Episode #50 - Tangela Smith, Child Welfare Specialist from The Ascension Parish Department of Children & Family Services, joins us to give us an introduction to Foster Care & Adoption through Foster Care.
Website: http://dcfs.la.gov/
Episode #49 - Ps. David & Bethany Wray join us to talk about The Culture Of The Home. What does "Culture of The Home" mean? How to set the culture? What works against culture? How to turn around an unhealthy culture?
Episode #48 - Stacey Orihuela, HPC Kids District Team, joins us to talk about how being planted in the local church helped her get through a divorce and equipped her for being a single mom.
Episode #47 - Terry & Breanne Franks, HPC's North Baton Rouge Campus Pastors, return for Part 2 to talk about God's faithfulness during medical complications with their newborn daughter.
Episode #46 - This is a 2 Part Series with Terry & Breanne Franks, HPC's North Baton Rouge Campus Pastors, as they join us to talk about the early struggles in their marriage and God's faithfulness in redeeming their pasts.
We talk about Terry's PTSD from trauma experienced in war, his alcohol abuse to sooth the pain, the end of his first marriage, the early stages of dating and marriage, beginning a family and even the medical issues for their newborn. Their testimony is about their faith and trust in God and how it helped them through it all.
Episode #45 - Jake & Kristen Branham join us to talk about the transition from living single to living married and how that affected their personal finances.
Episode #44 - Matt & Fabi Evans join us to talk about how marriage influenced God's Call on their lives. Matt is HPC's Devoted Small Groups Pastor & Fabi is HPC's Children's Worship Director. Both Matt & Fabi felt a call to ministry before they even met. We discuss how God helped them navigate transitioning from single life to married life and how God allowed both of them to walk out their calling, even after getting married.
Episode #43 - "Is God anti-gay?" by Sam Allberry. Ps. Sam joins us to discuss his book and how at 18 years old, he became a Christian and also discovered he had same sex attraction. So, how did he reconcile his struggle and his faith? How did that season lead to his ministry 25 years later? We will discuss this and much more on this episode.
Living Out (http://www.livingout.org/)
Episode #42 - PARENTING: Divorce Care For Kids. Creator and Developer of DivorceCare For Kids, Linda Ranson Jacobs is one of the forefront leaders in the areas of children and divorce and single-parent family needs. She joins us today to talk about common issues in parenting during and after a divorce.
For more details on Linda and DC4K, visit: https://blog.dc4k.org
Episode #41 - PARENTING: Wayward Children - Yvonne Bourgeios, author of "Meet Me In The Trunk" joins us to talk about parenting a wayward child and how to let God take control during family difficulties.
Email: meetmeinthetrunk@gmail.com
Episode #40 - Shepherding A Child's Heart - Dr. Tedd Tripp from Shepherding The Heart Ministries joins us to talk about the importance of speaking to a child's heart while parenting. For more information on the ministry, visit: http://www.shepherdingtheheart.org/
Episode #39 - Parenting Technolescents: Dr. Roger Butner,PhD, LMFT joins us to discuss parenting adolescents in an age of technology. Dr. Roger is a great friend of Healing Place Church. For more information on him and his counseling practice, please visit http://hopeforyourfamily.com/
Episode #38 - Children's Perspective on Divorce & Remarriage - Moe & Paige Becnel. We continue with our Parenting Series as Moe & Paige join us for a second episode in a row to talk about their hearts to advocate for children walking through divorce and remarriage.
Moe & Paige have a heart for healthy, lifelong marriages and have been ministering to pre-married, married and remarried couples since 2000. They have authored books, spoken at conferences and retreats, taught classes and counseled couples for over 16 years.
Visit their ministry website at https://www.blendingafamily.com
Episode #37 - Blended Families: Moe & Paige Becnel, Marriage Pastors at The Rock Church in Castle Rock, CO. Founders of "Blending A Family Ministries", Moe & Paige join us as we continue our Parenting Series for a 2 part episode on Blended Families and A Child's Perspective of Divorce & Remarriage.
As previous members & long time friends of Healing Place Church, Moe & Paige have a heart for healthy, lifelong marriages and have been ministering to pre-married, married, and remarried couples since 2000, and have written books, spoken at marriage conferences and retreats, taught classes, and counseled couples for over 16 years.
Visit their ministry website: https://www.blendingafamily.com/
Episode #36 - "Mother & Son: The Respect Effect" - Author & Speaker Dr. Emerson Eggerichs joins us once again to follow up on our conversation about his best selling book, "Love & Respect" and how those same principles translate to the mother & son relationship. Dr. Eggerichs shares with mothers the key to their son's heart, how to keep sons from shutting down during discipline and how mothers can keep from violating the spirit of their sons and maintain a positive regard for their spirit, even while rebuking bad behavior.
Episode #35 - Love & Respect: Dr. Emerson Eggerichs joins us to discuss why spouses react negatively to each other and how they can deal with conflict quickly, easily and biblically. Dr. Eggerichs believes Ephesians 5:33 gives us insight on how Love & Respect can get a husband and wife off of the "Crazy Cycle" that usually hinders growth and unity in a marriage.
Episode #34 - Louisiana Flood 2016: Dr. Jamie Aten & Dr. Ward Davis from Wheaton College's Humanitarian Disaster Institute. Jamie & Ward join us to talk about their research in South Louisiana after the floods, the impact of local churches and ministries in the community and finally, how people can help those recovering from the flood.
Episode #33 - Grieving: Br. Ken Spivey joins us to talk about Grieving God's Way. Br. Ken serves as an Associate Pastor in the Pastoral Care Department at Healing Place Church. He also serves the community as a Chaplain for the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office and Fire Districts in Ascension and St. George.
He also leads our Grieving With Hope Ministry which is a Small Group for couples or individuals working through the grieving process.
Episode #32 - Personal Finances: Jeff & Kati Crews, who facilitate Financial Peace University at Healing Place Church, join us to talk about their journey through engagement and early marriage and how they found unity in their marriage & finance. Also, they discuss how Dave Ramsey's FPU was part of that process.
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Episode #31 - In Part 2 of our Disaster Ministry Series, Jenn Ranter from The Humanitarian Disaster Institute of Wheaton College sits with us to talk about responding to children effected by the flood.
Episode #30 - Jenn Ranter & Laura Shannonhouse from The Humanitarian Disaster Institute of Wheaton College join us to talk about the emotional and spiritual effects of the Louisiana Flood of 2016. This is the first of a 2-part series. In part 2, Jenn Ranter will focus on responding to children during a disaster or crisis.
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Episode #29 - Al & Lisa Robertson from The Duck Commander Crew up in West Monroe, La. joins us to talk about their book, "A New Season: A Robertson Family Love Story of Brokenness & Redemption."
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Episode #28 - On this episode of The Healing Place Marriage & Family Podcast, Ps. Josh Bergeron, HPC's Next Generation Pastor, talks with us about DATING! We'll talk about the wisdom in God's Word concerning living a life that pleases The Lord when considering dating.
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Episode #27 - We continue with our Single's Series. This is Part 4 of a 5 part series for Singles.
On this episode, we sit down with Christian Stand Up Comedian Bob Smiley. After 18 years of marriage, Bob lost his marriage. We'll talk to him about recovering from that loss and how he walked his 3 sons through that season of parenting through divorce. All that and more on this episode of The Healing Place Marriage & Family Podcast
Bob's website is http://bobsmiley.com/
Twitter:@bobsmileycomic
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/bobsmileycomedy
Episode #26 - 55% of adults living in Louisiana are unmarried. Today we sit down with Jessica Bankos, staff member here at Healing Place Church, to discuss the female perspective on 1 Corinthians 7:7,32-35 and how living single for Jesus is a gift and NOT a burden!
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