Jerry and Kate Angelo reflect on the issues that thwarted their first marriages, and remember with gratitude the circumstances that brought them back to God and to each other.
Many couples travel to the “foreign country” of stepfamily living with little or no preparation.
Professor and youth minister Kara Powell shares some proven ideas for churches and parents that will help kids develop their own faith.
Youth expert Kara Powell talks about three phrases parents can implement that are especially helpful in building “sticky faith” in their kids.
We’ve all done it: We’ve all unjustly taken our anger against one person out on another. The question is, what do we do about it?
Despite doing all the right things in seemingly right circumstances, Rob and Rhonda Bugh struggled to make their remarriage work.
The simple events of everyday life can create hurt feelings and anger that send blended families down the road to isolation.
Gil and Brenda Stuart share how they experienced the pains and joys of remarriage.
A list of 34 questions about finances to ask before the wedding.
The terms used to define and describe the blended family experience vary from person to person.
Blending family Christmas traditions is very challenging. Bob and Vicki Maday’s respective daughters describe the uncomfortable but inevitable tension that exists in a new blended family’s Christmas traditions.
Bob and Vicki Maday each had adult children when they got married. Bob and Vicki’s adult daughters share the complicated emotions they had to wade through when their parents married and created a new blended family.
When you combine the practical challenges of money management with the complications of stepfamily living, money issues become volatile.
Learn about helping adult stepchildren transition into a stepfamily.
Christian stepfamily adults are often caught in a holding pattern around God and His church, unable to touch down in His love.
While attempting to combine a new stepfamily, John and Diane were once again trying to accept the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Only their church wouldn’t accept them.
If churches are going to remain strong, they must intentionally work to build smart stepfamilies.
FamilyLife Blended™ is passionate about helping stepfamilies succeed.
