Blended Families, Divorce, Remarriage + Slowing Down (Interview with Jerry & Pat Sittser)

The Intentional Parents Podcast

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

We are privileged to sit and talk with Jerry and Pat Sittser today. If you don’t know this couple you are in for a treat. They deposit thoughtful and Godly wisdom about marriage and blended families. They share how blended families and marriage are incredible gifts while acknowledging the dynamics are complex. As you will hear from their stories today, they are passionate about serving each other, their grown kids, and their grandchildren. They have learned to ask themselves helpful questions to bring about the most fruit in their lives. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Intentional Parents Podcast brought to you by Intentional.
0:06.7	Intentional is all about spiritual formation in the family.
0:10.3	We desire to bring biblical hope and practical hope.
0:13.2	Enjoy this week's conversation.
0:19.2	On today's episode, we have the wonderful Jerry and Pat Sitzer. Just recently Elizabeth and I sat down in
0:26.1	our home with Jerry and Pat and we have the most lovely conversation. Now if you need
0:30.8	context for who Jerry is all you need to do is listen to an episode that's in the show notes,
0:36.3	click the link in the show notes, we interviewed him about a year ago,
0:39.7	and we had the most incredible conversation actually in their home, which was incredible.
0:44.6	But today we sit down with Jerry and his wife, Pat, and we talk about what it looks like to have blended families.
0:51.6	Jerry says of Patricia, it's his first wife's second time around.
0:55.6	I'll let you listen to the episode to figure out what that means and why they say it.
0:59.5	But today we talk about blended families, what it looks like to be remarried. We talk about the idea of having
1:04.9	grandkids and trying to blend not only your adult children, but grandchildren. And there is so many
1:11.1	nuggets along the way. So if you're a person that finds yourself in that position or know anyone that is,
1:15.4	please share this episode because Jerry and Pat give us so much insight.
1:19.5	Now Jerry is a professor emeritus of theology at with worth university he's written more than 12
1:25.8	books one being a grace disguised water from a deep well and so many other
1:30.4	wonderful books Patricia actually is a licensed therapist
1:34.0	and doing the work in real time with wonderful people.
1:36.5	And we just know that today you're
1:38.3	going to love this conversation.
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