All Articles for Stepfamily Living

Are you waiting to be wanted by someone you care about in your blended family? It's a hard reality for many in the early years. Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Cheryl Shumake on how to persevere through the waiting during the wilderness years.

Now I know you've heard me say some crazy things but this one takes the cake. Learn to endure disharmony in your home.

Accommodating someone’s preferences out of love for the Lord is an act of faith.

Caution: Love without caution.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!" But if you're in a stepfamily, the holidays can get complicated pretty fast. Ron Deal offers some perspective, and gives counsel for how to navigate Christmas in a stepfamily.

We can't always see what God is doing. Ray McKelvy tells of his walk with God, meeting his wife, and his estranged dad being invited back into his life. He learns that his real story was much more than he thought.

Ray McKelvy tells his story about not knowing his real father and being the man of the house. Another father figure stepped into his life, only to then separate from his mom, and the devastation that left him searching for his identity.

When it comes to insurance, which beneficiary do you want to beâ€"primary or secondary?

Hey, sounds like family to me.

"Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?"

"Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?"

Drowning in a sea of emotions? You're not the only one.

Ron, my family is living proof that dysfunction breeds dysfunction.

Maybe it's time you reached across the aisle.

Have you ever tried to talk someone into loving you?

Did we just make our kids part of a blended family?

You know what? Well-intended bad advice...is still bad advice.

We just had to stay committed to getting through those early years.

Hit debt with a snowball.

So, if both parents die who gets your kids?

A pre-nup. You want us to do a pre-nup?

A pre-nup. You want us to do a pre-nup?

Be careful. Don't turn a stepfamily problem into "Us vs. You."

Ok, folks, let's be careful with our words.

Every house, has its own blueprint.

No, the bridge was always there. She just finally crossed it.

Sometimes you have to step through the wilderness with trust and raw determination.

Sometimes you have to step through the wilderness with trust and raw determination.

Patience is definitely a virtue.

Have you ever thought, "Maybe I'm being too negative"?

The two-step is not just a dance in Texas.

The two-step is not just a dance in Texas.

Ok, stepfamilies. It's time to step down...your expectations, I mean.

In some ways discipleship is simply taking off and putting on.

No, we can't have you at our church because your background and past might infect everyone else.

Stepfamily living...without God? Now that's a thorny path.

Ron, our marriage is great. It would be wonderful if it was just the two of us but it's not.

Hey, man, get a hold of yourself.

When it comes to parenting united you stand, but divided they fall.

Ron, you should see your face."

It's time for a little stepfamily math.

Out with the old and in with the new. But where do you start?

I know what your enemies say about you, but what does Scripture say about your worth?

I know what your enemies say about you, but what does Scripture say about your worth?

How does being loved by God help you to love others?

Family meetings. It might be worth trying.

What do you see, when you look at yourself, through heaven's eyes?

Blended families need to be bold as a lion.

When conflict divides, be a bridge.

Corporations have business meetings all the time. Shouldn't families do that?