Family Ties - The Frank and Faridah Show
This podcast is about family life as a means to address current problems in American society. A scripture based African American perspective.
Welcome to The Family Ties, a Prescription for Society.
Through this experience we invite you to join us in an exploration of the concept of family ties as a prescription for society.
YOUR HOSTS: Frank Abdul Shaheed &
Faridah Abdul-Tawwab Brown
Family Ties - The Frank and Faridah Show
S2-EP33 - Concern for the Family of Man Pt2
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Family Ties: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going—Stewardship, Sacred Knowledge, and Finding Your Voice
Co-hosts Faridah Abdul-Tawwab Brown and Frank Abdul Shaheed open a new season of The Family Ties by reflecting on over 30 (Actually 31) prior episodes about the family as a necessary institution for human flourishing, then shifting to “where we’re going” amid 21st-century challenges for the human family. Faridah recaps taking their teenage daughters with relatives to Senegal so they could study Quran memorization, experience a society prioritizing sacred knowledge, develop responsibility and self-sufficiency, and gain sensitivity through exposure to rural poverty and different socioeconomic realities, then return home committed to continuing Quran study and sharing its message. Frank recounts surgery that removed severe pain but temporarily took his voice, leading him to reflect on the human voice as leadership and calling people to proper purpose, and framing the show’s renewed mission as calling humanity back to interdependence and purpose while inviting listener engagement online.
00:00 Welcome Back Family Ties
00:19 Where Weve Been Going
01:50 Stewardship And Responsibility
03:05 Senegal Quran Journey
06:05 Lessons From Poverty
09:42 Honoring Parents Sacrifice
13:40 Sensitivity Needs Protection
17:36 Franks Surgery Lost Voice
23:15 New Season Call To Purpose
24:32 Final Thanks And Farewell
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