Ep. 24 - Stepkids, New Spouses & First Holidays: Navigating Blended Family Life

In this episode of Between Sundays, our host sits down with Winfield and Muriel to talk honestly about what it looks like to create a Christ-centered home when there are kids, exes, previous marriages, and very real emotions in the mix. One voice shares what it was like to be raised by a young mom and grandparents, only learning about her father—and four sisters—after his death. Another story wrestles with moving in with a new stepdad who felt more like a stranger than a parent, and watching younger siblings form a “unit” while she felt like the aunt on the outside.

Winfield and Muriel open up about their own journey: previous relationships, kids from different homes, living arrangements, and even that first holiday together as a blended family. How do you make sure the children aren’t just collateral damage in your excitement about a new romance? How do you slow down, enter their world, and invite them into a new normal instead of forcing them to “just get used to it”?

Along the way, Theo calls out directly to pastors and ministry leaders: if you want to love and lead your people well, you need to understand mixed families, listen to their stories, and preach with them in mind. The Bible really does speak to these situations—if we’re willing to have the conversations.

If you’re in a blended family, dating someone with kids, leading a church, or just trying to understand the families around you, this conversation will give you language, perspective, and hope that God is at work even in the most complicated family trees.