How to Celebrate Christmas with Advent Blocks w/ Clayton Greene

Welcome to another episode of the Collide Kids Podcast! Host Christen Clark sits down with Clayton Greene, a pastor and the co-founder and CEO of Goodkind, to explore how families can deepen their faith through the practice of traditions such as Advent.Clayton discusses his journey supporting church plants and how an innocent remark from his daughter led to the creation of Advent Blocks—a tool designed to help families focus on Jesus during the Christmas season. Learn about the significance of Advent, ways to build spiritual habits, and how to start meaningful traditions even if your kids are older.In this episode, Clayton and Christen highlight the value of integrating faith into holiday traditions and the daily rhythms of life, the fascinating story behind Advent Blocks, and the resources offered by Goodkind to help families engage with God and one another. Plus, Clayton shares a fun childhood memory and a great joke that kids will love!Don’t miss the Kids Only Segment featuring a clever riddle from Pippa!Check out Goodkind’s Advent blocks at goodkind.shop and use the discount code "COLLIDE" for 20% off your purchase.Clip Finder: Innovative Faith-Based Products: "My side job is I'm the CEO and cofounder of Goodkind, the maker of Advent Blocks or the Graticube."— Clayton Greene [00:03:36 → 00:03:43]**The Future of Church Growth**: "We're not just out here starting a business, right, but we're planting something that is an organism. The church itself, the people are going to be growing and it turns into something that only God knows what it can be, but also that God has a vested interest in and he says that the gates of hell cannot prevail against it."— Clayton Greene [00:06:58 → 00:07:07]**Kids Say the Darndest Things**: "Mommy and daddy, you say that Christmas is all about Jesus, but it feels like Christmas is all about presents."— Clayton Greene [00:08:25 → 00:08:31]"Advent Calendar Traditions": "Advent as a Christian Christmas practice, it's all about anticipation. It's a time in the year where the church takes time to reflect and anticipate about God coming to Earth in Christ in the incarnation."— Clayton Greene [00:10:33 → 00:10:46]Starting New Traditions: "If there are things that you are already doing that have elements of your faith in it and it's meaningful and it's memorable and it's tradition, then I think you try to improve and build on that rather than starting something new."— Clayton Greene [00:17:12 → 00:17:23]Incorporating Spiritual Practices into Everyday Life: "We take spiritual habits, we take the calendar, and we're essentially diving into how does the calendar impact my life and the rhythms of my family? What spiritual practices are out there that I could do, and how might I actually put them in into practice with my family?"— Clayton Greene [00:18:47 → 00:19:02] Bark proactively works to monitor, detect, and alert you to potential issues on your kids' devices. Visit bark.us to learn more about how you can keep your kids safe online. Use the code COLLIDEKIDS to get 15% off Your Bark Technologies Plan !Support the show