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Counselor Samuel Rainey and his wife Stephanie know the ins and outs of how to build trust in marriage. They share raw moments from their past, honest regret, and why real repair requires steady work—not quick fixes. They'll help you show up differently for an intimate, flourishing relationship. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Ron Deal lays out the raw reality of blended family dynamics: like insiders vs. outsiders, why parenting becomes a hotspot, and what actually helps step parents survive and thrive. Ron uses plain stories, tough truths, and biblical reasoning to show why unity can make or break families. And he'll unpack you-got-this tips for bio parents can empower their spouses. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Tim and Noreen Muehlhoff get practical about what healthy communication in marriage really looks like. Using stories from their marriage and a clear biblical frame, they explore expectations, acknowledgement, trust, and commitment—and why those pieces matter more than clever techniques. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Bob Lepine delivers a clear, biblical conversation for parents facing the pain of adult children drifting from faith. He names the cultural pressure, the real emotional toll, and what steady faith looks like in the middle of searing uncertainty. Offering tough, honest, hope-anchored truth and practical posture shifts, Bob meets parents' raw questions without pretending to have easy answers. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Author and psychologist Dr. Juli Slattery and her husband Mike get real about staying married when your personalities pull you apart. After 32 years and a candid counselor report, they share the hard-won wins and time-tested strategies. Juli and Mike share practical moves to turn daily friction into spiritual growth and closer, Christ-centered unity. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Bestselling author and counselor Gary Chapman offers wise tips to help you push through the insanity of raising teens—toward relational vitality. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Gary Chapman gets the rollercoaster of parenting teens. Grab his thoughtful ideas to help you evolve alongside your kids in a critical stage of development. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

No one feels prepared for raising teens. But you can do this! Author Gary Chapman reveals “What I wish I'd known”—and ways to redefine your relationship. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Think safe gaming means blocking bad websites? You might be missing the bigger picture. In the deep corners of the metaverse, people are drowning in isolation. Guests Jonathan Ober and Frank Tulagowski are using platforms like Roblox to save lives. It's time to trade your parenting fear for curiosity and learn how to navigate these digital borderlands. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Your kids are living in digital worlds, but are they safe? More importantly, is anyone bringing light into those spaces? Jonathan Ober and Frank Tulagowski are stepping into VR Chat and the metaverse to meet isolated, searching people right where they are. Discover how to navigate online gaming safely as a family and, through Christian gaming, reach a subculture desperately looking for real connection. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

How do we protect our marriages in a world that tries to pull us apart? John and Debra Fileta break down three main areas of needed protection and share invaluable advice from their own marriage. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You've been hit—perhaps by criticism, loss, church hurt—and part of you wants to shut down or fight back. But what if you're missing what God's doing in it? Dave Harvey pushes past easy answers, showing how weakness, enemies, and even unfair blows can expose what's in you ... and build something steadier than image, control, or approval. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

You're trying to stay strong—for your family, your church, your calling. But the cracks are showing, and you're not sure what to do with them. Dave Harvey, author of The Clay Pot Conspiracy: God's Plan to Use Weakness in Leaders, flips the script. What if your weakness isn't the problem—but the point? This conversation digs into purpose within suffering and failure, and finding real strength where you least expect it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

Being a stepfather can feel like bathing cats with your hair on fire—but your thoughtful navigation of the dynamics in your home can make a difference that lasts for decades. Author Gil Stuart offers tips on stepfathering thoughtfully and shaping the kind of family you all long for. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/84/29?v=20251111

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