In an open letter to dads from Pastor Dave Carl, he wants to say Congratulations! If you are a dad by adoption, by foster care, by unofficial adoption, or by procreating, welcome! You have now become a superhero. You don’t get to refuse or shy away. It is not optional—you simply have taken on...
Fatherhood and Pandemics
We asked Charlton Hiott, our Senior Associate Pastor here at Stonebriar, to share with our parenting community this Father's Day. In his honesty of his condition, he shared that parenting and pandemics have much in common. In both, control is an illusion. God is in control. In fact, God uses both circumstances to wrest...
Dad… You CAN Shape Your Teenage Son
I have theories. Lots of theories. Some have been proven wrong, like the theory that bell bottoms will never go out of style and the word “groovy” will be used by everyone forever. It’s such a good word . . . But I also have more substantial theories, the parts of which have been...
Dad, Not Captain
Running your home like a submarine captain is a great idea… …if your house is full of submariners! Have you seen “The Sound of Music”? It is one of my all-time favorite musicals. In the scene where Captain von Trapp introduces the kids to Maria (Julie Andrews), he uses a whistle to call each of the kids...