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Remarried? Here’s What Your Kids Need: Ron Deal and Rod & Rachel Faulkner Brown

August 9, 2024

Rod and Rachel Faulkner Brown & Ron Deal

What's it like for a child when their parent remarries? Explore the unique losses of kids in blended families with Ron Deal and Rod & Rachel Faulkner Brown.

FamilyLife Today

Remarried? Here's What Your Kids Need: Ron Deal and Rod & Rachel Faulkner Brown

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Marriage Ministry Tip Sheet for Military Blended Families and Marriages

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Tip sheet for ministry leaders that work with military families in stepfamilies.

Marriage Ministry Tip Sheet for Blended Families and Marriages

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This Stepfamily Marriage Ministry Tip Sheet is your go-to guide for making your ministry blended-family-friendly and inclusive of their unique relational dynamics. Packed practical tips for churches and ministry leaders, this PDF will help you provide power-packed tools for this significant yet underserved population of those you lead.

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Ron Deal: Well-Blended–and Challenges Stepfamilies Face

June 9, 2022

If you’re a stepfamily, you face particular challenges. Author and counselor Ron Deal offers

FamilyLife Today

Ron Deal: Well-Blended–and Challenges Stepfamilies Face

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Adult Stepfamilies

January 6, 2022

Terry and Carol Moss

Like remarrying with young kids, new stepfamilies of adult children bring extensive transitions. Authors Terry & Carol Moss suggest how to navigate.

FamilyLife Today

Adult Stepfamilies

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Engaged and Blending

September 30, 2021

Ron Deal

Are you engaged or just beginning a blended family? Ron Deal, Director of FamilyLife Blended, discusses how couples can prepare their families to blend with intentionality and joy.

FamilyLife Today

Engaged and Blending

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FamilyLife This Week® Podcast

How to Blend a Stepfamily

September 11, 2021

Ron Deal

Ron Deal, Director of FamilyLife Blended, explains the benefits of "cooking" your stepfamily with a crock pot and not a blender. He stresses the value of being patient as your blended family blends at its own pace.

FamilyLife This Week®

How to Blend a Stepfamily

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FamilyLife Blended® Minute Podcast

A Sea of Emotions

July 22, 2021

Ron Deal

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

FamilyLife Blended® Minute

A Sea of Emotions

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FamilyLife Blended® Minute Podcast

Loving With Soul Love

Ron Deal

Do you have a soulmate? Then you need soul love.

FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Loving With Soul Love

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Beyond Broken

October 2, 2020

Don and Sandi Peslis & Ron Deal

Today on the broadcast, Sandi Patty and her husband Don Peslis tell their story to Ron Deal, and how God has redeemed even their mistakes for His glory.

FamilyLife Today

Beyond Broken

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What’s the Right Place for Stepfamilies at Church?

Sabrina Beasley McDonald

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The effort to lump stepfamilies at church with biological families may have noble motivations. But it often leaves stepfamilies feeling unloved and unseen.

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Loving You Best

February 19, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

Gary Chapman joins Ron Deal to talk about loving your blended family members through the five love languages: touch, quality time, gifts, words of affirmation, and acts of service.

FamilyLife Today

Loving You Best

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Love Languages and the Second Marriage

February 18, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

Gary Chapman and Ron Deal team up to talk about applying the love languages to a second marriage. Both spouses need to be intentional about protecting their marriage and reassuring their children.

FamilyLife Today

Love Languages and the Second Marriage

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Learning the Language of Love

February 17, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

What says love to you? A tender touch? A surprise gift? Time with your honey? Gary Chapman joins blended-family expert Ron Deal, to talk about the love languages and the blended family.

FamilyLife Today

Learning the Language of Love

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

The Source of Self-Control

October 4, 2019

Rob Bugh

If self-control is a fruit of the Spirit, then how do we allow the Spirit to cultivate that fruit in our lives? Rob Bugh discusses how this quality is especially critical in blended families.

FamilyLife Today

The Source of Self-Control

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

The Importance of Self-control

October 3, 2019

Rob Bugh

Rob Bugh talks about the importance of self-control in blended families. He tells about how a lack of self-control caused great regret in the early years of his new marriage.

FamilyLife Today

The Importance of Self-control

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Identity In Blended Families

April 11, 2019

Dave Bondeson & Ron Deal

Growing up, Dave Bondeson's father told him, "Remember, you're a Bondeson and a Christian." Dave finds it challenging to translate that into a blended family with a stepdaughter whose last name is not Bondeson.

FamilyLife Today

Identity In Blended Families

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FamilyLife Blended® Minute Podcast

Step-Grandparenting

July 30, 2018

Ron Deal

Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, talks about the vital role step-grandparents provide as they help create connection in their families.

FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Step-Grandparenting

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