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🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute, supported by listeners just like you. |
0:08.1 | I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us. |
0:18.6 | Well, welcome back to Family Talk, the broadcast ministry of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute. |
0:24.5 | I'm Roger Marsh, and today we're continuing our conversation with author Arlene Pelican. |
0:29.8 | She's a speaker, author as I mentioned, and also host of the Happy Home podcast. |
0:34.8 | By the way, if you miss part one of our conversation, remember you can always listen |
0:38.4 | on the Family Talk app or by going to Dr. James Dobson.org forward slash family talk. On today's |
0:45.5 | Family Talk broadcast, Arlene will be opening up about one of the most difficult seasons any couple |
0:50.3 | can face. And if you've ever heard Dr. Dobson talk about marriage and the seasons of marriage, |
0:55.0 | you'll appreciate what we're about to get into on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk. |
1:00.4 | Arlene Pelican has written a book called Making Marriage Easier, but one of the most difficult |
1:04.8 | chapters she had to write in this book, centers on the loss of a child. |
1:09.4 | Arlene will share how God sustained her and her husband James |
1:12.2 | through the heartbreak of losing their daughter at only 26 weeks and how that tragedy ultimately |
1:17.8 | brought them closer together rather than tearing them apart. It's a powerful testimony of God's |
1:23.1 | faithfulness in the midst of profound grief. Now on our last edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, |
1:29.5 | Arlene Pelican shared powerful insights from her book, Making Marriage Easier, where she challenges |
1:35.0 | us to flip the script, if you will, on the common belief that marriage has to be hard work. |
1:41.0 | She introduced us to four key decisions that can transform any marriage. They are, |
1:45.7 | number one, play by the rules. Number two, give thanks every day. Number three, serve your spouse, |
1:52.6 | and number four, take fun seriously. She shared her own journey from being the girl who dreamed |
1:59.0 | of marriage to discovering how to create |
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