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Hope for Estranged Parents
by W. Mark Whitlock
Adult children choose to go "no contact" with their parents at alarming rates. Every week, author, speaker, and estranged parent Mark Whitlock welcomes experts in parenting, grief, shame, and estrangement to offer hope as we point all parents to the only answer—a sovereign God.
Episodes
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009 Seeing God's Plan through our Sanctification with guest Steve Camp
Singer-songwriter and pastor Steve Camp talks about “He Covers Me,” the 1986 song that has been a part of my faith journey since coming to Christ in 1984. Steve explains how the song grew out of Romans 5 and the truth that grace abounds more than sin. He unpacks what sanctification is and how it...
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008 God's Sovereign Care for our Estranged Children with guest Rex Schnelle
Mark Whitlock talks with Nashville guitarist and worship leader Rex Paul Schnelle about his new album, Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, and its two Psalm 139 songs. They explore God’s inescapable presence, honest prayer, church as a place of healing for estranged parents, and Rex’s two-minute...
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007 Building Empathy for Our Estranged Children with guest Kyle Turner
Episode Summary How do you build empathy for a child who has cut you off? Kyle Turner is a licensed professional counselor who has spent more than 20 years working with estranged parents and estranged adult children. He joins Mark Whitlock to look at what may be going on in the hearts of our...
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006 Encouragement for Weary Estranged Parents with guest Dr. Bob Reccord
When the road is long, and the silence is heavy, we need someone to put an arm around our shoulders. Pastor, author, and ministry leader Bob Reccord has walked through a runaway child and his wife’s cancer. On this episode, he walks with us down the road of estrangement using the Scriptures as...
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005 Navigating the 12 Steps in the Land of Estrangement with guest Roberta Wasserman
Subscribe to Mark Whitlock’s weekly newsletter here. Subscribe to Roberta Wasserman’s weekly newsletter here. Therapist and estrangement coach Roberta Wasserman joins Mark Whitlock to talk about her workbook, Living in the Land of Estrangement: 12 Step Workbook for Estranged Parents and...
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004 Finding Peace that Passes Understanding with guest Wayne Watson
Estranged Parents long for peace. It eludes us, especially in the early morning when the house is quiet or after we turn off the lights at night. Peace is disrupted when objects, photos, songs, or sounds remind us of our beloved strangers. That’s why peace rises us as a central theme in the...
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003 How Children React to Hard News with guest Kirsten Samuel
We talk with author and betrayal coach Kirsten Samuel about what happens to children when a marriage betrayal is disclosed and why those emotions can surface later as distance or estrangement. We wrestle with truth-telling, daily choices to love, and how surrender replaces control when you cannot...
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002 How to Love Your Estranged Child with guest Bob Lepine
Pastor, author, and broadcaster Bob Lepine reminds us that when Pauls said, “And now I will show you the most excellent way,” he was about to rebuke us. Please watch this honest, compassionate, and at times, fun conversation with Bob. Did you skip over the video to keep reading? That’s okay. Just...
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001 What Jesus Really Meant about Hypocrisy with guest Matt Mason
Estrangement can turn a living child into a “beloved stranger,” and few accusations cut deeper than “You’re a hypocrite.” We sit down with Pastor Matt Mason from the Church of Brook Hills to open Mark 7:1-13 and let Jesus’ hard words do their honest work, not to crush us, but to bring us back to…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Adult children choose to go "no contact" with their parents at alarming rates. Every week, author, speaker, and estranged parent Mark Whitlock welcomes experts in parenting, grief, shame, and estrangement to offer hope as we point all parents to the only answer—a sovereign God.
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