Finding Peace When Christmas Doesn't Feel Normal: Brian & Jen Goins
Christmas isn't always a joyous occasion. Join us as we sit down with Brian and Jen Goins to discuss the challenges of the holiday season. They share their personal experiences with loss, separation, and changing family dynamics, offering a raw and honest look at the bittersweet nature of Christmas.
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- Back to School Tips with Barbara
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- Breaking Free With Max
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- Building a Big House of Hope
- Called to Adopt
- Caring for Carol
- Caring for Orphans
- Castaway Kid
- Celebrating Christ at Christmas
- Celebrating Recovery
- Chad & Emily Van Dixhoorn: Gospel-Shaped Marriage
- Choosing Gratitude
- Choosing to SEE
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- Christmas Q&A with Dennis and Barbara Rainey
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- Close Kids: Connect Your Children for Life
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- Crosstalk: Where Life and Scriptures Meet
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- Date Your Wife
- Dating & Marriage Advice: Allen & Jennifer Parr
- Dating and the Single Parent
- Defending Your Marriage
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- Desire and Deceit
- Die Young
- Discovering a Lifelong Love
- Do Christians Have it Wrong on Sexuality?
- Don Everts: What's it Look Like to Love My Community?
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- Eight Important Money Decisions
- Elevating Easter
- Embezzlement
- End the Stalemate: Tim Muehlhoff & Sean McDowell
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- Everyone a Chance to Hear
- Everything Sad is Untrue: Daniel Nayeri
- Experience God as Your Provider
- Facing the Blitz
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- Fashioned by Faith
- Father Hunger
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- Fierce Women
- Finding Help for Your Troubled Teen
- Finding Holiness in Intimacy
- Finding New Life and Love in Christ
- First Time Dad
- Firsthand
- Five Days to a New Marriage
- Five Guidelines for a Successful Marriage
- Flight Plan
- For Men and Women Only
- For Parents Only
- For the Love of Christ
- Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers
- Forgotten God
- Four Pillars of Step-Parenting Success
- From Fear to Freedom
- From Santa to Sexting
- Gay Girl, Good God
- Generation Ex Christian
- Get Lost
- Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help It Happen
- Get Outta My Face
- Getting Away to Get It Together
- Girl Defined
- Girls Gone Wise
- Glimpses of Grace
- Glorious Mess
- Glory Days
- God At Work Around The World
- God is Enough
- God Is So Good
- God Less America
- God Talk at the Mall
- God Who’s Over It, God Who’s In It: Rechab & Brittany Gray
- God’s Very Good Design
- Gods at War
- God's Plan for Marital Intimacy
- God's Purpose for Marriage
- Good Mood, Bad Mood
- Good Pictures, Bad Pictures
- Gospel Centered Mom
- Grace Filled Marriage
- Grace: More Than We Deserve
- Granny Camp
- Grieving a Suicide
- Growing Older without Growing Old: Dennis & Barbara Rainey
- Growing Together in Courage
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- Growing Together in Gratitude
- Growing Together in Truth
- Having a Marriage Without Regrets
- He Is Enough
- He Is the Stability of Our Times
- Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken
- Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It
- Help For Anxiety in Parenting: David & Meg Robbins
- Help Wanted: Moms Raising Daughters
- Helping Orphans With Special Needs
- Helping Others Build Strong Marriages
- Helping the Hurting
- Hero: Unleashing God's Power in a Man's Heart
- Hidden Joy
- High Performance Friendships
- Holy Is The Day
- Home: A Man's Battle Station
- Homeless Men Stepping Up
- Hooked
- Hope After Betrayal
- How Do I Love Thee?
- How Empty is Your Nest?
- How Pinterest Stole Christmas
- How to Break the Cycle of Divorce
- How to Listen So Your Kids Will Talk: Becky Harling
- How to Pick a Spouse
- How We Love
- Hymns for a Child's Heart
- Hymns in the Modern Day Church
- I Beg to Differ
- I Do Again
- I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life: Brad Formsma
- I Still Believe
- I Take You
- I Will Carry You
- If God Is Good
- If I Could Do It Again
- If My Husband Would Change...
- I'm Happy For You, Not Really
- I'm Not Good Enough
- Image Restored: Rachael Gilbert
- In a Heartbeat
- Independence Day
- Indivisible
- In-Laws, Mates, and Money
- Instructing a Child’s Heart
- Internet Safety 101
- Interviewing Your Daughter's Date
- Introducing Athletes to Jesus
- Is It My Fault?
- Is Your Marriage LifeReady?
- It Starts at Home
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- Jackhammered
- Jesus Continued
- Jill's House
- Joy to the World
- Jumping Through Fires
- Just a Minute
- Just Say the Word
- Just Too Busy
- Katie Davis Majors: Safe All Along
- Keeping the "Little" in Your Girl
- Kiss Me Again
- Kisses From Katie
- Knowing God's Will for Marriage
- Lasting Love
- Leaving a Legacy of Destiny
- Letters to My Daughters
- Letting Go of Control
- Liberating Submission
- Lies Men Believe
- Life in Spite of Me
- Listener Tributes
- Living on the Edge
- Living with Less So Your Family Has More
- Locking Arms, Stepping Up
- Loneliness: Don't Hate It or Waste It: Steve & Jennifer DeWitt
- Long Story Short
- Love is an Attitude
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- Love Like You Mean It
- Love Renewed After Shattered Dreams
- Love Renewed: Adam and Laura Brown
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- Love Thy Body
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- Marriage and Family for God's Glory
- Marriage Forecasting
- Marriage Matters
- Marriage Tested in the Furnace
- Marriage Undercover
- Married to an Unbeliever
- Marry Well
- Mastering the Money Basics
- Mean Mom's Guide to Raising Great Kids
- Measure of Success
- Melissa Kruger: Parenting with Hope
- Men and Women: Enjoying the Difference
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- Mingling of Souls
- Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel: Allen Parr
- Money and Marriage God's Way
- Money Saving Families
- Moral Purity in Marriage
- More Than A Carpenter (updated): Sean McDowell
- More Than a Wedding: A Closer Look
- More than Championships
- Moving from Fear to Freedom
- MWB Reaction: Collin and Stacey Outerbridge, Joseph Torres, Anna Markham
- My Life as a So-Called Submissive Wife
- October Baby
- On Pills and Needles
- One of Us Must Be Crazy
- Oops, I Forgot My Wife and Kids!
- Organic Mentoring
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- Our Adoption Story
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- Overcoming Lust
- Parent Fuel: For the Fire Inside Our Kids
- Parenting Beyond Your Capacity
- Parenting by Design
- Parenting Heart to Heart
- Parenting is Your Highest Calling and Other Parenting Myths
- Parenting Panic: David & Meg Robbins
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- Partner as First Priority: Ron Deal and Gayla Grace
- Picking Up the Pieces
- Planning for Oneness
- Planting Scripture Seeds
- Playing Hurt
- Politics--According to the Bible
- Practicing Affirmation
- Pray Big for Your Family
- Praying With Jesus
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- Preston Perry: How To Tell the Truth
- Psalm 127
- Pure Eyes, Clean Heart
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- Putting Christ Back in Christmas
- Putting Your Parents in Proper Perspective
- Raising Unselfish Children
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- Real Moms, Real Jesus
- Rebooting Christmas
- Rebuilding a Safe House
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- Reflecting on Twenty Years
- Reflections of Life: A Personal Visit With Bill Bright
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- Remarriage After Loss: Ron Deal and Rod & Rachel Faulkner Brown
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- Road Trip to Redemption
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- Romance in the Rain
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- Say it Loud!
- Screens and Teens
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- Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
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- Seven Reasons Why God Created Marriage
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- She Still Calls Me Daddy
- Shelterwood
- She's Got the Wrong Guy
- Shift: Building a Spiritual Legacy for the Next Generation
- Simple Truths
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- Stay-at-Home Dads: A Passing Fad or a Choice That's Here to Stay?
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- Stepfamilies and Holidays
- Stepfamily: Blender or Crockpot
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- Steps to Manhood
- Stories Behind the Great Songs and Traditions of Christmas
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- Surprise Child
- Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriage
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- Symphony in the Dark
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- Teaching Generosity to Your Family
- Teaching Your Kids God's Law
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- Technical Virginity
- Ten Questions Every Husband Should Ask His Wife
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- The Christian Lover
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- The First Few Years of Marriage
- The Forgotten Commandment
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- The Gospel Comes With a House Key
- The Grace Marriage: Brad & Marilyn Rhoads
- The Grace of Gratitude
- The Heart of Jesus: How He Really Feels About You: Dane Ortlund
- The Jesus Storybook Bible
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- The Mystery of Intimacy in Marriage
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- The Passionate Mom
- The Pastor's Kid
- The Person Called You
- The Poverty of Nations
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- The Profound Power of a Legacy
- The Protectors
- The Realities of Remarriage
- The Refuge of Faith
- The Reluctant Entertainer
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- The Ring Makes All the Difference
- The Sacred Search
- The Season of Gratitude
- The Second-Half Adventure
- The Secret Life of a Fool
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- The Shepherd Leader at Home
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- The Soul of Modesty
- The Sticky Faith Guide
- The Unveiled Wife
- The Upside Down Marriage
- The Very First Christmas
- The World's Largest Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt
- Things That Go Bump in the Night
- Things We've Learned from Dennis and Barbara Rainey
- This Changes Everything
- This Is My Destiny
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- Three Gospel Resolutions
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- Thriving at College
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- To Have and To Hold: Tommy Nelson
- To Own a Dragon
- Tongue Pierced
- Transcending Mysteries
- Transformed
- Treasures in the Dark
- Treat Me Like a Customer
- True Success: A Personal Visit With John Wooden
- Trusting God While Treating Cancer
- Turn Around at Home
- Turning Your Heart Toward Your Children
- Twenty-Five Ways to Lead Your Family Spiritually
- Two Hearts Praying as One
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- Unfavorable Odds
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- Upon Waking: Jackie Hill Perry
- Waiting for His Heart
- Walking by Faith, Not by Sight
- War of Words
- Warrior in Pink
- Water From a Deep Well
- We Still Do: Michael and Cindy Easley
- Weekend to Remember Getaway Sampler
- Wellness for the Glory of God
- We're in the Money ... Now What?
- What Did You Expect?
- What Do You Think of Me?
- What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
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- What He Must Be
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- What If Parenting Is the Most Important Job in the World?
- What is the Meaning of Sex
- What To Do About Motherhood Guilt: Maggie Combs
- What's in the Bible?
- Whats's Best for Children
- When Sinners Say 'I Do'
- When Sorry Isn't Enough
- When the Bottom Drops Out
- When the Hurt Runs Deep
- When Your Husband is Addicted to Pornography
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- Woodlawn
- Word Versus Deed
- Salvation
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FamilyLife Today® is a weekday podcast featuring fun, engaging conversations that help families grow together with Jesus while pursuing the relationships that matter most.
About Dave and Ann Wilson
Dave and Ann have been married for more than 40 years and have spent the last 35 teaching and mentoring couples and parents across the country. They have been featured speakers at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember® since 1993, and have also hosted their own marriage conferences across the country.
Dave and Ann helped plant Kensington Community Church in Detroit, Michigan where they served together in ministry for more than three decades, wrapping up their time at Kensington in 2020.
The Wilsons are the creative force behind DVD teaching series Rock Your Marriage and The Survival Guide To Parenting, as well as authors of the recently released books Vertical Marriage (Zondervan, 2019) and No Perfect Parents (Zondervan, 2021).
Dave is a graduate of the International School of Theology, where he received a Master of Divinity degree. A Ball State University Hall of Fame Quarterback, Dave served the Detroit Lions as Chaplain for thirty-three years. Ann attended the University of Kentucky. She has been active with Dave in ministry as a speaker, writer, small group leader, and mentor to countless women.
The Wilsons live in the Detroit area. They have three grown sons, CJ, Austin, and Cody, three daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.
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