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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

You Are Redeemed: Nana Dolce

April 14, 2025
Nana Dolce
God has a special place in his heart for the unseen. Author Nana Dolce explains how God's redemption has greater meaning after her story of adoption.
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FamilyLife Today
You Are Redeemed: Nana Dolce
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Healing, Hope, and Harmony in Blended Families: Chris and Yodit Brooks

February 21, 2025
Chris and Yodit Brooks & Ron Deal
Pastors and adoptive parents Chris and Yodit Brooks share how patience, love, and unexpected blessings can transform lives and build stronger families.
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FamilyLife Today
Healing, Hope, and Harmony in Blended Families: Chris and Yodit Brooks
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Beyond Our Control: Lauren and Michael McAfee

January 29, 2025
Lauren and Michael McAfee
Lauren and Michael McAfee share their transformative journey of adoption, infertility, and learning to trust God's sovereignty during painful life challenges.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Beyond Our Control: Lauren and Michael McAfee
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FamilyLife Blended® Podcast Podcast

150 Parenting Foster Kids & Adopted Kids

November 4, 2024
Jenni Lord
Foster care & adoption present difficult issues with similarities to stepfamilies. How do you help a child cope with ambiguous loss or connect as a parent when children act out from prior wounds? Listen to Ron Deal's conversation with Jenni Lord for help.
FamilyLife Blended® Podcast
FamilyLife Blended® Podcast
150 Parenting Foster Kids & Adopted Kids
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Embryo Adoption & Infertility: Nana and Eric Dolce

July 19, 2024
Nana and Eric Dolce
Infertility, foster care adoption, and embryo adoption: Nana and Eric Dolce's path to children involve all three—listen in for inspiration and hope.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Embryo Adoption & Infertility: Nana and Eric Dolce
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Adoption—the Sacred and the Sorrows: Gary Chapman and Laurel Shaler

July 12, 2024
Gary Chapman & Laurel Shaler
There's no manual for adoptive parenting. Join Gary Chapman and Laurel Shaler to learn how a child's primary love language can improve emotional health!
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Adoption—the Sacred and the Sorrows: Gary Chapman and Laurel Shaler
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5 Ways To Support Foster Families

Joe and Cindi Ferrini
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Maybe fostering isn’t for you, but there’s something each of us can do to support foster families. Here are five ideas to get started.

FamilyLife This Week® Podcast

One Adoption Journey

June 11, 2022
Tricia Goyer
Author Tricia Goyer tells the story of her family adopting Alyssa and how that first adoption spring-boarded their family into foster care and adopting more children.
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FamilyLife This Week®
One Adoption Journey
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Abortion/ Adoption: Wanted

December 21, 2021
Melissa Ohden
Everyone wants to be wanted. Melissa Ohden shares about the struggle she faced after finding out she had survived an abortion, and how being wanted by her adoptive parents and our Lord made all the difference.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Abortion/ Adoption: Wanted
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From Orphan to Miracle

November 19, 2021
Like most adopted children, Judge Joseph Wood longed to know his birth parents as a child. He shares the story of his struggles and God's hand of providence in his life.
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FamilyLife Today
From Orphan to Miracle
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Chosen Twice

November 18, 2021
Joseph Wood
Do you have a heart for foster care or adoption? Judge Joseph Wood tells his story of how he was found as a baby in a box, brought to an orphanage, and what God did to change his life.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Chosen Twice
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The Miracle and Hope of Life

January 22, 2021
Bob Lepine
What do you say to someone who believes abortion is their only option or struggles with the weight of guilt from having had one? Bob Lepine addresses the struggles people face on this issue and shares the hope of a Savior who loves them.
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FamilyLife Today
The Miracle and Hope of Life
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God’s Heart for Life

January 21, 2021
Bob Lepine
The topic of abortion is one wrought with controversy and struggle-even in today's churches. Bob Lepine shares a compelling and compassionate word from Scripture that focuses our attention on the heart of God.
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FamilyLife Today
God's Heart for Life
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Never Too Late For Love

December 4, 2020
Mark and Holley Gerth
When the possibility of a biological child was gone, God opened the eyes of Holley Gerth, and her husband, Mark, to the world of someone, who needed their love, as much as they longed to give it.
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FamilyLife Today
Never Too Late For Love
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Redefining Motherhood

September 30, 2020
Heather DeJesus Yates
When infertility closed the door, Heather DeJesus Yates still trusted God with her dreams. Through a little plant, she realized that she could still live a fruitful life investing in the next generation.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Redefining Motherhood
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
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God Brings Beauty From Ashes

September 29, 2020
Heather DeJesus Yates
Heather DeJesus Yates talks openly about the steps she and her husband took to start a family of their own. Yates encourages believers to keep their hands open to what God may have for them.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
God Brings Beauty From Ashes
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Trusting God with Your Barrenness

September 28, 2020
Heather DeJesus Yates
Heather DeJesus Yates talks about her longing to have children and the despair she experienced struggling with infertility. Yates reminds us that Jesus offers us empathy for our pain.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Trusting God with Your Barrenness
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

December 20, 2019
Judy Douglass
Adoption hasn't been an easy journey for the Douglass family. Judy Douglass shares the realities of raising a rebellious child, and how she continues to be amazed at God's continued work in Josh's life.
FamilyLife Today
FamilyLife Today
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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