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Throughout her broken childhood, podcaster Karen McAdams sensed she was missing something. But even after coming to know God, her sprint from shame kept her away from the heart of God. Along with her co-host Rachel Faulkner-Brown, Karen shares part of her own story that fueled the duo's new study, Father's House: The Path that Leads Home. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're doing all the right things: faith, family, showing up. But underneath? You're exhausted, reactive, and not sure why it keeps spilling out sideways. Podcaster and author Alicia Michelle gets into the roots most people avoid—how old wounds, buried emotions, and survival patterns quietly shape your marriage, parenting, and faith—and why ignoring them isn't working anymore. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You keep telling yourself, “I should be over this by now.” But the same anger, shutdowns, and quiet resentment keep leaking out—at home, at God, at the people you love most. Alicia Michelle, author of Emotional Confidence: Three Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture, hands you practical emotional intelligence skills to finally deal with what's underneath—without blowing up your faith or your relationships. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You love Jesus—but your reactions still hijack your day, your marriage, your parenting. Alicia Michelle, author of Emotional Confidence: Three Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture, gets why you feel stuck between what you know and what you feel. She'll help you name what's really driving your emotions, and why willpower alone keeps failing. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

“What difference can I make?” Fuller Youth Institute's Brad Griffin Kara Powell help you answer teens' big questions—and locate purpose they crave. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

“Where do I fit in?” Fuller Youth Institute's Brad Griffin Kara Powell offer connections to help teens find the belonging their souls are hunting. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

After 1,200 interviews, Fuller Youth Institute's Brad Griffin Kara Powell offer conversations to navigate teens' biggest questions--like, “Who am I?” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You really like your kids (most of the time). But the backtalk, crunchy kitchen floor, and nonstop "Mom!" can find you crying in the pantry. This raw Mother's Day panel with Ann Wilson and other moms goes where most won't—lost kids, short fuses, quiet guilt. It's honest, unfiltered, and aimed straight at the overwhelmed mom wondering if she's the only one muscling through every. Day. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're running on a single REM cycle, behind on laundry, and wondering if you're the only barely holding it together in the freezer aisle. This Mother's Day panel with Ann Wilson and real moms ditches the filters—to talk about lost kids, lost tempers, lost control. It's the kind of mom advice that doesn't pretend you've got it handled, but meets you there in your unwashed T-shirt and says, “Yeah… this is motherhood.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Ever crush the to-do list and still feel invisible? Author Andrea Griffith goes after the ache underneath—wanting to be chosen, seen, enough. She'll help you listen through the noise of performance and people-pleasing to expose what's really driving you. Get ready to sink into identity in Christ that doesn't rise and fall with everybody else's approval. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You know (most of) the right answers for your heart's questions—but laundry piles, secret shame, and nonstop noise keep drowning them out. Author Andrea Griffith gets brutally honest about hiding sin, chasing control, and what finally broke her cycle of shame. Rather than fronting a polished faith, find the space Scripture meets real life and freedom starts by dragging what's hidden into the light. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You didn't plan this road...and some days it's heavier than you can explain. Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler talk honestly about parenting children with disabilities: including the grief, the grit, and the quiet beauty most people miss. Emily and Laura don't tidy it up, but they do point to a steadier way to carry what can feel impossible. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Marriage didn't get easier when the kids came; it got louder, tighter, and easier to miss each other. Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler, authors of Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments, meet you there in survival-mode advice with honest, lived-in perspective. From overstimulation to quiet resentment, they name what's real—and point toward a better way to stay on the same team when connection feels out of reach. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You love your kids. But some days you lose it, replay it, and carry the weight. Emily Jensen and Laura Wifler, authors of Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments, meet you smack dab in the middle of your mess, not the highlight reel. They challenge the suffocating pressure to be the “ideal mom” and point to something far sturdier when your guilt, comparison, and chaos are hitting home. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You swore you wouldn't parent like that—and then it falls out of your mouth. Again: the reactions, the tone, the patterns you thought you escaped. Abbey Wedgeworth, author of Help! I'm Ruining My Kids: A Gospel Guide for the Mom Who's Desperate for Change, gets brutally honest about where that comes from—and whether it can actually change. Abbey speaks to the fear you're passing things down…and the surprising ways those cycles start breaking. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Mom shame doesn't just whisper—it isolates. Maybe this looks like snapping, hiding, the “I'll fix it myself” cycle. And meanwhile, you're exhausted and still feel like you're coming up short. Abbey Wedgeworth, author of Help! I'm Ruining My Kids: A Gospel Guide for the Mom Who's Desperate for Change, names what's really going on—behind the anger, the silence, the pressure to hold it together. She digs into why going it alone keeps you stuck longer than you think. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Mom guilt hits fast—and it sticks. The yelling, the regret, the fear you're doing damage you can't undo. You love your kids… so why does it feel like you're failing them daily? Abbey Wedgeworth, author of Help! I'm Ruining My Kids: A Gospel Guide for the Mom Who's Desperate for Change, doesn't dodge the mess. It walks straight into the anger, shame, and mental spiral—and offers a way forward that's honest, grounded, and actually doable in real life. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

What lies might your daughter be buying into—that could change her life? Author Dannah Gresh chats about the power of a mom to protect and empower her daughter toward unmissable truths that set her free. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

What are your daughter's emotions telling you about her inner world? Author Dannah Gresh chats about the lies our girls believe, the powerful emotions they face, and how to deal in healthy ways with both. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Whether this you're a first-time mom or a seasoned veteran, your struggles postpartum might be the same: Sleep deprivation. Healing. Body insecurity. Lack of sex. Expectations. Caring for yourself. Keeping a tiny human alive. Hormones. Kathryn and Elisha Voetberg provide ideas to navigate the biggest challenges of bringing a child into the world. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Hungry for ideas to shape an intentional family from the ground up? Elisha and Kathryn Voetberg, podcast hosts of Now that We're a Family, offer ideas to actively build a marriage and family of purpose and beautiful simplicity. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You want to be open about your faith—but not that person. Pushy. Scripted. Weird. So you stay quiet. Meanwhile, life's already full—kids' games, long weekends, surface-level talk. What if sports evangelism didn't feel like a setup? Heather Reddy, national women's soccer chaplain with Athletes in Action, gets the tension and offers a more natural way to connect—right where you already are, without forcing the moment. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Friendship hasn't always been this hard. Author Drew Hunter looks at historical friendships, and some of the ways we get it wrong. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Isn't friendship kind of…optional? Author Drew Hunter proposes a solution to the nationwide epidemic of loneliness. He digs into the scriptural plea for authentic friendship, and how, exactly, to make friendships you can't live without. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Beth Runkle--author of Another Move, God? 30 Encouragements to Embrace Your Life as a Military Wife--knows being married in the military can feel like losing time, control, even your voice. When duty wins (again), what keeps your marriage from drifting? This episode steps into the tension: respect when it's hard, staying connected when you're apart, and quieting the mental spiral. It's honest about the strain—and speaks to the part of you asking, “How do we not just survive this?” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You didn't sign up for this version of a military marriage: the moves, the silence, the stalled dreams. But what if the chaos isn't wrecking your life, but reshaping it? This episode gets the grind—deployments, resentment, starting over—and speaks straight to the questions you're too tired to ask. Beth Runkle, author of Another Move, God? 30 Encouragements to Embrace Your Life as a Military Wife, offers hard-won perspective that meets you where you live. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're hustling to keep the lights on, the kids alive, and your faith from feeling like a Sunday-only hobby. In this episode of FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson talk with Jordan Raynor—host of the Word Before Work podcast and author of the new Word Before Work devotional—about why your job, your chores, and your unseen grind might be doing more for God's kingdom than you think. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Faith and work collide in the places you actually live: locker rooms, Zoom calls, minivans, and fluorescent-lit offices where calling can feel like drudgery. Jordan Raynor joins Dave and Ann Wilson to blow up the sacred/secular divide, trace God's first commission from Genesis 1 into your Monday grind, and show why changing diapers, running routes, closing deals, or pulling espresso shots can all be strategic, eternal work—without changing your job title. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Blended families face unique battles: guilt-paralyzed bio parents, stepparents feeling threatened, ex-spouses overstepping. Ron Deal and Gayla Grace unpack traps that sabotage marriage and parenting—erase/replace mindsets, unilateral fixes, defensiveness—and show how co-parents can lean in, communicate intent, and send “no-threat” messages. When couples unite around kids, check in before ex-decisions, and prioritize long-term child good, hope, stability, and even transformation become possible. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Grandparents and parents face heartbreak when kids walk away from faith—or when rules block spiritual talks. Dr. Crawford Loritts and Larry Fowler (Legacy Coalition) show how leaning in with persistent love, humility, gratitude, and creative prayer keeps relational doors open. Through stories, apologies, and benchmarked traditions, they reveal how small, consistent faith-filled actions can shape family legacies—even amid fractures, resistance, and messiness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Grandparents aren't spectators—they're hope-givers with the power to shape eternity. Dr. Crawford Loritts and Larry Fowler show how intentional grandparenting changes family legacies: sharing faith stories, praying boldly, modeling surrendered lives, and passing God's truth across generations. Walk alongside them as they turn hard pasts into godly futures and show how every moment with grandchildren can echo through eternity. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

When life tips over, how do you keep trusting God? Pastor Erik Reed, author of Uncommon Trust: Learning to Trust God When Life Doesn't Make Sense, shares his family's journey through unimaginable loss—his son's medical tragedy, kidney transplant, and death at 15—and the daily, vulnerable faith that carried them. This episode doesn't offer easy answers, but it shows how Scripture, surrender, and community beat a path toward wholeness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Bitterness eats the soul like poison. Anxiety paralyzes even the strongest. Pastor Erik Reed takes listeners inside the unfiltered journey of forgiving the surgeon who ruined his son's kidneys—including panic attacks and, in his bones, trusting God in difficult times. Walk with Erik through the Valley of the Shadow—from anger and fear to freedom and uncommon trust. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

When prayers feel like they're bouncing off the ceiling and life goes sideways—what then? Pastor Erik Reed shares the gut-punch story behind his book, Uncommon Trust—a 15-year fight for his son's life after a devastating medical mistake. This isn't tidy faith talk about trusting God. It's the gritty road from “God will fix it” to “but if not.” If your faith feels white-knuckled and shaky in suffering, this conversation meets you there. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Think AI is harmless? Think again. Today's chatbots don't just answer questions—they offer friendship, romance, even “love.” And the AI dangers aren't loud… they're subtle. Easy affirmation. Zero challenge. Total secrecy.On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson talk with Ron Deal about how AI dangers threaten marriages, kids, and faith. Before “Google God” replaces real connection, learn what's at stake in your home. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Lonely? There's an app for that. AI companions promise instant connection, zero conflict, and someone who always says the right thing. No eye rolls. No baggage. No growth either.On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson talk with Ron Deal about how AI companions are reshaping marriages, parenting, and emotional intimacy. Before a chatbot becomes your safest relationship, find out what's really at stake. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Can seasons of darkness help us see more clearly than ever? Singer author Andrew Peterson describes his path through depression to resurrection. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You can love God, serve people, hit your goals—and still feel strangely empty at home. So what gives? Why does “successful” sometimes feel like “running on fumes”? Stephanie Carter and her husband Bryan, author of Made to Last: 8 Principles to Build Long-Lasting Relationships, get blunt about burnout, counseling at 37, and the wake-up call that reshaped their marriage. If your family gets the leftovers of your ambition, this episode will hit close to home. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're checking the boxes—career, church, kids—but something still feels off. Why doesn't success feel significant? And why does marriage take the hit when life gets busy? Stephanie Carter and her husband Bryan, author of Made to Last: 8 Principles to Build Long-Lasting Relationships, share how burnout, counseling, and hard recalibration reshaped their marriage and family rhythms. If you crave balancing work and family in practical ways that put God first without quitting your calling, this conversation meets you where you live. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You love Jesus—but marriage still feels complicated. Ministry pressure. In-law tension. Career moves you didn't plan. What does a strong Christian marriage actually look like after 25 years? If you're wondering How can I make a relationship last? Stephanie Carter and her husband Bryan--author of Made to Last: 8 Principles to Build Long Lasting Relationships--get you started in the right direction. They chat about conflict, calling, compromise—and the quiet resilience that keeps love standing. If you're tired of clichés and want faith that works at home, this one's for you. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Dennis and Barbara Rainey know marriage is hard, messy, and tested daily. On FamilyLife Today, they share marriage lessons from decades of insight—faith-based, practical, and no sugarcoating—to survive the everyday mess. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Your world can flip in an instant. One call, one loss, and suddenly your marriage, your faith, your family—all feel torn-open and unsteady.On Family Life Today, Chris Brooks and Yodit Brooks share honestly what it's like to walk through the dark night of the soul...in marriage. They extend the quiet hope that arrives when you refuse to just survive. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

When it comes to setting goals in marriage, most couples wing it—or copy whatever sounds spiritual. FamilyLife President Luke Middendorf talks about upheaval, faith, and the quiet drift that happens when you're busy but not aligned. If you want more than vague marriage resolutions, this conversation will steady your aim without piling on guilt. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You said it nicely. Then louder. Now you're just tired.This live panel of marriage experts from FamilyLife's Love Like You Mean It Cruise gets real about resentment in marriage, like small frustrations that turn into silent scorekeeping. Why he withdraws. Why you push. And how couples stop fighting each other and start fighting for each other—without pretending everything's fine. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're busy. Faithful. Grinding. But if you're honest? Something at home feels off. Music artists and authors Montell and Kristin Jordan get real about success, sickness, marriage strain—and the quiet drift that almost costs you what matters most. If work, church, kids, or “good things” are crowding your covenant, this conversation will recalibrate you without shaming you. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

What does God's love look like when your earthly father failed you? He Calls Me Daughter, a new Christian movie by Rick Altizer, follows real stories of father wounds, faith, and redemption. Rachelle Starr's Scarlet Hope ministry brings hope to women in strip clubs, showing how obedience, prayer, and God's grace transform broken lives. Watch, reflect, and discover how healing from father wounds can restore identity, trust, and purpose. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

How does a missing, distant, or imperfect dad shape a life? In the movie He Calls Me Daughter, director Rick Altizer and Rachelle Starr explore father wounds and their ripple effect on faith, identity, and trust. Through Scarlet Hope's bold ministry in the sex industry, real stories of redemption, obedience, and God's transformative love reveal how compassionate faith can heal deep hurts and restore hope in families and hearts. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

If your father's absence, distance, or flaws left a mark, it can echo in your trust, faith, and sense of worth. In He Calls Me Daughter, Rick Altizer explores father wounds and the gospel hope of a perfect Heavenly Father. Through transparent stories, Christ-centered healing, and practical insights, this film offers women—and men—a path to freedom, identity, and relational restoration with God and others. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

When grief, hidden pain, and addiction collide, even strong marriages can crack. Ron and Nan Deal share their searing journey through loss, an alcoholic spouse, and buried marriage secrets that nearly destroyed them. From Nan's yoga-mat surrender to God's radical grace, they reveal how confession, trust-building, and God's mercy restored hope, intimacy, and passion after decades of struggle. Courage, honesty, and faith show the path to true redemption. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Ron and Nan Deal share the raw story behind a marriage almost destroyed: pride, grief, abandonment, and the death of their son. Nan's struggle with addiction spiraled for over a decade, while Ron wrestled with guilt, ministry pressures, and heartbreak. This isn't a polished story—it's real, messy, and full of hope for couples facing hidden hurts, broken patterns, addiction in marriage, and the long road to grace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

What if all the grades, trophies, and accolades your kids chase aren't enough to make them feel secure? On the final day of the heart-centered parenting series, Start with the Heart author Dr. Kathy Koch shows parents how to root identity in God, affirm kids' unique gifts, and nurture purpose-driven competence. Through practical examples—dice games, car rides, and coffee-making five-year-olds—you'll discover how to connect deeply, raise kids who thrive, and feel like you finally “get” what parenting really demands. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111