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Blended Families: Creating Harmony as You Build a New Home Life

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after reading this book i came away with a definite feeling the author has had her own personal experiences with a blended family. She speaks from a point of her pain caused by her divorce and remarriage. seven children were involved her, his, and theirs. WOW! every situation you can imagine was encountered and experienced. i found there experience something we all can learn from, without the first hand experience of our own. Thank you Lord for using Maxine as your minister in this area of relationships that is so needed today.

This book is simply written and an easy read. We are raising our children according to scripture and I love how she pulls out words from God in order to make this work. We have had a very hard blending five children and the minute I feel things get a little hectic, I refer to the book.

I started with other books and put them down and immediately put out a note on FB asking for a book that could really help and more than one response directed me to this book.

Its a great start.

This is an excellent book with a lot of helpful insight. I made me feel better prepared to make such an important decision in my life.

My wife and I are using this book and the accompanying workbook in a blended families ministry we're leading. We've found it to be the best book for couples attempting the challenging work of building a solid, Christian marriage after divorce or the loss of a spouse. The couples (and singles contemplating forming a new blended family) in our group all have found Maxine and Charlie's experiences to be enlightening and encouraging, and the teaching Biblically sound. We highly recommend this book!

I've read another good book by this same author (available right here on Amazon) and I recommend her work. She understands the issues and problems that are faced by stepfamilies and blended families.

This is a helpful book, full of insight and compassion, very useful for anyone in a blended-family home. I recommend it!

I also highly recommend:
Happily Remarried: Making Decisions Together * Blending Families Successfully * Building a Love That Will Last

This book is AWESOME!!
I can't think of a better book to put into the hands of relatives or friends that are intertwined in a blended family position. It's honesty and encouragement make it a MUST have.
I believe that this is a book that will benefit the entire family.
Packed with encouragement, possiblities, and truth. It's wonderful to see a book finally written with a biblical point of view on this subject. This author nailed it! This subject is a "touchy" one and yet MUST be discussed in order for all families to heal and unite!
I would highly recommend this book & workbook to all that are in blended situations like us.

I think this book is awesome even for couple's who have never been married before--as they are also making a Blended Family

Bringing what they learned in their Family of Orgin's into a new family--it will open their eye's to habit's formed in their childhood families that aren't biblical--habit's that can destroy a new marriage--

I'm sure my point of view won't be popular in this forum but the author needs to make the point that what would be MOST beneficial to the children is to forego remarriage until all the kids are grown. Coming from a blended family myself, I must conclude that there is no valid reason to put the kids through "wisdom through the pain". I had a miserable childhood in a blended family but setting that aside, there is NOTHING Biblical about revolving spouses through the household.