Practical Tips for Blended Families with Special Guests Scott and Vanessa Martindale | Ep. 528
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Are you part of a blended family? Having a blended family brings unique challenges and that's why we're so thankful for our friends Scott and Vanessa Martindale sharing their wisdom on the topic today! Scott and Vanessa founded Blended Kingdom Families, where they offer practical strategies and Biblical encouragement for blended families. Don't miss this helpful episode!
Episode highlights include:
- Dealing with high-conflict ex-spouse relationships
- Some practical tools for clear communication
- Plus, the one big thing you don't want to do, but can make a huge difference!
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
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Resources:
- Check out Scott and Vanessa's book, Blended Kingdom Families. It's out now, and it is SO good!
- Find more from Blended Kingdom Families, including all of their resources at BlendedKingdomFamilies.com
- Fixing our mind on what is good, right and true is good for us and great for our marriage! Our 19 Prayers and Affirmations for Your Marriage resource will help you do just that!
- Our Family Prayer Challenge is designed to help you practically build a family culture around Christ, in the midst of your everyday life!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.8 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:33.7 | Welcome to today's awesome marriage podcast. |
| 0:36.5 | Today I'm excited to have Scott and Vanessa Martindale. |
| 0:39.5 | Join us today. They're founders of blended kingdom families. It's a step family ministry that exists to break the cycle of divorce, to quit marriages, and to unite blended families with the truth of God's word. |
| 0:51.1 | Scott and Vanessa offer biblically based resources for blended families, |
| 0:54.9 | including a podcast, and they release their first book, Blended and Redeemed. I'm so excited to have |
| 1:00.7 | them join us. They're going to be a great help for so many families. Let's go to the studio now. |
| 1:06.5 | Well, I'm excited today to welcome Scott and Vanessa. Thank you guys for being a part of this. |
| 1:11.7 | It's so good to see you. |
| 1:12.8 | Great to see you, Dr. Kim. |
| 1:14.3 | Yes. |
| 1:14.7 | Thank you so much for having us. |
| 1:16.0 | Great to connect again, and you guys are part of the online marriage retreat this year. |
| 1:20.1 | And so it's really fun to do ministry with you guys. |
| 1:22.9 | And I love everything that you guys are doing. |
| 1:25.2 | So let's kind of go back to the beginning. What really led you to |
| 1:27.9 | start blended kingdom families? She should go first. |
| 1:34.4 | Honestly, Dr. Kim, the ministry really birthed in a season of just our own brokenness. |
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