Tim Tucker, Pittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  

They discuss the destructive affects gambling has on a marriage and family, why people gamble,  how it can lead to other addictions and mental health problems, and what the Bible says about gambling.

Also discussed is the upcoming Pittsburgh FamilyLife "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaway September 23-25 at the Marriott North in Cranberry Township, PA.   Couples can go to WeekendtoRemember.com to register and receive a $100/couple discount by using the group name 'weekendtogether'!

Be sure to download the FamilyLife app and go to FamilyLife.com to check out all the free resources that are available to help with marriage, family, stepfamily (BlendedandBlessed), and parenting issues!

Tim Tucker, Pittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  

The panel discusses many of the unique problems that stepfamilies have to deal with on many issues non-stepfamilies don't necessarily encounter.   Blending two families together takes time.  It's not a microwave process, but a crockpot process!

Also discussed is the upcoming Pittsburgh FamilyLife "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaway September 23-25 at the Marriott North in Cranberry Township, PA.   Couples can go to WeekendtoRemember.com to register and receive a $100/couple discount by using the group name 'weekendtogether'!

Be sure to download the FamilyLife app and go to FamilyLife.com to check out all the free resources that are available to help with marriage, family, stepfamily (BlendedandBlessed), and parenting issues!

Tim Tucker, Pittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate Staff member, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife Team, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  

They discuss on this program the problems overwork can create for a marriage and family, why we overwork, having a Biblical perspective on wanting more things, and some practical ways of reducing the need to overwork.

Also discussed is the upcoming Pittsburgh FamilyLife "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaway September 23-25 at the Marriott North in Cranberry Township, PA.   Couples can go to WeekendtoRemember.com to register and receive a $100/couple discount by using the group name 'weekendtogether'!

Be sure to download the FamilyLife app and go to FamilyLife.com to check out all the free resources that are available to help with marriage, family, stepfamily (BlendedandBlessed), and parenting issues!

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  They discuss the importance of premarital counseling in preventing future problems engaged couples may face in their marriage, as well as the critical questions they need to ask each other before tying the knot.

They also discuss why it so important and Scriptural for them only to marry another believer in Jesus Christ.  Resources available like the "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaways, video series, and books are also mentioned.

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  How do two very different individuals handle conflict in their marriage?  The bad and the good ways of handling conflicts are discussed with the help of Dave and Ann Wilson's new book and video series entitled "Vertical Marriage", which helps us see God's way in how we should resolve inevitable conflicts in our marriage relationship.  

This fall' s "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaways would be a great way for couples to navigate through the struggles they may be facing!

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh FamilyLife directors, about the importance of couples attending this fall's  "Weekend to Remember" marriage getaway, to make their good marriages better and to provide help and help to those who are struggling.   Scott and Catherine will share the comments  couples gave from last year's WTR and how it impacted their lives and marriages!

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife.  They explain how a husband and a wife can have a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ, to have the resources and power to love and forgive one another, to develop that oneness in their marriage they have been missing.  
 
Scott and Catherine read some of the deeply felt prayer request of couples in trouble at the beginning of the "Weekend to Remember", contrasting them to some of the hopeful comments couples submitted at the end of the weekend.  They also discuss why this fall's "Weekend to Remember" getaway weekends would be SO beneficial in helping broken marriages heal, and good marriages to become even better! 

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, discussing the absolute necessity of being filled (or controlled) by the Holy Spirit and not ourselves.  The "fruit of the Spirit" of love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance to make our marriages thrive, can only come from God's Spirit within every believer in Christ.  We don't have it naturally.  To love one another to forgive one another as God has forgiven us, can only come when we humble ourselves before God and ask His Holy Spirit by faith to give us the power to do what we can't do in ourselves.  That's the key to a happy home!

Also discussed is the importance of each married or engaged couple to attend this fall's "Weekend to Remember" getaway weekend!  

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.  They discuss why families are falling apart today, the negative effects of divorce, and what God's plan for marriage is all about to bring families back together again!  Also mentioned is the importance of this fall's "Weekend to Remember" here in the Pittsburgh area and how God can use it to bring couples to a oneness with God and with each other!

Tim Tucker interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, Pittsburgh area directors of FamilyLife, and Tom and Pam Jones.  Tom is a an associate pastor and a licensed Christian counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.   They discuss what triggers an affair that may lead to separation or divorce, how can a marriage be restored from this, and how to experience forgiveness from God.   Also, how does someone forgive an offending spouse?