Equipping Parents for The Journey
In this Parenting Pathway Podcast, Pastor Dave Carl has invited Young Adults Associate Pastor Brandon Fletcher and Student Ministries Associate Pastor Nathan Kocurek to talk about what they see in their ministries as the kids raised by helicopter and lawnmower parents start to reach adulthood. They share in this podcast that most of these...
In part one of this discussion, we talked about change (Change is Inevitable… Direction is Optional). In the second, we talked about the direction our Family Ministry is heading and has been heading in for some years now (This Change in Direction Is Important). But I have left the meat for last. I want...
Our philosophy for our Family Ministry is well over three thousand years old. It is to raise up kids and parents to love God and love others (Deuteronomy 6 and Leviticus 19:18). If this is not the goal of a given ministry or church—panic. I know of and have attended churches whose primary means...
I attended high school in the late 70’s. There were many things that were uncertain. There were gasoline shortages. On even numbered days, you could only get gas if the last number on your license was an even number. Interest rates were through the roof. I got a car loan for my first used...
We are back this week with the next episode of our Parenting Pathway Podcast. Pastor Dave Carl is having a conversion with author, entrepreneur, and mom Kay Wills Wyma about her new book, Not the Boss of Us: Putting OVERWHELMED in its Place in a Do-All, Be-All World. That’s a crazy long title, but Kay...
This episode of our Parenting Pathway Podcast discusses children with ADHD. Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl has a conversation with Shannon Thornton, M.A. LPC with Chrysalis Behavioral Therapy and Counseling who specializes in working with parents and children struggling with ADHD and Executive Functioning....
“Unbreakable” was released in 2000 and is one of my favorite M. Night Shyamalan films. It stars Bruce Willis—one more reason I like it. This is the story of a beaten down, former football hero who is under employed, uncommunicative, and has lost the will to fight for his marriage or the affection of...
Parenting Pathway Podcast Volume 3.2 – Pastor Dave Carl leads a discussion about teen anxiety with a team of counselors from Watershed Initiative. In Part 2 of this Parenting Pathway Podcast series, we are discussing parenting a child who suffers from disabling anxiety. Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl has a conversation with Jeri Marshall, Licensed Professional...
Storytelling is the language of the heart. In our modern culture, movies are the favored form of storytelling. Much of the current movie making is designed as escapist, silly, fun, but on occasion, a film or even a moment in a film touches on an aspect of reality, relationship, or the condition of our...
In our latest Parenting Pathway Podcast series, we are discussing parenting a child who suffers disabling anxiety. In part one, Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl has a conversation with Jeri Marshall, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Erin Johnson, Licensed Processional Counselor Intern with Watershed Initiative. We will look at how the changing environment around our kids with...
In part two of our Parenting Pathway Podcast series Raising Children in a Modern World, Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl has a conversation with Linda Wylie, Ministry Leader of High School Ministries, and Chrissy Smith, Pastoral Leader of Stonebriar Women. Following our prior conversation—where we discussed helping our children to see the value of...
We see this in our ministry to teens and families more than you would think. We meet a family in crisis because the husband is having an affair, or the wife is emotionally disconnected. We meet teens who have watched hours and hours of porn to the extent that they are isolated, scared, and...
