Equipping Parents for The Journey
Straight Talks are conversations about those parenting topics that normally do not come up in the course of general conversation in churches today. We want to help you face those tough topics head on and as part of our parenting community
In our recent Straight Talk: Raising Digital Natives, we shared insights and recommendations to help you step into your iGeneration’s digital universe and parent in a world so different from the one you grew up in. Who is an iGeneration or Digital Native? The iGeneration was born after the year 2000 and is the...
There is a biblical foundation for our conversation about dating and sexuality. Looking at 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, we see that Paul’s letter to Corinth is about living differently in a fallen world. Paul explains that believers are to have different attitudes toward lawsuits, sex, and other controversial topics. Historically the attitudes toward sex in Corinth...
A crisis is occurring in younger generations as children who grew up in churches turn away from their faith as adults. Kids may have the book knowledge required to navigate church today, but do they have the heart for Christ that will carry them through the challenges life will bring? Do you worry your...
This unique three-part series is about how to take your Christian view and values and apply them to your child’s involvement in sports. Whether at the level of recreation youth sports, club youth sports, or school sports, all parents are faced with the challenge of making the right investment of time and resources to...
This unique three-part series is about how to take your Christian view and values and apply them to your child’s involvement in sports.It is almost impossible to raise a child in North Texas without crossing paths with sports. Families in this area are drawn to sports for entertainment, sports for competition, and sports for...
Presented by Family Pastor Dave Carl and Dr. Andi Thacker, Ph.D., LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S There has never been an easy time to raise kids, but it seems harder today. Remember the nursery rhyme from your childhood: “What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and everything nice; that’s what little girls are made...
Boys have a purpose but they need someone to tell them what that is. Raising Boys To Be Boys helps guide parents on how to bless their boys with purpose and adventure. Replay the lesson audio below. https://parentingpathway.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/straight-talk-raising-boys-to-be-boys.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS...
How can we as parents protect our kids? How can we break free of it ourselves, and how on earth do we live with someone who is struggling with an addiction to porn? Replay audio of the Straight Talk event where discussion took place for this powerful subject from a biblical perspective. https://parentingpathway.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20160318_StraightTalk_EscapingTheGrip.mp3Podcast: Play...
Do you remember the Bourne Identity movies? It’s the classic amnesia scenario where a character doesn’t know who he is or what he’s doing. Can you imagine walking through life aimlessly wandering? Many people do. The thing is, if you’ve never been instructed and affirmed about how and by Whom you were created, you...
Join Kelley Wilkinson as she highlights the best points from Craig Jutilia’s book "Faith and the Modern Family" and shares the steps to creating healthy bonds with your family. ...
Is comparison hijacking your life? Come spend an evening with author Kay Wills Wyma and find relief from living in comparison. Most of us can relate to the questions asked in her new book I’m Happy for You: “Tired of performing? Feeling weighed down by the pressure to be Pinteresting? Does your friend’s wardrobe,...
Dr. John Rosemond shares the biblical foundation for God’s plan for parenting. https://parentingpathway.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/201508_ST_JohnRosemond.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS...
