Christian Family Life

Today we interview Shaunti Feldhahn who is a bestselling author, social researcher, podcaster, with a graduate degree from Harvard. Join us in this first episode of the two-part interview as we discuss her findings on why we are not on the same page in our sex life.

When we talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of marriage, we point at the ugly and define it through he lens of sin!!  the Bible says in Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?  Join is as we chat about the effects of sin in your marriage and how, by pointing to scripture, we can work on moving towards the good and even t...

Today we will touch on 3 more connection killers that are pretty prevalent in marriages.  Hopefully this chat will help us sit and discuss these past six types of connection killers we have talked about and come up with a game plan to avoid them!!

Do you remember those early days of dating and marriage?  You were always thinking about each other, romance was alive and well, things were hot!  What happened? Why did the connection stop?  What connection killers are you allowing into your marriage?  Join us as we discuss 3 types of connection killers in this first of two podcasts!

Our CFL team was out in Snohomish, WA and our topic of discussion was Physical/Sexual Intimacy.  We bring this important topic to the podcast to encourage each of you to have the discussion an go through the questions that we pose in this segment!

Last week we talked about being Spiritually healthy with the Lord and allowing that to spill over into your relationships, starting with your spouse.  We believe that as we become more Spiritually healthy it will begin to open the doors for emotional health within our marriage.  Join in on the conversation as we talk about having an emotionally healthy marriage.

Spiritual Intimacy between husband and wife truly is a spillover of your personal relationship with the Lord.  The closer we each grow in our walk with Jesus, the closer we will be to each other.  Today we talk about the importance of spiritual intimacy in your marriage.

Discover what you may need to help you heal so that you can strengthen your relationships around you.  We've heard the phrase, "healed people heal people, hurt people hurt people", listen in today as Buffy Wimmer, from Collaborative Counseling, speaks into the healing process in this second part of our conversation on mental health.

Today we are joined, for a two part podcast, by Buffy Wimmer from Collaborative Counseling Group!  Buffy will help us, in the first part, how to identify and understand trauma, whether it is big T trauma or little t trauma!  This is such a great conversation to be had by all of us to better understand what we are truly dealing with and how to Biblically work through it to produce healthy...

Kina Scott and Lisa Adam continue to give us amazing nuggets in the area of mental health and its affect on relationships.  Being aware of symptoms like withdrawal, isolation, lack of communication and so much more, as well as creating a vulnerable environment within the home to have the conversations and removing the fear of getting help are what we will tackle today!! 

We continue our conversation this month on mental health and it's affect on relationships.  Today we are joined by Kina Scott and Lisa Adams with New Phase Christian Counseling & Restoration Center on this two part series talking about Mental Health as a whole, symptoms to be looking for, erasing the stigma of mental health, and the role of the community and church.  

Our CFL team into what 2023 will look like for our podcast.  We start off the year takling about mental health and how it affects your relationships, starting with your marriage.  We look forward to interviewing experts in this area over the next few weeks to help us navigate and have victory over mental health struggles.

As we close out 2022 we are grateful for what God has done in marriages in communities, churches, and countries around the world.  Today we highlight some of our favorite moments of 2022!!  Thank you for faithfully listening and for supporting the work of Christian Family Life!!

During the hustle and bustle, we encourage you to take time to connect with your spouse. Today we discuss the importance of pursuing emotional intimacy with the Lord and your spouse as you invest in everyone else during the holidays.

According to a survey done by the American Psychological Association, money and finances are the number one cause of stress for Americans. Mixing the two, holiday expectations with financial obligations, can take a toll on your emotional well-being.  Join our conversation as we discuss how to navigate holiday expectations and spending.

We seem to get caught up in fulfilling all the expectations placed on us for the Holidays.  Some expectations are placed there ourselves.  We don't have to get caught up in the busyness and allow it to cause tension in our home.  Today we discuss some thoughts that could help you and your spouse actually enjoy the Holidays and not miss what is important!

As you enter the holidays you could very well be navigating some real extended family tensions.  Who's traditions will you keep, who's house to go to, do you host at your home, what exceptions are placed on you by your extended family?  Whatever it may be, we all have some tensions to navigate.  Today we walk through some ideas to implement to help you through the process.  

This podcast was recorded with a live audience from Defined Coffee in Mooresville, NC.  Is conflict wreaking havoc in your marriage? Do you feel distant from your spouse and wonder if you’ll ever feel close again? Do you long for resolution to the points of contention in your marriage? True closeness and companionship can seem elusive, today we  literally work through the word CONFLICT i...

Listen in today as Roland and Tammy talk about 7 ways you can be a blessing to your spouse.  The enemy tries to get us to think negatively about our spouses but when your focus is to bless them, you can't help but to think good things about them.

Agape love is the active force that God uses as an instrument of change.  This force leads couples into a faith-based relationship and is the only type of love referred to in Scripture with promises attached.  Today we talk about how agape love can impact your marriage!

I’m sure we can all think of times when our homes were not loving, joyful, peaceful, etc. It’s in these moments we should be reminded that the all-knowing, all-powerful, ever-present Holy Spirit desires to turn things around. He can show up in power if you invite and allow Him to work in your marriage.  Today we chat about releasing that power in your marriage!!

Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  If we are walking in the spirit we walk in freedom and we bring freedom to those around us. This brings great joy to your home.  Listen in as we chat about the activities of the Holy Spirit in your marriage. 

The Holy Spirit possesses the attributes of deity, such as omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence and eternality. He does works only God can do, such as creating, regenerating and sanctifying, and He can do it in your marriage!  Listen in today as we talk about the Holy Spirit and the POWER to impact your marriage.

We have many choices to make on the daily when it comes to how we will respond to our spouse. We can dig in our heels and "stand our ground" or we can choose to "give up".  What we mean by "give up" is to be willing to sacrifice your desires and yield to the power of the Holy Spirit.  Join us as we discuss the power of the Holy Spirit in your marriage!

Are you and your spouse passionately pursuing God in prayer?  This podcast will focus on the thought that when we pray together it brings us closer to the Lord and to each other.