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From Broken to Beautiful

July 5, 2016

Jerry and Kate Angelo & Ron Deal

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.

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From Broken to Beautiful

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10 Survival Tips for Stepfamily Life

Ron Deal

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Many couples travel to the “foreign country” of stepfamily living with little or no preparation.

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Having a Faith of Their Own

June 28, 2016

Kara Powell

Professor and youth minister Kara Powell shares some proven ideas for churches and parents that will help kids develop their own faith.

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Having a Faith of Their Own

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Passing Down the Faith

June 27, 2016

Kara Powell

Youth expert Kara Powell talks about three phrases parents can implement that are especially helpful in building "sticky faith" in their kids.

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Passing Down the Faith

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Talking Blended

Ron Deal

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The terms used to define and describe the blended family experience vary from person to person.

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Relational Tension Increases at Christmas

December 15, 2015

Bob and Vicki Maday & Ron Deal

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.

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Relational Tension Increases at Christmas

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Blending Your Family Traditions

December 14, 2015

Bob and Vicki Maday & Ron Deal

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.

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Blending Your Family Traditions

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Choosing Love

Ron Deal

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I’m convinced that God uses the stepfamily experience to teach His children about choosing love.

Is It Graduation Time?

Ron Deal

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When is it time for stepfamilies and stepparents to graduate to the next stage of life? When is it time for them to stop viewing their relationships as new?

Stepmother’s Day

Ron Deal

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Everyone agreed that stepparents should be acknowledged, but doing so was often awkward for the entire family.

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Wise Advice for Stepmoms

September 17, 2014

Gayla Grace & Heather Hetchler & Laura Petherbridge

Being a stepmom is hard. Stepmoms Laura Petherbridge, Gayle Grace and Heather Hetchler offer their very best advice for becoming the best stepmom you can be.

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Wise Advice for Stepmoms

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Blended Family Blunders

September 16, 2014

Gayla Grace & Heather Hetchler & Laura Petherbridge

What's the biggest mistake couples make when trying to blend a family? Stepmoms Laura Petherbridge, Heather Hetchler and Gayla Grace, share their perspective on this question and more.

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Blended Family Blunders

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Step-Mothers Know Best

September 15, 2014

Gayla Grace & Heather Hetchler & Laura Petherbridge

Stepmothers Laura Petherbridge, Heather Hetchler and Gayla Grace talk about the challenges they've faced blending a family and becoming effective stepmothers.

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Step-Mothers Know Best

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Remarriage Adjustments

August 15, 2014

Bill and Evelyn Thompson & Ron Deal

Bill and Evelyn Thompson join Ron Deal to talk about their surprising courtship and remarriage, as well as the adjustments blending families has required of them.

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Remarriage Adjustments

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An Unexpected Love

August 14, 2014

Bill and Evelyn Thompson & Ron Deal

Bill and Evelyn Thompson talk about their first phone call and the launch of their budding romance.

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An Unexpected Love

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A Terrible Loss

August 13, 2014

Bill and Evelyn Thompson & Ron Deal

Bill and Evelyn Thompson join us to share more about their losses, and their second chance at love

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A Terrible Loss

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Love Renewed in a Blended Family

May 16, 2014

Moe and Paige Becnel

Is your marriage in a "death spiral"? That's how Moe and Paige Becnel describe the first four years of their blended-family marriage. Joining the Becnels is blended family expert, Ron Deal.

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13 Ideas to Manage Holiday Step-Stress

Ron Deal

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The normal stress of the holidays is multiplied for stepfamilies.