Just what do you do with two powerful people in a marriage? How do you not loose yourself, and create a value for each spouse to contribute, be heard and understood, while growing individually and as a couple? In this podcast we interview Josh Cearbaugh, here in Redding. Together we talk about how to nurture and navigate marriage with two assertive and powerful people. Josh shares some of their journey and practical steps and keys he has picked up along the way in this learning and growing process. He also shares a great secret tool he and Danielle have used for making major life decisions from a place of peace and connection with Holy Spirit.
#008 Three B’s of Presence – in Salisbury, England
What a great night of encounter! Three congregations gathered together in St. Paul’s Salisbury to encounter God. Salisbury Vineyard friends, Ed & Claire Evans, Sue Holzer from City Gate Church, and the rector, Craig Ryalls of St Paul’s and their congregations came together for their city and region, uniting as one heart to adore the Father. While the worship is not included in this podcast, the stage was set for Steve and Lorraine to step into sharing about The Three BE’s of Presence – Cultivating Intimacy With A Loving Father. While the application of this message is in direct context of our relationship with Father God, these three BE’s also apply to every relationship, and especially our more intimate relationships. Cultivating a culture of Presence in relationship is one of the more important aspects of what we would define as a healthy, life-giving relationship. Join us for a great time of connecting with God’s family and God’s heart. Transformation awaits you in His Presence.
#007 Raising Tomorrow’s Leaders with Olivia Shupe
This is an interview you don’t want to miss if you have kids or grandkids! Author of Renaissance Kids and founder of Raising Tomorrow’s Leaders, Olivia Shupe gives practical and powerful answers and input regarding the challenge of raising transformational leaders in today’s world. With well researched data and insight, she talks about kids and media, what it means to “attract your kids”, communication and parenting, excellence vs performance, how to position your kids to develop resilience and character – and more! Get her book today.
#006 Answering Your Marriage Questions
In Episode 6 Steve and Lorraine answer four common marriage questions.
1. How do we define our roles in marriage – careers, family, home, etc.?
2. My spouse and I have different bedtimes. Is it healthy to go to sleep at different times?
3. How do couples see each others’ dreams come alive when sometimes it feels that for one spouse’s dream to come alive it means the other spouse must lay his/her dream down?
4. How does a man lead a marriage gracefully when two powerful people are involved? “I have seen several marriages disintegrate when the man (or the woman) begins to show up/find their voice overcoming passivity in the relationship.” Asked by another listener… What does it look like to have two powerful people in a relationship (normally one is dominating in one form or another).
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#005 Love Unstuck with Wendee Mannon
In Episode 5 we look at relationships in the context of being single and moving toward marriage with Wendee Mannon – Author of Love Unstuck: Partnering With God to Move Towards Marriage, Owner and CEO of an online Christian dating site – OnDaySix.
Wendy talks about the tightrope of FEAR and FAITH, “soul mates” and “the one” syndromes; Wendee also shares a bit of her journey in finding her husband and the common challenges that are experienced for people as they get older and still seeking to find their life partner. She shared signs of loosing yourself and healthy stages of a relationship. She also tackles a few of our listeners’ questions on being single and looking toward marriage.
#004 Managing Your Heart with Dustin and Savannah Box
There’s nothing better than sharing air-time with your kids. In Episode 4 Steve and Lorraine welcome Dustin and Savannah Box. They share excerpts from a recent message they spoke together at New Life Church in Novato, titled “How To Build A [O]Fence”. In this podcast Dustin and Savannah openly share their life and journey in leadership and ministry and the challenge of stewarding their hearts. Dustin shares a powerful revelation from the lives of Cain and Abel, and Savannah shares a couple of stories in her healing journey and a great tool of embracing the cross and making a Great Exchange!What do we do with those hurtful, painful places and memories? The podcast finishes with a powerful time of encountering the Father in those places of pain.
View Dustin and Savannah’s entire message HERE.
#003 Tips and Tools For Connection
Tools are absolutely one of the best solutions to navigating the complexity of relationship. Together Steve and Lorraine explore Four Great Questions to use in dialoguing with others (your team, your family, spouse, or roommates) in order to define and understand Connection in that given relationship. Along with these questions are Five Useful Tips in Creating A Culture Where Connection Can Thrive.Download the PDF for both the Questions and the Useful Tips.
#002 Exactly What is Connection?
CONNECTION – exactly What is Connection? Steve and Lorraine explore a definition for connection and give two key thoughts about the role that connection plays in our interpersonal relationships. They leave us with two key thoughts and questions to consider and respond to.
#001 Introduction and Relational Order
In this introductory episode Steve and Lorraine share some of their personal history – letting you in to see a bit of who they are. They give you a peek into their journey of recognizing that after 30 years of being happily married with two married sons and several grandchildren – that they were functionally dysfunctional. They share a bit about how God led them on a journey of dis-manteling those dysfunctions and letting God re-mantle their marriage for a new season of marriage and ministry. They finish this episode talking about Divine Order and how getting things in the right order unlocks God’s blessing in all of life.
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