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192: Jim Burns: When Adult Children Stray
Co-Parenting: Parental Not Personal
Bio Parent: Permission Granted
This Much Work
Expectations: Marrying the Ex-Wife-in-Law
Caution About Ambition
Playing Favorites
See It From Their Point of View (Romans 12)
What We Can't Control
67 Varieties
How to Cook a Stepfamily
Boomerang Child
Let the Child Set the Pace
Fear Leading to Trust (Psalm 46)
Laugh
Do I Live in a Stepfamily?
Good News About Your Marriage
Money Issues
Divisive Words (Proverbs 17)
You Can't Have It Both Ways
Two Lips Walk Into a Fight
July 4th: Lighting Up the Dark Sky
Whooped By a 9-Year-Old Kid
Don't Jump: Be Determined
Avoiding the Teeter-Totter
Drop It & Let It Go
Protection From Ex-Spouse Divisions
Misplaced Frustration: Scapegoat 3
Misplaced Frustration: Scapegoat 2
Misplaced Frustration: Scapegoat 1
Family Harmony (Proverbs 17)
How Big Your Heart?
Be Jesus: A Difficult Former Spouse 2
Be Jesus: A Difficult Ex-Spouse 1
Stepgrandchildren (Proverbs 17)
Unity & Good Parenting
Father's Day
Speak With the Wisdom of God
When the Child's Other Home Is Not Faithful
Keep on Trucking
Before You Travel
Good News for Christian Marriage
Honeymoon at the End of the Journey
Experiencing Love, Extending Grace
When Forgiveness Is Rejected
New Marriage, New Forgiveness
My Little Stepchildren
Co-Parenting: Spy Kids
Who Is Entitled to Your Assets?
Impossible Situations
Link to the Past
Gossip Divides (Proverbs 16)
In Their Shoes
Can I Call You Mom?
Label Wars
Step-Money: Dating Questions
Armed Forces Day
The Art of Befriending a Squirrel
The Best Solution
How to Undermine the Stepparent
Stepdad: Lead Through Your Wife
Stepmother's Day
Back-Up Mom
A Woman Who Fears the Lord (Proverbs 31)
Changing the Rules
I Live in a Stepfamily!
Speaking the Truth in Love
What's My Part?
Jealousy & Refusing to Share (Genesis 21)
Listening Empathetically
Hold Your Tongue (Proverbs 11)
Being Okay Asking for Help
30 Years and Learning
Make a Friend, Share a Vulnerability
Through Heaven's Eyes
Easter: He's Alive!
You Do Not Labor in Vain!
Jesus Is Messiah (Luke 7)
Sharing Hard News
Asleep About Eternity
Self-Care or Selfishness
Don't Try to Replace
Yellow and Blue
Dating: I Don't Want to Date
Dating: Wait Time?
Keep Your Time
The No Threat Message
Building Strength: Spend Time Together
Favoring a Child
Act Your Best
Mutual Respect
The Name Game
A Book By Its Cover
Multiple Labels
You Make a Difference
Recovering From Betrayal
Scooping Fire Into Your Lap (Proverbs 6:27)
Women, Men, & Cohabitation
It's Time to Rethink Cohabitation
United You Stand
A Stepparent's Shame
The Power of a Smile (Proverbs 15:30)
Act Like You Know What You're Doing
Jumping in Mid-Stream
Please the Lord, Find Peace (Proverbs 16:7)
Being Family
Don’t Be Defensive
A Life-Giving Rebuke (Proverbs 15:25)
Be Gentle in Your Assertiveness
Serious About Godliness
Feeding Your Family
Don't Text and Parent
Offering Forgiveness
Stepparenting: It's Not Personal
Developing God-Esteem
Proper Terminology: When You're a Friend
Talk Less, Act More 2 (Proverbs 29)
Various Love Motivations
I Celebrate You, Too.
Valentine: I'd Marry You All Over Again
Can't See the Vista
Rituals That Connect
Different Love, Still Family
Proverbs 5: The Forbidden Woman
Encourage Connection to the Other Parent
Stepparenting: Talk to the Hand
Stepparenting: Loving the Hurt Child
Proverbs 3: Love and Faithfulness
Start a Ministry
Ministry: The Wrong Person
Marriage: A Set of Problems
Dysfunctional Families
Not Second-Class Christians
Helping the Irresponsible Become Responsible
PLAY!
Stepparenting: Bonding Tips
Judging Before or After (Luke 7)
Slow to Anger (Proverbs 16:32)
Engaged: Marriage Preparation
Dating & Cohabitation 3
Dating & Cohabitation 2
Dating & Cohabitation
Dating: Do Your Homework
Spiritual Formation
Adult Stepchildren: Finding Understanding
Co-Parenting: Stop Harming Your Children
Insecurity Leads to Competition
Celebrating Stepparents
High Stress
Pressing for Marriage
Adult Stepfamilies: An Easy Transition?
Proverbs 1: Listening to Wisdom
Proverbs 1: Your Father's Instruction
The Fear of the Lord
Minor Issues, Major Implications
Christmas: Joseph Chose Love
Obey & Be Light in Your Home (Luke 8)
Going the Extra Mile
Obedience in the Hard
Enduring Disharmony
Accommodating Out of Love
Accept What You Can't Change
Family Takes Care of Family (Luke 7)
Parental Blindness
Where Is Your Faith? (Luke 8)
Non-traditional is the New Traditional 2
Telling a Truth About God
Christmas: Stepgrandparents
A Forever Family
New Stepparent, Sassy Teenager
The Not-So Golden Rule (Luke 6)
Co-Parenting: Holiday Flexibility
Step-Grandparenting
Helping Abandoned Children
Thankfulness Produces Gratitude to God
Middle-man
Thankful for You
Step-stress at the Holidays: Be Flexible
Travel in a Foreign Country
Obey & Be Light in Your Home (Luke 8)
Different Parenting Styles
A Forever Family
Non-traditional is the New Traditional 2
Love Without Caution
Stuff Everyone Can Do
Going the Extra Mile
30-Second Kiss
Veteran's Day
Posting Filters for Your Kids
Becoming a Tech-Wise Family
Defeating Jealousy (Proverbs 27)
Keep Your Enemies Closer
Cinderella
Finding a Place for Mom
Tips From a Successful Stepmom
Give & Give (Proverbs 30)
When Not to Love Best
The Illusion of Control (Proverbs 27:1)
Face Time
Boycotting Dinner
Unreasonable Hope (Proverbs 25)
More Like Family Than You Realize
Main Family or Stuck on the Side?
Moving the Line
Getting Sharper (Proverbs 27)
Six Months to Stabilize
Trying to Look "Whole" in Church
Timely & Relevant
See Their Desire
Reaching Across the Aisle
A Tribute Toward Healing
Too Much of a Good Thing (Proverbs 25)
Alienation Is Wrong
Simple Gestures Mean a Lot
Freedom for Prisoners (Luke 4)
Fickle About Commitment
Give Me Neither Poverty Nor Riches (Proverbs 30)
Money & Pain
Never Say Die
Helping the Grieving (Proverbs 25)
Don’t Pack a Suitcase
Don't Pack a Suitcase
Connecting to Your Child’s Heart
What Do You Believe About Stepparenting?
Ministering to Families
Moving Toward You
God Hates Divorce
The Lingering Effects of Divorce
Mid-Life Dating Is Complicated
Be Equitable
Making the Hard Choices for Our Kids
The Blame Game
Redivorcing: Try, Try Again
Redeeming the Next Generation 2: A Message to the Church
Dating: Best Practices 4–Lukewarm Kids
Dating: Best Practices 3–Early Introductions
Dating: Best Practices 2–Adult Kids
Dating: Best Practices 1
Loving With Correction (Proverbs 27)
Who Do You Trust When Things Are Tough?
Parting Words
Giving Them Back
Giving Them Back
Seek Out Wise Counsel
Part of the Family of God
The Good News About the Bad News About Marriage
Have You Been Peeking in Our Windows?
Step-Money: Fear & Security
D & R
Redivorcing: Why Do It Twice?
Where’s Dad?
Paralyzed Parents (Proverbs 10)
Paralyzed Parents (Proverbs 10)
Childhood Pain
Childhood Pain
Defining Love
Defining Love
Do Everything You Can
Do Everything You Can
A Refuge in Calamity (Proverbs 14)
Ruts & Bruises 2
Ruts & Bruises 1
Managing Conflict 2
Managing Conflict 1
Who Is the Priority?
Redeeming the Next Generation 1
Seek Out Wise Counsel
Persistence (Proverbs 12:11)
Persistence (Proverbs 12:11)
Different Level of Investment
Different Level of Investment
The Mom & Stepmom Alliance
The Mom & Stepmom Alliance
The Dad & Stepdad Alliance
The Art of Listening
Catch Them Doing Something Right (Ephesians 4:29)
Tag, You’re It!
Grace Under Fire (Proverbs 12)
Marriage: Spiritual Intimacy
Act Out of Knowledge–Get Smart (Proverbs 13)
Let Them Simmer
Perseverance (Proverbs 13)
Perseverance (Proverbs 13)
Depending Upon God
Depending Upon God
Softened Hearts
Softened Hearts
Parenting Troubled Emotions 2
Parenting Troubled Emotions 1
Prayer: A Spirit of Gentleness
More or Less 3
More or Less 2
More or Less 1
Through a Child’s Eyes
Who Do You Trust? The Wisdom on Proverbs
The Field Trip of Life
The Path of Righteousness (Proverbs 12:28)
Boundaries, Choosing Best & Dealing With Disappointment (Luke 4)
Prayer: Bear One Another’s Burdens
Confident in Your Mercy
Open to Receiving One Another
Round Off Rough Edges
Stubbornly Persist in Pursuing Stepchildren
Internalized Attack (Proverbs 12:18)
Stepmom: Nesting
Stepping in When Dad Stepped Out
The Blessing Is Our Job
Positional & Relational Authority
The Power of Grandparents
Love & Faithfulness
You’re Not My Dad–Part 2
You’re Not My Dad–Part 1
Untying the Binds of Loyalty
Stepdad: Move in With Tact
Sitting on a Hot Stove
Adapt and Adjust
How Far You’ve Come
Till Death Do Us Part
Is It Graduation Time?
Be a Gentle Servant
Standing Firm (Proverbs 10)
Summer Sleepover–Start Off Right
Summer Sleepover–Listen to Their Pace
Summer Sleepover–Find a Good Attitude
Part-Time Biological Parenting: Expectation Double Standard
Stay in Touch With Your Kids
The Fun-Factor 3
The Fun-Factor 2
The Fun-Factor 1
Overlooking Insults (Proverbs 12:16)
Stepmother’s Day–Consider Her Worth
Stepmother’s Day–How Do You Celebrate Mother’s Day?
With Humility Comes Wisdom (Proverbs 11)
Learning to Share a Parent
Attachment & Parenting
Seeking Reconciliation (Romans 12)
Listen to Advice (Proverbs 12:15)
Marital Look Back
Conflict at Home
Unlearning Marriage
Expressing Commitment
Bonus Mom/Dad
When Relationships Compete
Never First, Always Second
Having an Ours Baby
30 Years to Gratitude
Business Meeting
Gaining Wisdom for the Journey (Proverbs 8:11)
Stepparent Tip #5: Radical Road Trip
Stepparent Tip #4: Monitor
Stepparent Tip #3: Give the Gift of Time
Stepparent Tip #2: Depersonalize Rejection
Stepparent Tip #1: Be Ready for Hot and Cold
Stepparent Roles
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Building New Traditions
It’s About Time
Choosing Love (Romans 8)
Making Your Marriage Last (Galatians 5)
A Model Biblical Family?
Good Friday: The Joy Set Before Him
Easter Egg
Stepmom: A Challenging Role
Stepparenting: Express Your Desire
Faith Shaping: Think Out Loud
Pick Me Up and Hold Me
When Elephants Fight
Co-Parenting: The Courage to Put Others First
Stepmom: Keep Your Girlfriends
The Fear Factor (Proverbs 6)
Overcoming Jealousy
Gain for Adults, Loss for Kids
Living in Two Countries
Was Jesus a Stepchild?
Grace Connects, Possessiveness Divides
Stepmom: Respecting Dad
Avoid Regret. Slow Down.
Emotional Flip-flop: Hard or Soft Emotions (Proverbs 15:1)
Marriage: Three Little Words
Waiting on God
Non-traditional is the New Traditiional
To Know or to Take
Mic Drop Moment (Luke 4)
Jealousy Is Common
When Daddy’s Get Along
Precious Little Sinners
Left Out of the Family Portrait
Two Voices Do Not Raise a Child
Traditions Put Down Deep Roots
Extended Family Welcome
What Brings Us Together
Long-Term Marital Happiness
Valentine: A Life of Love
20 First Dates
Robotic Love
When You Can’t Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Poor in Spirit (Matthew 5)
Even in Laughter (Proverbs 14:13)
Loving Someone the Other Loves
Not Good to Be Alone
Being Held Hostage
Internet Infidelity
God, Change My Spouse