Download or read book Daily Reflections for Stepparents written by Margaret Broersma and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Broersma combines her experiences with practical biblical insights to provide devotional help for the parents of blended families.
Download or read book The Smart Stepfamily written by Ron L. Deal and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each member has their own unique place in a family. Ron Deal explores the myth of the "blended" family offering practical, realistic solutions for stepfamilies.
Download or read book The Smart Stepdad written by Ron L. Deal and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While resources abound for stepmothers, stepfathers are often left to travel a difficult road without clear directions. Ron Deal offers advice for men navigating the stepfamily minefield, including how to connect with stepchildren, being a godly role model, how to discipline, dealing with the biological dad, and keeping the bond strong with one's new spouse. He gives perspective on what the kids are going through and why things don't work the same as in a biological family. The Smart Stepdad provides essential guidelines to help stepfathers not only survive but succeed as both dad and husband.
Download or read book Stepparent to Stepparent written by Margaret Broersma and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One out of three Americans is a part of a stepfamily. With proven reliability and personal experience, Margaret Broersma gives stepparents sound, practical, biblically accurate advice for the issues they face.
Download or read book Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily written by Ron L. Deal and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Inspiration and Wisdom for Blended Families Got a minute? Then you have time for a daily dose of encouragement and wisdom for your stepfamily journey. These 365 short and sweet thoughts will keep your family blending and bonding throughout the year. Topics include parenting and stepparenting, strengthening your marriage, grief in the stepfamily, bonding with children, co-parenting with exes, practical wisdom for bringing family members together, and inspirational stories to lift your spirits and keep you stepping in the right direction. This book also addresses special days like Mother's Day and holidays. Each daily dose of encouragement includes a prayer for your home. Sharing these readings with your spouse and, when appropriate, kids will spark valuable conversations that strengthen family understanding and closeness.
Download or read book Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily written by Ron L. Deal and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Inspiration and Wisdom for Blended Families Got a minute? Then you have time for a daily dose of encouragement and wisdom for your stepfamily journey. These 365 short and sweet thoughts will keep your family blending and bonding throughout the year. Topics include parenting and stepparenting, strengthening your marriage, grief in the stepfamily, bonding with children, co-parenting with exes, practical wisdom for bringing family members together, and inspirational stories to lift your spirits and keep you stepping in the right direction. This book also addresses special days like Mother's Day and holidays. Each daily dose of encouragement includes a prayer for your home. Sharing these readings with your spouse and, when appropriate, kids will spark valuable conversations that strengthen family understanding and closeness.
Download or read book Stepparenting with Grace written by Gayla Grace and published by Worthy Inspired. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These devotions provide companionship, encouragement, understanding, and biblical insights from a veteran stepmom. This trusted resource will help you gain strength, wisdom, and comfort as you navigate the rocky terrain of creating a blended family. You will learn how to: Trust a loving God when the kids do not. Find unity in your new marriage and parenting through grace and understanding. Explore your worth in Christ amid rejection. Gain confidence in the stepparent role as you take on the armor of God. Persevere through challenges and obstacles toward healthy, thriving relationships. Each devotion begins with Scripture along with an encouraging thought for the day and closes with prayer.
Download or read book Stepliving for Teens written by Joel D. Block and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the problems and adjustments involved with a single-parent family and how to cope when a parent remarries.
Download or read book Blended Not Shaken written by Ginny S. Warren and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Blended, Not Shaken, Ginny Warren gently unfolds the sometimes complicated layers of living as a blended family in todays world. With honesty and intimate authenticity, Warren shares both her own struggles as well as her faith that allowed her to deal with the personal difficulties in her own story of step-parenting. This book is rich in biblical counsel and truth and allows the reader to embark on a journey toward spiritual and personal health through reflection questions at the end of each chapter. Warrens style is less about being preachy and more about coming alongside others to help them find victory in their family structureno matter what the situation! Her wisdom and insight penetrate each page and will leave you feeling refreshed, hopeful, and strengthened. If you are currently parenting in a blended home or know someone who is, this is a must read book! Dr. Michelle Anthony Author of Spiritual Parenting and Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family Ginny Warren is a mother who walks the talk. For fifteen years, Ive watched her raise her children and stepdaughter with intentionality and unconditional love. She and Steve declared their home and family as sacred, and worth whatever it would take to keep them united and raised in Gods ways. Ginnys grace for the hard journey of stepparenting comes out in every page of this amazing book. Glynnis Whitwer, author of Taming the To-Do List: How to Choose Your Best Work Every Day and Executive Director of Communications for Proverbs 31 Ministries.
Download or read book Stepparenting the Grieving Child written by Diane Ingram Fromme and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stepparenting the Grieving Child, Diane Ingram Fromme shares the assumptions and presumptions, steps and missteps that occurred within her own stepfamily. Diane faced the key challenges any new stepparent to grieving children experiences, including helplessness to know how and when to offer comfort, awkwardness to identify the times and ways to memorialize the lost parent, and outsider blues--not only feeling uncomfortable in her own home but also in her own skin. With personal examples, insights from other stepfamilies, and knowledge gained through experience and research, Diane provides information relevant to anyone who supports grieving children. Diane's straightforward approach will help you: Gain a more relaxed mindset toward stepparenting through grief Learn meaningful ways to include and memorialize the lost parent Help the natural parent claim his or her role in the grieving family In Stepparenting the Grieving Child you'll find hope, strength, and inspiration for the journey ahead, no matter where you are now.
Download or read book Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships written by Patricia L. Papernow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships is designed to be useful both to stepfamily members themselves and to a wide variety of practitioners, as well as to educators, judges, mediators, lawyers and medical personnel.
Download or read book The Stepmom Project written by Elizabeth Mosaidis and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting and Doodling Your Way to a New Destination Are you looking for some insight into your role as a stepmom? Take control of your life and emotions by working your way through this uplifting 30-day reflective book for stepmothers. Written with the childless or childfree stepmother in mind, this book will help you reflect on your new role and experiment with ideas to improve your relationship with your stepchildren. Through readings, reflections, and action items, you will embark on a journey to gain a better understanding of yourself as a stepmother and how you fit in with your new family.
Download or read book Happily Remarried written by David Frisbie and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly 60 percent of remarriages end in divorce." What can people do to beat the odds? David and Lisa Frisbie share the fruits of more than 20 years of speaking, teaching, and counseling. Having talked to hundreds of couples, the authors use many real-life examples and speak with hope and humor about the challenges. They point to four key strategies to help bring long-term unity: forgive everyone, including yourself regard remarriage as permanent and irreversible use conflict to get better acquainted form a spiritual connection centered on serving God With further step-by-step marriage-saving advice about forming a new family unit and helpful discussion questions, "Happily Remarried "makes a great how-to recipe for a successful, happy remarriage.
Download or read book Marriage Is Fun written by A. Timothy Starr and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is for people over 40, who are planning to marry. It shows ways to make the marriage successful and warns of serious pitfalls. The real-life situations give authenticity to the concepts. Dr. Starr writes from the experience of working with hundreds of single and single-again people, many of whom are struggling with remarriage. This book is for you. Dr. Dennis Franck, Director, Single Adult Ministries, Assembly of God What a timely book that sheds light on remarriage. Dr. Charles Arn, President, Church Growth, Inc. This book on Remarriage reflects Dr. Starrs wisdom and counsel on a difficult issue the church is facing today. -Dr. Ward Tanneberg, Executive Director of CASA Dr. Starr offers sage and practical counsel to those considering remarriage. His style exhibits the compassion and joie de vivre that will keep you turning pages. Dr. John Kaiser, President, Fellowship Baptist Churches, Canada Dr. Starr has spent years of ministry to singles, separated, divorced, and widowed people seeking significance and hope. Dr. Starr addresses issues facing these people with a pastoral heart and a genuine concern for people. Rev. Gerry Morneau, Executive Pastor, The Peoples Church, Toronto, Canada Dr. Starr has served as a pastor in the U.S. and Canada. As a former seminary professor and a denominational leader, he is well versed in addressing marital issues. His ministry gives added insight to his writings, seminars, and counsel. He has a B.A. from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an M.A. from the University of Iowa, and a Doctorate in Ministry from Luther Rice Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia.
Download or read book Moving Forward After Divorce written by David Frisbie and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divorce is a time of loss—it also becomes a time of change with the possibility that each partner might move forward toward personal restoration and wholeness. But how? David and Lisa Frisbie, authors of Happily Remarried, share godly wisdom, sound advice, and encouragement to help readers: heal from feelings of anger and abandonment discover the sufficiency of God develop interests, dreams, and skills raise healthy kids alone or as a co-parent manage money (or the lack of it) This excellent resource provides great help for those with children and will guide any divorced reader to see the hope of a second chance as they learn to depend on God's grace, sufficiency, and promises.
Download or read book Raising Great Kids on Your Own written by David Frisbie and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One-parent households frame the new landscape of American family life. But raising kids alone is hard work, and single parenting is a struggle for most. David and Lisa Frisbie provide a practical and proactive plan single moms or single dads can use to... nourish their own souls, maintaining a vibrant faith in God and a vital connection to family and friends nurture their children, empowering kids to successfully process the trauma of divorce manage their households as they assume roles and tasks that may lie well outside their comfort zone build a future they can enjoy, making choices about education, careers, finances, and relationships The Frisbies' constant travel and ongoing counseling ministry provide a rich reservoir of effective strategies and ideas. Moms and dads who parent alone will find confidence and hope from this manageable and optimistic approach.
Download or read book Raising Kingdom Kids Devotional written by Tony Evans and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Raising Kingdom Kids Devotional is based on the biblical principles and concepts presented in the book Raising Kingdom Kids by Dr. Tony Evans. It offers 90 daily devotions for moms and dads who wants to raise their child with a Kingdom perspective, preparing them to take on the assignments God has for their lives. It also encourages parents as they embrace their God-given role in raising sons and daughters to become Kingdom men and women. This devotional provides overarching parenting principles from Scripture, along with teaching and inspiration for contributing to a child's relationship with God and alignment under His plan. It also provides specific encouragement to parents as they live out Kingdom-minded values and instill them in their children--including the power of prayer, wisdom, loving God's Word, getting through trials, controlling the tongue, developing patience, the surrender of service, and more.
