Rock Solid Families

As a teacher, one of the best ways to get your students to learn a particular lesson is to share a story about the lesson.  The story draws in the student and soon they visualize what they need to learn from the story.  Jesus did this on a regular basis when he taught through parables.   What are some of your parables in life? What did you learn through your story or experiences?  How have you use...

In today's world it is hard to know what is truth.  So many information sources bringing so many things that seem like truth.  While information can be a good thing, information that comes from a source other than absolute truth is something to be weary of.   We are all seeking truth as it is hardwired into us by God to know truth and to build our life around it.  When we begin to build our l...

Raising kids in today's world is challenging. More now than ever, the ways of the world are able to enter your home.  Whether it's TV, internet, social media, phones, etc.... One of the significant drawbacks of this is the exposure our kid are getting to a lack of civility.  The disrespect that we are all seeing makes us more and more desensitized and willing to accept.  The end result i...

Have you seen signs of your marriage falling apart?  Would you be interested in putting safeguards in your marriage to prevent it from falling apart?  If you answered "yes", to either of these questions, this show is for you! Merrill and Linda spoke in episode 119 about the predictors of divorce. In this episode, we discuss how to divorce-proof your marriage. This show contains excellent...

Nobody goes into a marriage believing they will divorce.  But, at least 50% of us will end a marriage in divorce, and many more will wonder if divorce should be their solution.   Research has given us very reliable indicators or predictors of divorce.  Wouldn't it be nice to know if some of those predictors were showing in your marriage?  What would be even better is if you had a way to corre...

Words do matter!  Whether it is in your house, at your job, or in the White House, more than ever we are seeing that words do matter.  This week Linda and Merrill unpack the power of words. They talk about the importance of focusing on the words and communication that take place in your own home.   The evidence is clear when the family breaks down, the country will follow.  During these times that...

How's the intimacy level in your marriage?  Or, maybe we should be more clear and ask, how are the sexual/physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, spiritual intimacy?   This may not be a question you are comfortable answering, but in a marriage, your answer is often an excellent barometer or how the marriage is actually going.  Simply put, it is difficult to reach any level of intimacy if you a...

2021 is finally here!  As the new year begins, what kind of things do you want to change or improve for your family?  For the Hutchinson's we are focusing on being around the dinner table more often as a family.   In this show, Merrill and Linda discuss the value of protecting the dinner table opportunities. Bringing the family together around food is nothing new.  Jesus often used this venue...

2020 has been a challenging year for many of us.  Between Covid, elections, job turbulence, and everything else, this year has certainly tested most of us.  What are we to take away from this?  Linda and Merrill discuss the great opportunity that this year has presented for parenting.  In particular parenting in faith and teaching your children about why they need faith.   During this show, the id...

Questions?  Linda and Merrill have been doing a series on questions. Questions about Parenting. Questions dealing with Grief and Sadness.  And, questions about Marriage.  In this episode they tackle the questions related to marriage.  These are questions that most of us can relate to in a marriage.  How to recognize a  troubled marriage?  How to determine how much work you should be doing to save...

Nobody is completely able to avoid times of grief and sadness.  It is part of the human condition on this earth.  During this show we discuss the importance of understanding how to work your way through these times of grief and sadness.  The key word here is work or action.  We would all like to believe that we could sit back and suddenly feel joy and peace again, but it usually is not that simple...

Parenting can be challenging in any of our families.  But, parenting through a divorce can make it significantly more challenging.  In this show, Linda and Merrill take on questions from our listeners pertaining to Co-Parenting; that is, parenting with your ex-spouse.   Learning how to work with your ex for the good of your children can be difficult, but when done well, reaps huge rewards.  You wi...

We can all share stories about how busy we are.  Sometimes life just gets crazy and like craving water when you are thirsty, we begin to crave rest when we are too busy.  The question is: Are we resting in God?  Are we resting in a way that will truly energize and restore us?  Most of us, even Christians, do a poor job of knowing how to rest.  We have allowed the world to shape our view of how we...

Trying to figure out God's timing can be frustrating, confusing, and down-right exhausting.  We often pray for God's intercession only to not see what we prayed for.  Or maybe it doesn't happen as quickly as we desired.   This single act is one of the largest contributing factors to people abandoning their faith.  "I asked and God never listened. "  While this may feel lik...

What kind of adults do you want your children to grow up to be?  Most of us have a very similar answer; independent, strong, happy, faith-based, honest, hardworking, etc.... Give or take a few descriptors, we all seem to have a fairly common desire for our children.  The question is, when you look at what you want your children to grow to be, are you actually preparing them to be that?  Or, are yo...

Relationships are based on trust.  But we all know that trust is something that can be easily destroyed.  This is the part where we have to understand the value of forgiveness and TRUST! Trust is at the root of being able to move the broken relationship back to a state of healing and hopefully healthy again.   In this show, Linda and Merrill discuss the critical steps that are involved to move for...

Most of us could agree that the election process of our political leaders can make us weary.  It is sometimes difficult to hear negative add after negative add. It is difficult to know who you can trust and who you can't.  No, it is not a perfect system.  However, it has proven itself to be among the best systems used to run a country that allows a significant amount of freedom to the people....

Disclaimer Alert: This show has very little to do with money!  This show is about the most important things that we must all learn to invest wisely in.  The world tells us that our financial investments are among the most important things that we can take care of.  But, the reality is, there are many more things that prove to be far more important than money: Relationships, Physical Healthy, Emoti...

Have you had enough stress for 2020?  What a year it has been.  Between Covid, Elections, Fires, and Hurricanes, we have to wonder if we will ever get through this year.  Researchers claim that we are seeing the highest levels of mental health issues in recent times.   Merrill and Linda take on the subject of mental health as it relates to these trying times.  They have helpful guidance and instru...

Sometimes we see a single event that completely devastates a marriage. But, more often than not, we see a cycle of bad behavior between the spouses that seems to perpetuate even more bad behavior.  Dr. Emerson Eggerich describes this as the "Crazy Cycle", in his book, Love and Respect.   The man feels disrespected and the woman feels unloved and the more they feel that way the more they...

Rock Solid Radio has been on the air for two years!  Merrill and Linda take some time to discuss the beginning, where the ministry is today, and where the ministry is going! We have been so fortunate to use this platform as an opportunity to help others in their personal lives as well as their marriages and families.  But, more importantly, we are fortunate and thankful to be basing our work in th...

Linda and Merrill quickly get into the confessions of days gone by!  This show is all about the importance of being open, honest, and approachable with your spouse.  Sometimes we hide behind old secrets or live a separate life to keep our spouse "happy".  The result is not more happiness.  In fact, the result is anger, frustration, broken trust, and disruption to the marriage.   During t...

How is your marriage doing?  All too often we slowly drift into neglecting our marriage.  It was not our intention, it just happens. Before you know it we are as cold as ice towards the person we said "I do" to.  This is not God's intention for our marriage.  He wants nothing but the best for our marriage.    Linda and Merrill take on this subject to discuss how you can have a marri...

Do you know your Love Language?  How about your kids' Love Languages?  God desires us to love all people, especially our own family members.  This may seem easy, but the key is to know how to love people well.  That means, loving people the way they want to be loved.  This is why it is important to learn how to love your kids in a way that they appreciate and desire.   In this show, Merrill a...

What a big show for Rock Solid Radio this week as they release their 100th episode.  For this reason, we really wanted to just be thankful. Thanks to God for blessing us with the parents, family, children, friends, church, communities, and school, just to name a few.   In this show, we take time to talk about the importance of GRATITUDE!  This is something that can so easily be overlooked by any o...