Play Ball Playbook
Chris and Natalie invite you to listen in as they discuss family life, relationships, raising boys and the stories that have shaped them. You'll hear accounts of failures, turnarounds, successes and hopefully pick up some valuable lessons toward healthy living.
Episodes
In this powerful episode, we share the heart and vision behind our decision to plant a church in the rapidly growing city of Kyle, Texas. This has been a long time coming—what began as a seed years ago is now taking root.
My wife has felt ready for this step for quite some time, while I wrestled with hesitation and uncertainty. But as our city expands and the need for a Kingdom-focused community becomes more clear, God has opened my...
As important as emotional health is, physical health is really necessary as well in order to live holistically. Natalie shares her journey over the summer that led to 30lbs of weight loss and how the changes she's made have become major staples in her life moving forward. Listen in as Chris quizzes Natalie on some of the tips and tricks she's implemented on her transformation journey!
Perhaps it's a first world problem deciding whether or not to send your kids to public or private school given plenty of kiddos in our world won't be going to school anywhere this year. Nevertheless, we're thankful that we get to make this decision and certainly recognize it as a gift. Listen in as Chris and Natalie tell the story of their journey on arriving to the decisions they've made regarding where their f...
Growth may seem automatic when you look at a human child growing into an adult body, but even at that, the conditions have to be right for say healthy bone growth. Sleep, food and proper shelter have to be in place to stay alive and have the opportunity for our bodies to develop. Similarly, we need to have adequate conditions to grow relationally and emotionally and it's up to us to be intentional towards living in those envir...
Rehearsing the brokenness of our past, abuse, abandonment, you name it, only imprisons us in a jail cell of our own doing. Instead, playing the picture of our future and who God says we are, despite the crimes committed against us, is where walking free begins. The real key to unlocking our prison chamber is found in the action of forgiveness. Give the chat a listen as Chris and Natalie discuss what forgiveness is and what it isn’t...
Our world is full labels, and in a lot of cases, it's a good thing. We need labels to accurately describe certain elements of life. However, when we stick labels on ourselves, or wear labels from others that are different than the ones the God who created us says about us, we end up frustrated and empty. What labels are you wearing and who have you let define you?
Could it be possible that we're going around life with a secret addiction that even we ourselves don't know we have? The addictive behavior of "punishing" may be thriving inside of us because it's what we've observed all our lives. The need to get even, give payback or show someone who's boss can show up when we least expect it, or maybe that's the problem - it's so expected that we&apos...
If you're finding yourself on the crazy cycle with your loved ones, a possible solution could be found in discovering each other's relational needs. Knowing your spouse's or children's highest relational needs will allow you to round the relationship bases towards connectivity and harmony. It's been said, if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Give the conversation a listen an...
Discovering your Kingdom Calling can be one of the most beneficial ways to live with purpose in every area of your life. Knowing how you're wired can unlock potential in you and cause transformation in and around you that otherwise might lie dormant. Take the plunge and put forth the effort to discover how you're made and where the invitation stands to live fully alive.
"I wish they would control their kids!" - a phrase you've probably thought to yourself before and maybe even been the subject of someone else's thought. The idea of being in control of our surroundings has quite the appeal on the surface but life experience shows us that controlling anything outside of ourselves is more of a fantasy. So what is our best play out of the playbook when we realize kids and situation...
Chris and Natalie introduce themselves and their four boys as they preview what's to come in the upcoming Play Ball playbook podcast centered around relationships, raising kids and other facets of family life.
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