196: Growing Up Blended: Montell and Kristin Jordan
Blended family life can feel like walking into someone else’s story: guarded kids, mixed loyalties, no clear playbook. Montell Jordan—the artist best known for his hit, “This Is How We Do It”—and his wife Kristen join Ron Deal to unpack growing up in the chaos—and what kids wish adults understood but rarely say.
Show Notes
About the Guest
Montell and Kristin Jordan
Montell & Kristin began their marriage and music career journey together as artist and manager over 20 years ago. The challenge of being married in the music business experiencing two decades of world touring and millions of album sales, they chose marriage over music, faith over fame, and significance over success and allowed God to reinvent their lives to surround their family values and passion to see the covenant of marriage reestablished, and hope restored in the hearts of men and women everywhere.
Together, they have co-authored This Is How We Do It! Making Your Marriage A Masterpeace and are founders of the Marriage Masterpeace Retreat Center in Dacula, GA, where intensives, retreats and getaways are provided for couples with public marriages to have a private place to heal.
Montell & Kristin are parents to 7 wonderful kids and have 5 grandchildren.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended®️ for FamilyLife®️ and President of Smart Stepfamilies™️. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.