Equipping Parents for The Journey
Parenting Pathway Podcast with Family Ministry Pastor Dave Carl and Student Ministry Associate Pastor Nathan Kocurek. “So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life’s a Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you’ll move mountains.” Dr....
This is an unusual topic for Parenting Pathway, but after taking Dr. Andi Thacker’s class on Death and Dying at Dallas Theological Seminary last year, I knew it was a topic I wanted to dig into on our podcast. It would be easy to pass over this and say, “That doesn’t apply to me.”...
Are you totally comfortable talking to your kids about sex? If you’re not… Welcome to the club. Few things create more anxiety in a parent than the thought of “The Talk.” Debby Wade, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist who is also a committed Christian, joined us...
Authenticity is: The quality of being genuine; real; an origin supported by unquestionable evidence; verified; one’s true nature or beliefs. The courage to live authentically is not natural in this comparison-based society. But we would challenge you to consider authenticity in a broader concept than just looking perfect on social media and being a...
When I was around five years old, I remember running around the house wearing my very own terrycloth cape. Two corners of the towel were attached around my neck with a big diaper pin. I made punching motions, jumped off the arm of the couch and imagined flying around looking for bad guys to...
In our podcast this week, Pastor Dave Carl talks with Linda Wylie, Pastoral Leader of Student Ministries, and Chrissy Smith, Pastoral Leader of Stonebriar Women, about the transitions women face along life’s journey and how so often our identify gets lost along the way. Changes and transitions occur throughout our life cycle, whether it...
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...
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...
