Equipping Parents for The Journey
As Christians, service is in our DNA. We are instructed to love God with our whole heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves, which often happens through serving one another. In a consumer culture like ours, how can we as parents teach our kids to have servant hearts? This week on the blog,...
This week on our Parenting Pathway Podcast, Pastors Dave Carl and Nathan Kocurek are stepping into the topic of failure in our kids’ lives. The very nature of children growing is a process of failing and learning from it. Whether they are a toddler learning to walk or a teen learning to drive, each...
One of the most important jobs we parents do is leading the spiritual training of our children. How can we balance the sacred and secular when it comes to holidays like Easter? I really do believe that Easter baskets, gifts, and bunnies can be celebrated alongside the cross and the resurrection of Christ. Our...
As a parent raising boys in today’s America we struggle with helping them find their way to manhood and be the leaders and spiritual influences that God has called him to be. Dr. Ron Archer—pastor, speaker, and author join Pastors Dave Carl and Nathan Kocurek to talk about his new book The Power of...
This week we have a special guest writer, Nicolette Hutcherson, one of Stonebriar Community Church's missionaries in Beirut, Lebanon, which was devastated by an explosion several months ago. Nicolette and her husband, Caleb, serve the Lord in Lebanon with WorldVenture. While most of us are not raising our children in a "dangerous part of...
The two biggest events on the Christian calendar are Christmas and Easter. It is troubling that we put so little emphasis on Easter. While we are busy months in advance planning for Christmas, Easter seems to creep up on us with very little planning and focus. But Easter should be a BIG deal! This...
But much like the “Sex talk” the “Racism talk” can be equally or more painful to cover with our children. Talking with your kids about racism, is the very first step in creating change in our society. And much like you do not want your kids to learn about sex from their peers or...
On Valentine's Day, we tend to focus on intimacy with our spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, and even our children. But this week, Pastor Dave Carl asks the questions: What is the point? Why would you want a relationship with Christ if you were not dedicated or willing to develop it, nurture it, grow...
In the last year, screens have crept into every area of our lives. At first this seemed like the best solution, but now as the we start to expand life outside our pandemic bubble the pull to stay tethered to our screens seems unbreakable. Are you, or members of your family finding it hard...
Is there a fine line between parenting with grace and parenting with rules and consequences for behavior? As parents it is all too easy to jump with our first reaction and not take a minute to evaluate the situation. But this week, we are exploring the idea of parenting with grace. Parenting by...
While most families have some type of shared responsibility system, it is common to need a little tune up or reinforcement from time to time. We have talked about two concepts: 1) establishing routines and 2) engaging everyone in the operation of the family. This week we have produced a free resource for you...
The realist in me knows there are things we do in life because we have too, but there are also those things we do with passion. This week we are talking about how to find those things that fill you, feed your soul, and help you to be at your best. Finding ways to...
