Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Audio Shows

FamilyLife Blended® with Ron L. Deal

 

Hope Is What the Dr. Ordered

August 12, 2024

Ron L. Deal Blended family life can bring hopelessness. Dr. Lee Warren, a neurosurgeon who has faced personal trauma, talks with Ron Deal about how to transform our thoughts and consider our feelings against the Truth of God's Word to find hope for a better tomorrow.

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149 A Special Edition: Growing Up Blended After Parental Loss: Laura Husband
November 4, 2024
Foster care & adoption present difficult issues with similarities to stepfamilies. How do you help a child cope with ambiguous loss or connect as a parent when children act out from prior wounds? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Jenni Lord for help.
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A Special Edition: Growing Up Blended After Parental Loss: Laura Husband
October 21, 2024
Laura Husband, daughter of Columbia astronaut Rick Husband, was 12 years old when she endured her dad's very public death. Laura shares with Ron Deal her layers of grief that followed and her experience growing up blended after her mom's remarriage.
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Dealing With A Narcissist
October 7, 2024
How do you identify narcissism or cope with a narcissist? Ron Deal talks with counselor Laurel Slade-Waggoner about strategies in a relationship when someone seeks to control, manipulate, shift blame, gaslight, or behave in other narcissistic ways.
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Reimagining Christian Sabbath
September 23, 2024
Does your family have a designated Sabbath? How do you spend that day? Kathi Lipp shares with Ron Deal her suggestions for reimagining Christian Sabbath that is a meaningful day with the Lord and one another as you prioritize rest & share a meal together.
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Stepfamilies: Stepparent Dynamics and Your Marriage
September 9, 2024
The intersection of marriage & parenting often creates tension for stepcouples. Listen to Ron Deal & Gayla Grace give input on how to become a parenting team as you face guilt, fear, ambiguity, different parenting styles, co-parent struggles, and more.
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Physical Intimacy Issues for Stepfamily Couples
August 26, 2024
Stepfamily couples can experience sexual pitfalls that bring additional stress. Ron Deal & Gayla Grace talk about how to build trust & emotional safety to overcome the comparison trap, fear & insecurity, & other lingering messages that affect intimacy.
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Ghosts of Marriage Past—Dealing with Relationship Baggage
July 29, 2024
Ghosts of marriage past—triggers from past hurt—leave a residue on our heart that creates hypersensitivity to being hurt again. Ron Deal speaks with Gayla Grace about dealing with relationship baggage, moving past fear, & building trust in relationships.
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Troubled Teens & Addiction Help
July 15, 2024
How do we help kids who are struggling with addictive behaviors? Ron Deal speaks with Dr Adrian Hickmon, who says we start by understanding the pain and void underneath their addiction, and then we must face the facts and determine the help they need.
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Overcoming Blended Family Myths
July 1, 2024
Stepparenting myths can negatively impact stepparents. Ron Deal talks with Gayla Grace about how to cope with common myths like: all stepmothers are wicked & stepfathers are abusive, stepparents are instant parents, & we love bio &stepchildren the same.
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A Home Built From Love & Loss
June 17, 2024
After losing her husband in a tragic accident, Sabrina McDonald looked forward to her young kids having a dad again. But remarriage came with hardship. She shares her lessons of loss and love with Ron Deal and how God met her in the wilderness.
 
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