Noisy Narratives

Denise Kendrick is co-founder, along with her husband Bruce, of Embrace Ministries in McKinney. Embrace supports foster and adoptive families as they provide homes to abused, neglected and orphaned children. Denise believes strongly in the scriptural mandate to churches to care for orphans and the poor. Part of Embrace's ministry is to assist churches in hosting Respite nights for these families (...

Counselor Cara McLeod joins Noisy Narratives to discuss the distorted thinking patterns of magnification (making things worse/bigger in our minds than in reality), minimization (failing to recognize when something needs addressing by minimizing its seriousness), and disqualifying the positive (discounting positive attributes or growth). Scripture references today: Philippians 4:8-9; Romans 12:2-3

Counselor Rachel Schulte joins Noisy Narratives in a conversation about the dangers of black and white thinking and making our decisions with our emotions.

Corky Houchard joins Noisy Narratives and shares how he came to know Jesus as a college student, how family shapes him, and why serving people in need is so important. His time spent serving in children's ministry, with Meals on Wheels and in disaster areas with Texas Baptist Men is a testimony to God's work in his life. Corky is transparent and honest about his hurts, struggles and how God is cha...

College Minister Drake Wayland is in the hot seat this morning. He discusses his road to ministry, meeting his wife Robyn, and how his current narrative is all about growing Frisco First's ministry to college students.

We sit down with Counselor Cara McLeod and talk through the Distorted Thinking Patterns of Should's and Personalization, and how they often lead to paralyzing shame and a need for control.

Catherine is great! She shares with us about vitamins, doctors insights and even helps Debbie on the spot! We are grateful for her time and energy to hangout with us.

Laura, Debbie and Christy sit down and talk about what does 2023 hold and talk about a new show they watched on Netflix.

Don't miss this one. Brittany Green shares with her international travels as well as her desire to stay there but God has other plans for her. Lucky Us she listened to the Lord!

One thing we can all agree on is that Sean has a passion for students. He shares his story all the good and bad and ugly. He journey to get to Frisco First is a good one and not without struggle.

Our youth pastor, Chris Hurt, shares his story of growing up with an abusive father and how God saved him from repeating the cycle.

Ep 70 - Sonshine Academy Director AnnMarie Lindig shares her story.

Laura Lester joins us and we all know what that means a fun time. So we hope you enjoy the podcast as we start analyzing what does it mean to be grateful and thankful in this world filled with expectations and entitlements.

Professional Athlete, High Performance Coach, Sports Psychologist Kip Rogers discusses parenting and personal responsibility

Mark Caswell joins us on the podcast to talk about family, ministry and his love for UNT.

Pastor of Creativity Mike Gould joins us today as we talk about his title, his journey to find himself and turning his life over to the Lord. This is another great one!

Laura, Debbie and Christy talk about fears that bring tears, read a poem that resonates with all of them and changing out husbands like changing out couches.

Frisco First Executive Pastor David Fuquay joins us to talk about walking where ministry takes him, following Jesus' direction, and learning from the loving correction of others. David discusses his years in ministry and how God is still shaping him today.

Episode 62 - Preschool Minister Kay Barker shares her story of how she came to be preschool minister at Frisco First, and how much she loves caring for the littlest among us.

Christy, Amy, and Debbie take a moment to reflect on the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the roles of monarchies over time, and how we forget God is the ultimate King of Kings. We get a little off the rails as usual, but it's a fun conversation!

NoisyNarratives dives into the issue of intellectual laziness and not fearing the hard questions. Pastor Chuck Martin shares his own journey of doubting his faith in college and how taking his difficult questions to God strengthened his faith over time.

Sonshine School Director Cheryl Lochner shares with us her family's journey through illness and multiple military deployments. Her joy in balancing intense family circumstances with work and ministry is both contagious and inspiring.

Laura Christy and Debbie Talk Season 3 and Library Books. Check Out our blog at www.noisynarratives.com/blog

We had some amazing guests on Season 2 of NoisyNarratives, and we loved every single one of them! Join us as we talk about what we love about season 2 and our predictions for season 3.

Frisco First's Finest Youth Pastor Chris Hurt joins us to talk about parenting boys.