Media isn’t just entertaining us it’s helping form what we and our kids believe, normalize, and value. In this conversation, Jill talks with Reverend Dr. Robin Blair about digital discipleship, faith-based media literacy, and why technology is a spiritual formation issue, not only a parenting problem. Robin shares practical ways to bring God into conversations about media, teach discernment, establish healthy boundaries, preserve human connection, and begin again with grace when you wish you had started sooner.
✝️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Who is helping form your family in a digital world?
Jill talks with Reverend Dr. Robin Blair about digital discipleship and why media literacy belongs in conversations about spiritual formation. Robin explains how media can quietly shape identity, behavior, values, and expectations and why parents and caregivers can respond without turning every screen-time conversation into a fight.
Robin introduces her “Listening Compass,” which invites families to listen upward to God, inward to self, outward to neighbor, and forward to the future. She also shares practical ways to talk back to media, maintain trusted adult authority, establish technology boundaries, strengthen church and family connection, and help children develop discernment long before they encounter the pressures of social media.
And for anyone thinking, “I already messed this up,” Robin offers an important reminder: start where you are. Formation is a process, God is with you in it, and there is grace.
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🩵 ABOUT US
Halfway to Sunday is a weekly faith-based podcast for people who want Jesus but still have questions, sharing honest, hope-filled stories of real faith through joy and loss, healing and growth, and even doubt. Not polished or performative, just real conversations that remind you you’re not alone and loved by God.
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📖 BIBLE RESOURCES
Verses Discussed:
Matthew 6:9–13; Mark 4:9; Matthew 6:13; Galatians 5:22–23; Matthew 10:30
The Journaling Bible I use | Bible Highlighters | Annotating Tabs | **affiliate links
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📣 GUEST
Follow Dr. Robin Blair on Facebook
Robin’s website
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🎙️ OTHER EPISODES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL:
Episode #88 You’re Not Failing, You’re Fighting w/ Jenn Robb
Episode #110 Joy Without Pretending w/ Kyleigh Rose
Episode #116 The Grief of Unanswered Prayers w/ Val Kleppen
Episode #107 Good vs God Things w/ Robert Bass
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