All Articles for Blended Family

When wisdom calls or speaks do you listen?

When you choose a mate you choose a set of problems for the rest of your life.

Here’s one you haven’t heard in the media lately. Good news about stepparents.

Have you ever noticed that in God’s ministry strategy the wrong person is often the right person?

What would you say to a parent who is actively teaching their child to steal?

Well, you never saw this one coming. You just became a step-grandparent. How do you do that?

Do you want to know if you are ready to marry someone? Do not live together.

Now I know you’ve heard me say some crazy things but this one takes the cake. Learn to endure disharmony in your home.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

Accommodating someone’s preferences out of love for the Lord is an act of faith.

Caution: Love without caution.

Choosing obedience, in hard situations, pays dividends beyond our wildest dreams.

Have you ever been caught between two people you love?

Do you seek to build happy memories with those you love? Have you considered the impact of intentional play in your home? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Dr. Jim Burns about why and how to use "fun" to connect relationships in your stepfamily.

Nontraditional is the new traditional.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!" But if you're in a stepfamily, the holidays can get complicated pretty fast. Ron Deal offers some perspective, and gives counsel for how to navigate Christmas in a stepfamily.

Yeah, I know we don’t have a pilot, but let’s fly anyway.

Ron, we get married in a couple of months…and now my son gets angry?

Today, I’m stepping into controversy and some of you are going to be irritated.

My audience is getting more gray.

Children need healthy relationships with both parents after divorce, which requires good co-parenting. Listen to Ron Deal talk with Dr. Mary Jeppsen about how to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation in order to co-parent well with a former spouse.

"Yeah, Ron, I'm an only child who has seven brothers and sisters."

If you were lost, would you ask for directions?

If you were lost, would you ask for directions?

"Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?"

If you were lost, would you ask for directions?

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

If you were lost, would you ask for directions?

"Are you part of the main family or just sort of stuck on the side?"

Ron, my family is living proof that dysfunction breeds dysfunction.

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

Ron, my family is living proof that dysfunction breeds dysfunction.

Yellow flashing lights mean proceed with caution.

Spring weddings are just around the corner. So, how do you prepare to be a blended family?

Spring weddings are just around the corner. So, how do you prepare to be a blended family?

It's time for a dating attitude adjustment.

Does your church have a ministry to stepfamilies?

Yellow flashing lights mean proceed with caution.

Spring weddings are just around the corner. So, how do you prepare to be a blended family?

Does your church have a ministry to stepfamilies?

Spring weddings are just around the corner. So, how do you prepare to be a blended family?

It's time for a dating attitude adjustment.

Does your church have a ministry to stepfamilies?

Maybe it's time you reached across the aisle.

Does your church have a ministry to stepfamilies?

Have you ever tried to talk someone into loving you?

Maybe it's time you reached across the aisle.

Have you ever tried to talk someone into loving you?

I'm pro-hospital. Aren't you?

I'm pro-hospital. Aren't you?