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Ron L. Deal
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FamilyLife Blended provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186

  1. 4D AGO

    185: This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce

    Vaneetha Risner knows the raw grief of unwanted divorce and betrayal. She gets church shame, lost identity, lingering triggers. Yet God has turned lament into deeper trust. This was never the plan, but it has forged faith. And it offers hope for yours. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    54 min

  2. FEB 23

    184: Parenting & Grandparenting kids about tech, phones, and screens

    When did “family time” become everyone scrolling in separate corners? In this eye-opening episode, Ron Deal and author Arlene Pellicane unpack how to manage screentime—helping parents and grandparents raise screen-wise kids who still look up, laugh, and live offline. Discover why boredom builds brilliance, how to delay devices with grace, and how real connection always outshines the algorithm. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    1 hr

  3. FEB 9

    183: Grief Triggers and Tender Triumphs: Happy Chaos in a Blended Family

    Grief lingers, yet love insists on living. Podcasters Justin and Kelly Walker navigate a blended family of 9 amid grief triggers and daily chaos. Hallway tributes, fire-pit conversations, and tender routines show how honoring the past fosters resilience, teaches empathy, and shapes a family that holds loss and new beginnings in a single heartbeat. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    49 min

  4. JAN 26

    182: Blended and Blessed book, Building Healing through the Beatitudes

    After a scandalous start to their blended marriage, Ines Franklin and her husband Jim discovered God's grace turns broken stories into masterpieces. With raw honesty--and pulling from the richness of the beatitudes in the Bible--Ines explains core ingredients to flourishing in blended family life, with heaps of practical takeaways. What began in shame ends in her "smoothie family" of 5 kids, 10 grandkids, and redemption that shouts hope. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    47 min

  5. JAN 12

    181: Beauty in the Broken: A Kintsugi Approach to Blended Family Life

    Overwhelmed by blended-family brokenness? Ron Deal and Wynand Jacobs dive into the messy, unpolished reality of blended families in New Zealand. Using Kintsugi as a gospel metaphor, they explore God's power to reform shame into beauty, grief into testimony, and mistakes into stories that shine. It's a masterclass in the divine alchemy of blended family life. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    37 min

  6. 12/29/2025

    180: Tinsel, Tension, Togetherness: Navigating Your Blended Family Christmas--Mike and Kim Anderson

    Holidays got your blended family feeling like a tossed salad of joy, stress, and edgy emotions? Podcast hosts and blended marriage coaches Mike Kim Anderson bring real talk, raw truth, and restoration therapy magic. Learn how to swap pain cycles for peace, chaos for connection—and maybe, just maybe, survive a blended family Christmas with your sanity and your stepkids. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    1h 1m

  7. 12/15/2025

    179: From Shock to Strength: Unplanned Pregnancy in a Blended Family

    What happens when God’s good plan lobs an unplanned pregnancy into a blended family? Jay and Tammy Daughtry chat about shock, grace, and choosing love over shame. From unfiltered Day One reactions to faith-fueled healing, they offer a blueprint for both welcoming chaos and blessing it. This episode is a must-listen for anyone ready to turn unexpected blended-family moments into hope-filled family legacies. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    1h 3m

  8. 12/01/2025

    178: We Struggled to Blend. Now We Help Blended Families Thrive

    Their first Christmas nearly broke them. Five kids, two parenting styles, zero prep. But Scott and Deana Thayer didn’t quit—they built a blended family from mismatched traditions, co-parenting chaos, and grace-fueled grit. As a couple now helping blended families thrive, the Thayers share hard-won wisdom, church-sized challenges, and the “95/5” rule that saved their sanity. Blending isn’t easy—but it’s worth every messy, beautiful step. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186/29

    59 min
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FamilyLife Blended provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.elsitiocristiano.com/donate/1186

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