The benefit of "fun" is often overlooked when we consider how to build healthy stepfamily relationships. But Ron Deal's podcast guest, Dr. Jim Burns, says it's an important piece that can help connect relationships. Listen to their conversation about why and how intentional play can benefit your family.

Licensed counselor Ron Deal talks about the physical and emotional effects of traumatic stress, and Tracy Lane shares her experience regarding her daughter's heart surgeries.

Ron and Nan Deal share how losing their middle son, Connor, in 2009 at the age of 12 still has them reeling. The Deals share what has helped them, and hurt them, as they've grieved the loss of their son.

Ron and Nan Deal walk us through the events in 2009 that took the life of their 12-year old son, Connor. The Deals tells how their family got through this tremendous loss.

Lauren Chandler, mother to three and wife to Matt Chandler, takes listeners back to Thanksgiving in 2009 when Matt blacked out from a seizure.

John and Donna Bishop recount God's goodness even after John's memory was erased.

John Bishop's memory loss couldn't change the way he and his wife, Donna, love.

John Bishop's memory was erased by illness. Hear about his courageous journey back!

Jennifer Rothschild thought college would give her freedom from the restrictions of her recent loss of sight.

When teenager Jennifer Rothschild started having trouble seeing, she thought she needed new glasses; she was shocked to discover she would need to adapt to life as a woman permanently blind.

Some losses are temporary. Others are permanent.

Do you believe in God’s goodness even when bad things happen?

What can we learn from those who have disabilities?

What does it mean to trust God in all circumstances?

Where do you turn when all hope seems gone?

Sometimes the unimaginable happens.

Who can measure the power of a life?

When life and death are at stake, where do you turn for answers?

Molly, born with a rare brain disorder, demanded constant care just to stay alive.

Where is God when it hurts?

Are the brokenhearted near the Lord?

Where is God when we suffer?

What does it mean to grieve the loss of a loved one?

Death visited the Taylor household unexpectedly one morning in the spring of 1979.

Today on the broadcast, David Cox, a marriage and family counselor, talks honestly about his father's suicide.

Today on the broadcast, Dennis Rainey talks with well-known speaker and author, Joni Eareckson Tada, and her husband of 25 years, Ken.