is Jesus Lord or not?

1:03:19 Preaching it vs living it

1:04:29 True vs American Christianity

1:05:37 God is holy

1:06:29 The millstone and the courtroom

1:09:52 LeBron and the moon

1:11:02 God meets people in their mess

1:13:18 Never a trouble-free life

1:13:58 Pain and suffering as allies

1:15:59 Preparing people for hardship

1:17:14 Leading worship with a broken heart

1:18:58 Worship leaders: get quiet first

1:19:47 How loss changed his worship

1:22:41 Encountering the authentic Jesus

1:23:33 Hope that doesn't pretend

1:24:03 Ministering to people who hurt

1:28:00 Our blessed hope

1:29:22 To a father who just lost a child

1:30:56 Pastor Ken's park bench

1:33:24 When the miracle doesn't come

1:35:15 Jesus is real

1:36:42 Connect with Eric

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Why do bad things happen to good people? And when life doesn't make sense, where is God?

Pastor Ken and Pastor Todd open one of the hardest questions people ever ask about God, and Pastor Ken walks it through Job, Joseph and Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus. Suffering is not always punishment, God can bring good out of something He never called good, and His silence doesn't mean He's absent. It picks up from last week's conversation on grief with Ann Kita.

This week: be honest with God about your pain, and make sure nobody you love has to suffer alone.

Scripture: Matthew 5꞉45 · John 16꞉33 · Job 1꞉1 · Job 42꞉5 · Romans 8꞉28 · Genesis 50꞉20 · Psalm 13꞉1 · John 11꞉35 · Romans 8꞉38-39

Chapters:

00:00 Why do bad things happen to good people?

01:57 Why is there evil in the world?

02:34 When life falls apart

04:34 Does being good protect us?

05:25 The sun rises on the evil and the good

06:09 In this world you will have trouble

06:59 Is God only good when life is good?

07:56 Job: when good people suffer

09:49 When Job's friends showed up

11:07 Suffering is not always punishment

12:02 Now my eyes have seen you

12:46 Faithful and still hurting

13:41 Does everything happen for a reason?

15:43 Good from what He never called good

16:41 Joseph: you meant it for harm

18:47 Not the author of our pain

19:26 Where is God when He seems silent?

20:40 How long, Lord?

21:41 Jesus and Lazarus

22:57 Jesus wept

24:55 When life doesn't make sense

26:16 Be honest about your pain

27:08 Don't suffer alone

28:25 Nothing can separate us from His love

29:16 The cross changes the conversation

31:46 God is not a stranger to suffering

32:21 How to walk through it with hope

33:05 Faith isn't pretending life doesn't hurt

34:08 The gift of your presence

34:38 A prayer for the hurting

35:34 Keep it real, keep the faith

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How do you help someone grieving when you don't know what to say? And who walks with you once everyone else goes back to normal?

Pastor Ken sits down with Ann Kita, Executive Director of New Hope Center for Grief Support in Northville, and Susan Arnould, Director of Operations and Program Services. New Hope's grief support is free and peer-to-peer, led by trained volunteers who have walked in similar shoes. They talk about why trying to fix grief doesn't help, why it's OK to sit in the silence and say a loved one's name, and why there's no timetable on grief.

This week: grief isn't weakness. Grief says that somebody mattered. If you know someone who lost a person months or years ago, reach out and ask about them.

New Hope's Merry Little Christmas is December 4, 2026, and the New Hope Gala is April 30, 2027. Programs, volunteering and events: https://newhopecenter.net

New Hope on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewHopeCenterforGriefSupport/

New Hope on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newhopecenterforgriefsupport

If you or someone you love is thinking about suicide, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, US).

Chapters:

00:00 You don't have to grieve alone

02:01 Meet Ann Kita of New Hope

03:21 What is New Hope?

03:53 Meet Susan Arnould

04:25 Who comes through New Hope's doors

05:13 When do people reach out for help?

05:55 Why grief isn't a ten-step program

07:30 When grief never gets processed

08:21 Susan's own grief journey

09:43 Ann's story: a season of loss

15:04 How Ann found New Hope

16:17 Sitting with others who've lost

16:52 The eight-week workshop

18:21 A sacred space

19:35 Inside a New Hope session

21:05 We try to fix grieving people

22:22 What not to say to someone grieving

23:49 Why grief can feel isolating

24:39 Why people don't know what to say

25:20 Pastor Ken's dad and his mom's grief

27:11 If I'd had this at 16

28:04 How to help someone grieving

29:22 When everyone else moves on

31:09 Why community matters

32:18 When people have no hope

33:57 Kids camp, teen groups and schools

34:53 Does grief ever end?

35:56 The rock in your pocket

36:51 Moving forward without forgetting

37:23 The grief we don't always talk about

38:39 Guilt, shame and stigma

39:31 First Steps: one-on-one support

40:40 Peer support and counseling

41:12 What happens in the room

42:40 Who New Hope's volunteers are

44:28 How to become a volunteer

45:24 To the one still hurting

46:06 You're worth taking care of

47:26 There's no timetable on grief

48:01 Grief isn't weakness

49:09 Merry Little Christmas and the gala

50:11 Where to find New Hope

50:41 Thank you, Ann and Susan

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How do you deal with toxic family as a Christian, when a grandparent, sibling or in-law keeps crossing the line with you and your kids?

Pastor Ken and his wife Rachel close out Parenting 101 with questions from a parent in our church. Not everyone who frustrates you is toxic, so look at the pattern. Forgiveness and access are not the same thing, a boundary isn't punishment, and guilt doesn't get to run your home.

This week: boundaries and love don't have to be enemies. Sometimes a healthy boundary is one expression of love.

This is the final part of Parenting 101. The whole series is in the Parenting 101 playlist.

If anyone is in danger, safety comes first. Reach out to a professional or the proper authorities.

Scripture: Matthew 7꞉16 · Proverbs 4꞉23 · Romans 12꞉18 · Romans 12꞉21

More on this topic: Pastor Ken's earlier episode, Dealing with Toxic Relationships https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3v77GaJ0I0

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome: when family becomes unhealthy

02:07 Rachel joins the conversation

03:33 Q1: what makes a family unhealthy?

04:06 Look at patterns, not labels

04:45 By their fruit (Matthew 7꞉16)

06:16 Q2: shouldn't I just forgive them?

07:02 Rachel's story: protecting our kids

11:11 Forgiveness is given, trust is rebuilt

13:31 Don't cave to pressure

14:29 Q3: setting boundaries with family

15:08 Guard your heart (Proverbs 4꞉23)

16:19 What a boundary sounds like

16:52 Grandma and the Doritos

18:33 A boundary isn't punishment

19:04 Q4: grandparents undermining parents

20:00 Parents are the rule keepers

20:59 When grandma is the babysitter

23:01 Have the honest conversation

24:46 Q5: when family uses guilt

25:17 Guilt trips and the holidays

25:51 Love the ones who are there

26:31 When your parent guilts you

27:19 Am I caving to guilt?

28:04 Dealing with difficult family members

28:34 Supporting your spouse through it

30:32 Q6: when is distance appropriate?

31:16 Talk first, seek wise counsel

32:10 Live at peace (Romans 12꞉18)

33:14 A client who set his own boundary

35:11 How to deal with toxic family

35:58 Protect your kids without hatred

36:33 Overcome evil with good

37:33 Never give up on them

38:15 Boundaries and love aren't enemies

38:45 A prayer for difficult families

39:49 Wrapping up Parenting 101

40:27 Parent faithfully, not perfectly

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Feeling like a failure as a parent? When you're the one struggling, with money, anxiety or depression, how do you keep pouring into your kids?

Pastor Ken and his wife Rachel answer one parent's letter, four questions deep. Struggling is not the same as failing, providing is not the same as purchasing, and you can't pour from an empty cup forever.

This week: you don't have to be perfect. You just have to be faithful.

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. If you're thinking about hurting yourself or wishing you weren't here, please don't carry it alone. In the US, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), any time.

Scripture: Lamentations 3꞉22-23 · Psalm 37꞉5 · Psalm 42꞉5 · 1 Kings 19 · Matthew 6꞉34

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome: when the parent is struggling

01:12 One parent's letter

03:45 Q1: feeling like a failure as a parent

04:20 Struggling is not the same as failing

05:39 Draw a line in the sand

06:34 Good parenting isn't perfect parenting

08:04 It's okay to say I was wrong

08:50 New every morning: Lamentations 3

10:27 The Promise Book

11:07 Q2: failing financially

11:47 Pastor Ken's 800-square-foot house

12:46 Providing is not purchasing

14:56 What money can't provide

16:46 When you need help with the basics

17:50 Q3: anxiety, depression, lost spark

18:21 Psalm 42: why so downcast?

19:18 Be honest when you're not okay

20:29 You can't pour from an empty cup

21:13 Q4: struggling every single day

22:14 What does faithfulness look like?

23:42 A bucket of grace for each day

24:32 One day at a time (Matthew 6꞉34)

25:14 Letting your kids see you struggle

26:15 Teach them to pray for you

27:23 To the parent listening in the car

29:00 Where you turn when you fall

30:03 A prayer for the struggling parent

31:38 Closing: not perfect, faithful

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How do you discipline a strong-willed child without breaking their spirit? And should discipline look the same at 15 as it did at 5?

Pastor Ken and his wife Rachel walk through four stages of biblical discipline, boundaries for little ones, responsibility in the elementary years, ownership for preteens, and wisdom for teenagers. Then the hard ones: labeling kids, power struggles, yelling, sleepovers, and what the rod verses in Proverbs actually mean.

This week: let your children know that correction never changes their place in your heart.

Scripture: Proverbs 22꞉6 · Hebrews 12꞉11 · Ephesians 6꞉4 · John 15 · Proverbs 13꞉24

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome: the will isn't the enemy

01:50 Discipline is training, not revenge

02:58 Q1: discipline vs punishment

04:29 What kind of adult are we raising?

05:56 Football and a lack of discipline

07:04 Children are a gift to steward

07:55 Five kids, parented differently

09:01 Don't make your child pay

09:45 Q2: should discipline change with age?

10:52 Stage 1: boundaries (ages 2 to 5)

12:42 Be present and consistent

14:24 Yelling is not discipline

16:01 Stay rooted in God's Word

17:48 Stage 2: responsibility (ages 6 to 10)

19:09 Logical consequences, no rescuing

20:53 The pontoon boat story

24:30 You are the parent, not the friend

25:12 Stage 3: ownership (ages 11 to 14)

27:07 When the principal calls

29:10 Stage 4: wisdom (ages 15 to 18)

30:17 It's okay to course correct

32:43 Responsibility expands freedom

33:16 Why we'd never allow sleepovers

34:57 Pray for wisdom: you can change

36:36 Q3: stop labeling your kids

37:28 Don't enter every battle

38:47 Choices within boundaries

39:51 Bedtime isn't negotiable

40:37 Powerful little buzzards

41:13 Mom and Dad on the same page

43:39 Q4: respect is earned, not demanded

44:44 Everyone pitches in at home

46:39 Q5: spanking and the rod verses

47:28 The rod is a symbol of guidance

49:13 Closing: correction never changes love

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Phones, money, church, clothes, and the person they're dating. How do you raise kids who make wise decisions when Mom and Dad aren't standing beside them?

Pastor Ken and his wife Rachel answer five real questions from parents at CrossPoint: limiting phones and technology, teaching kids the value of money, keeping teenagers connected to church, dressing with dignity, and what to do when you don't like the person your child is dating.

This week: you don't have to parent perfectly. Parent faithfully.

Scripture: Proverbs 4꞉7 · 1 Corinthians 6꞉12 · Proverbs 14꞉23 · Matthew 6꞉33

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome: raising wise kids

01:57 Teach them how to think

02:59 Q1: limiting phones and technology

04:24 Don't be mastered by your phone

07:02 A phone is a privilege, not a right

08:42 No phones at dinner

09:44 Phones charge outside the bedroom

11:53 Model what you expect

13:33 Q2: the value of money

15:08 Work, income, choices, consequences

16:11 Give them ways to earn

18:09 Give, save, spend

19:20 Learn to say no to yourself

22:08 Q3: keeping teens in church

23:35 Give them responsibility

25:38 Make faith real at home

28:15 When teens question their faith

30:37 Q4: dressing with dignity

33:02 Appropriate for the occasion

35:19 Ask them why, not just no

37:36 The principle behind the rule

40:55 Dads, be the monitor in the home

42:33 Call a family meeting and start over

44:31 Seek first the Kingdom

45:53 Q5: when you don't like who they date

46:27 Ask questions instead of attacking

47:50 Does it bring out their best?

49:53 Pray, then call in people you trust

51:38 When they don't believe like you do

53:29 Closing: parent faithfully

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The kid who asked you a thousand questions now has a thousand answers. How do you stay their parent without losing the relationship?

Pastor Ken and his wife Rachel answer real questions from parents at CrossPoint. Four questions this week: staying calm, a teen who is struggling with faith, when to give independence, and what to do when they argue about the rules.

This week: be the thermostat, not the thermometer. Keep the door open, keep the boundaries strong, keep grace in your home.

Scripture: Proverbs 22꞉6 · James 1꞉19 · 3 John 1꞉4 · Luke 15꞉11–32 · Galatians 6꞉9

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome: no manual for teenagers

02:52 Rachel joins in the new studio

04:55 Q1: staying calm in the teen years

07:08 Don't let their emotion set yours

09:54 Be the thermostat, not the thermometer

12:14 Q2: when a teen struggles with faith

15:56 Borrowed faith becomes personal faith

18:18 When you see your teen straying

23:44 Parenting the way God parents us

26:13 Q3: when to give independence

27:22 Control, coaching, then counsel

30:15 Let them face the consequences

32:43 The prodigal son's father

34:21 Q4: when teens argue about the rules

36:51 Explain the why

37:53 Disagree, yes. Disrespect, no.

41:12 We're raising adults

43:00 Four transitions of the teen years

43:43 A present parent, not a perfect one

45:35 It's never too late to apologize

46:37 Closing: don't give up

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Your mind keeps asking "what if." Faith answers "even if." So what do you actually do when fear and anxiety get loud?

Pastor Ken and Pastor Todd talk it through.

This week: stop asking "what if" and start declaring "even if." Before you let fear take the controls, check the instruments.

Scripture: Matthew 6꞉34 · Daniel 3꞉18 · Mark 4꞉35–41 · Philippians 4꞉6–8 · 2 Corinthians 10꞉5 · Psalm 56꞉3 · Isaiah 41꞉10

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome and studio upgrades

02:34 Coming up on the show

03:37 Fear doesn't get the final word

05:49 Fear says / God says

06:54 1. Fear predicts; faith trusts

09:03 "What if" vs. "even if"

10:57 2. Who is in the boat? (Mark 4)

13:38 A storm doesn't mean God is absent

14:21 3. Control vs. surrender

16:48 The backpack of bricks

19:05 Handing it over

20:36 4. Interrupt the thought cycle

22:47 Take the thought captive

25:16 5. Courage isn't absence of fear

26:53 6. God's presence is greater

28:59 When fear hits: five steps

32:18 Closing: check the instruments

34:16 Prayer

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You've prayed. You've waited. And heaven seems quiet. Does God's silence mean He's absent?

Pastor Ken and Pastor Todd talk it through.

This week: don't build theology around a difficult season. Go back to what God has already said, and keep doing the last thing you know He told you to do.

Scripture: Psalm 13:1–2 · John 11:1–44 · Hebrews 11:1 · Isaiah 55:8–9 · Habakkuk 3:17–18

New episodes weekly.

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"I don't feel like God is with me." "I don't feel forgiven." Feelings are real, but are they telling you the truth?

Pastor Ken and Pastor Todd talk it through.

This week: when a strong emotion rises, pause and ask one question. Does this feeling agree with God's Word?

Scripture: Genesis 1:27 · Jeremiah 17:9 · Psalm 42:5 · 2 Corinthians 5:7 · Romans 12:2

New episodes weekly.

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Where do I go from here? Most people think a life gets decided in the big moments. Usually it's the small ones. So what does that look like on a Tuesday?

Pastor Ken and Pastor Todd close out the Real Life Faith series, one decision at a time.
This week: before you decide anything, ask whether it honors Christ.

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 · Psalm 119:105 · James 1:5 · Luke 16:10 · Luke 9:23

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What do you do when you start questioning what you've always believed about God? Justin Burrell asked and let Scripture lead wherever it went.

Ken sits down with Justin, Associate Pastor at Grace Church in Canton, Michigan. They talk about his years in the Oneness Pentecostal movement, the questions that started in 2010, and how studying Scripture changed his theology, his ministry, and his understanding of grace.

Justin's book, Demystifying the Holy Spirit: https://www.amazon.com/Demystifying-Holy-Spirit-Justin-Burrell/dp/B0FP5P78T1
More from Justin: https://linktr.ee/justinburrell1
Justin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinburrell_/

New episodes weekly.💬 Got a topic for the show? https://forms.gle/G54AvGbf6FrRPUx87🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4KT4Tpb2UCUZ1F0M2vC02I▶️ More from Pastor Ken at CrossPoint Community Church: https://www.youtube.com/@CrossPointCommunityChurch-WLMI

Feeling weary, drained, or just plain tired in your daily life? Tonight PK talks about keeping faith in our tiredness. Join for this and more tonight on Real Talk with PK.

Tonight PK discusses the ins and outs of keeping the faith in our relationships. Join us as we dive deep into this most important topic.

PK celebrates America's story and our responsibility to uphold it. Freedom is a gift and a responsibility that we here in America are blessed with. Join us today for this exciting episode.

Tonight PK talks about not letting stress replace your faith. How do we maintain our faith during life's stressful moments? All this and more, tonight on Real Talk with PK.

Tonight PK talks about faith in real life. Are we the same on Monday at work as we are Sunday at church? Are you working for a paycheck? Or, are you working for the Lord? All this and more on today's podcast.

Join us tonight in welcoming back Patrick S. and Patrick O. as we celebrate our 60th podcast and answer the question; What really matters the most?