{"id":292381,"date":"2024-08-28T14:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/?post_type=familylifeblended&#038;p=292381"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:51:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"familylifeblended","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylifeblended\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-0aed9a29 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-a04b5e55\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About FamilyLife Blended<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-f16efffe\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">FamilyLife Blended provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies, and help break the generational cycle of divorce.<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our resources for blended families include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>FamilyLife Blended\u00ae audio:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;We have both a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/familylifeblended.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60 second short feature<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-blended-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a podcast<\/a>&nbsp;in which Ron Deal delivers encouragement for those in stepfamilies and those who know them\u2014which is a whole lot of us today. A relevant, real-world outlook with a biblical perspective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitonstepfamilies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Summit on Stepfamily Ministry:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp; The first of it\u2019s kind event to bring together ministry leaders to learn, collaborate, share resources, and call the church to this vital ministry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylifeblended\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resources<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;FamilyLife has books, DVDs, and curriculum to help provide practical, realistic solutions to the issues stepfamilies face.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylifeblended\/find-an-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry\/Event Finder<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Find a blended ministry and\/or event in your area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/category\/articles\/topics\/blended-family\/stepparents\/stepfamily-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Articles<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Browse through our many articles on everything from blended family life to ministering to stepfamilies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/search\/plans?q=FamilyLife%20Blended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devotional Readings:<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>FamilyLife Blended has a number of reading plans available on YouVersion that provides practical, realistic solutions to the unique issues that stepfamilies face. You can access this great content through the YouVersion app on your smartphone or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/search\/plans?q=FamilyLife%20Blended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on their website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-layout-grid uagb-block-7dbf04bb alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-bb2191d0\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product\/building-love-together-in-blended-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/08\/FLB-building-love-together-in-blended-families_600x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292392\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-1b6691a7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ba170423 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-def5fab3\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider uagb-block-d0708162 uagb-slider-container\"><div class=\"uagb-slides uagb-swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-c3d1725e\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-dc61dc33\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-1fcdd455 uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">&#8220;Now I finally have a resource that can assist my non-traditional family and gain new insight on how to strengthen our relationship.&#8221;<br>&#8211; Karen<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-564bd55a\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-da81c6a4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-5945056f uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">&#8220;Thank you, FamilyLife Blended. Your material and Ron Deal&#8217;s book&nbsp;The Smart Stepfamily&nbsp;have been wonderful resources for my daughter and me. Your passion and ministry give us hope!!&#8221;<br>&#8211; Lisa<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-ebebb1ab\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-9b9eff1f\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-b3cec80c uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">&#8220;We are so grateful to know we are not alone in our struggles.&#8221;<br>&#8211; Erin<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-0bb901ef\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-dec4544e\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-6ad32dff uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">&#8220;We are so thankful to have found this ministry.&#8221;<br>&#8211; Kim<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a76ec710 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-01d791db\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About Ron Deal<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended\u00ae for FamilyLife\u00ae, founder of Smart Stepfamilies\u2122, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling&nbsp;<em>Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages<\/em>\u00ae and&nbsp;<em>Becoming Stepfamily Smart<\/em>&nbsp;(with Dr. Gary Chapman),&nbsp;<em>The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Preparing to Blend<\/em>. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylifeblended\/blended-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FamilyLife.com\/blended<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About FamilyLife Blended\u00ae FamilyLife Blended provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies,<a class=\"d-block py-2 read-more color-cyan small\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/familylifeblended\/about\/\" title=\"Read more: About\" >Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50999,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"tags":[],"cwp_profile":[],"class_list":["post-292381","familylifeblended","type-familylifeblended","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Patrick","author_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/author\/patrick-jonescru-org\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"About FamilyLife Blended\u00ae FamilyLife Blended provides biblically-based resources that help prevent re-divorce, strengthen stepfamilies,Read More &raquo;","meta_box":{"theme_header_position":"Sticky","post_header_is_sticky":"static","is_header_overlay":"1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/familylifeblended\/292381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/familylifeblended"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/familylifeblended"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50999"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292381"},{"taxonomy":"cwp_profile","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile?post=292381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}