Do you have a roadmap to follow on your blended family journey? We'd like to encourage using God's Word. Listen to Ron Deal & Gayla Grace, with stepcouple guests, talk about the value of scripture for families who are in need of hope and encouragement.
It's the most wonderful time of year! Wait ... is it really? We want Christmas to feel magical. But too often, we feel disappointment, stress, sadness, & loneliness. Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Bob Lepine on how to find lasting joy this season.
Your invitation could change everything. If a Weekend to Remember helped your marriage, pay it forward by helping others through our Group Plan. Simply put, the Group Plan is our referral program. When you become a Group Coordinator—way easier than it sounds—you gain access to a discounted registration price available to anyone you invite, to […]
Missions Home FAQs FamilyLife Menu Frequently Asked Questions FAQs Find the answers you’re looking for How much does a trip cost? Costs vary from mission to mission, but we typically try to keep the missions to $500-$1500 per person, plus airfare. Your family can bring clean water and the gospel to families in desperate need […]
FamilyLife Mission Trips Your Family. On Mission Together. Our goal is to help families: Grow in oneness. Grow in ability. Grow God’s kingdom. Learn where we’re going and apply today. Request More Information Why should your family go on mission? The old adage is true. More is caught than taught. What better way to disciple our […]
Best-selling author & Bible teacher Jen Wilkin chats about the 10 Commandments. Could God's law open a window to who he really is & our eternal reality?
Would you consider joining our mission to serve blended families as a volunteer or affiliate staff with FamilyLife Blended? Listen to Ron Deal and four couples share about why and how they minister to stepcouples and the blessings they receive in return.
Ever shared your faith? Hard to do it if you're not ready. Author Matt Smethurst primes you for the moment someone’s open toward your hope.
A godly home isn’t a perfect place but a place where others sense the influence of Christ. Here are 30 traits that help define it.
Is God calling you to minister to blended families, but you feel inadequate? Ron Deal explains how to earn an online ministry certificate as you glean from blended family experts with 7 hours of engaging video content, handouts, and bonus resources.
Non-traditional families are now considered traditional. As churches, how do we meet changing needs & serve them well? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with three senior pastors on why and how to love all families, despite the narrative of their past.
Develop a lasting community with Your Place, Your People Despite social media, smartphones, and apps created to connect us with those in our local communities, recent studies show we’re the most isolated generation in history. But that doesn’t have to be you. We created this exclusive new ebook, Your Place Your People, to help you […]
Promotional Toolkit Whether you’re promoting to your friends, at church, or through social media, we encourage you to take advantage of all of these items to share about Weekend to Remember. Each item is specifically designed to share broadly about Weekend to Remember events, so be sure to add the customization of the date and […]
Draw Closer to God With an Intentional Prayer Journey In today’s busy world, taking time to slow down and set your sights on God can be a challenge. There is so much noise, so many distractions that pull our hearts and attention towards other things. How can we be intentional about drawing close to the […]
Want to pray more with your spouse, but don’t know where to start? Try these five simple prayers for couples.
Parents want their kids to have qualities like love, joy, and patience, but is it possible to teach the fruit of the Spirit? Where should we start?
You want: kids with spiritual life skills that last. You have: kids you just want to pick up their cereal bowls. We’ve got a devotional just for families like yours. We get how skeptical you are of shoehorning more into days filled with carpools and just trying to get your kids to hang up their […]
How can we squirrel away spiritual life skills for kids that make them want to connect with God? It could be easier than you think.
You want: kids who love God’s Word. You have: kids you just want to stop yelling across the house. We’ve got just the family devotional for you. We get it. The desire—and obstacles—for time in God’s Word as a family are real. But family devos don’t have to be painful. Get ready for an engaging, […]
Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily Stepfamilies have their own unique triumphs and joys, as well as challenges and needs. They are a unique type of family, with the redemptive power to break the generational cycle of divorce. Since FamilyLife began over 40 years ago we’ve been putting out biblically-based resources to help strengthen marriages […]
Truth is found in the person of Christ In a culture that permits everything and stands for nothing, how can you find real truth? Is anything nonnegotiable? With warmth and steady wisdom, Dennis Rainey gives seven choices that will firmly root your life in the author of truth. Choices that will give you a life […]
Claim Your Calligraphy Verse Card Set We have a free gift for you, no strings attached! At FamilyLife, we believe in being firmly rooted in the Word of God and carrying out your purpose, according to His will. With this Calligraphy Verse Card Set, you’ll find encouraging Scriptures to meditate on and share with your […]
7-Day Email Series for Couples After a busy day—that has been spent mostly apart from each other—you may be looking for ways to reconnect before falling into bed. (Looking at different screens at the same time doesn’t count.) Talking is great, and much needed. But there is something more, something better you can do. You […]
7 DAYS OF PRAYERS FOR COUPLES After a busy day—that has been spent mostly apart from each other—you may be looking for ways to reconnect before falling into bed. (Looking at different screens at the same time doesn’t count.) Talking is great, and much needed. But there is something more, something better you can do. […]
The Engaged Couples Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily FREE Preparing to Blend Leader’s Guide The research is clear: premarital preparation works. But traditional premarital counseling is focused on coupleness. Blended family living is about a couple embedded in a family journeying into familyness. Most stepcouples marry because they’ve fallen in love, but they divorce because […]
Drawing closer to God: It’s within reach. Ever find yourself wanting to pull closer to God—but not sure how to get there? Our relatable, thoughtful seven-day devotional hands you a week’s worth of self-reflection and spiritual growth. We offer friendly, real-life stories and questions to consider as you look for a life that both understands […]
Pray for the ones who pray for you. Our pastors put their hearts out there Sunday after Sunday. And during the week, they’re grabbing a cup of coffee, listening to heartache, mediating church discipline and division. They’re shrugging on a jacket and showing up when we need them most. Hebrews reminds us to “Obey your […]
22 Ways to Reach Out Over the Holidays We all know that creating a plan for serving as a family can get shoved to the back burner in the busyness of life. As we jump back into Christmas, it’s a battle to create intentional time, both together as a family and in the communities we […]
I was getting some things wrong about hospitality. Could gathering around the table be less—and so much more—than I thought?
With my son’s nightmares punctuating our nights, I knew we needed to hide the living and active Word of God in his heart.
