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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blended Covenant Living</title><link>http://www.blendedcovenantliving.org</link><description><![CDATA[These podcasts share the challenges and successes of married couples in blended families to encourage other blended families or those thinking about becoming a blended family.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/1581253/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright Myrna Brown Productions</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5906c80d7697dfcf9a33f380d70c5a6f.jpg</url><title>Blended Covenant Living</title><link>http://www.blendedcovenantliving.org</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:59:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:name><itunes:email>blendedcovenantliving@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5906c80d7697dfcf9a33f380d70c5a6f.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>These podcasts share the challenges and successes of married couples in blended families to encourage other blended families or those thinking about becoming a blended family.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[These podcasts share the challenges and successes of married couples in blended families to encourage other blended families or those thinking about becoming a blended family.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Episode 013 - Steve and Laura Petherbridge</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-013-steve-and-laura-petherbridge--48156861</link><description><![CDATA[We're starting 2022 with a new episode!  Steve and Laura Petherbridge have been married for 36 years.  If you understand stepfamilies, you know that's actually 504 years of blended covenant living! Here's their story.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48156861</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 01:22:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48156861/bcl_petherbridge_story_mixdown.mp3" length="67140909" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We're starting 2022 with a new episode!  Steve and Laura Petherbridge have been married for 36 years.  If you understand stepfamilies, you know that's actually 504 years of blended covenant living! Here's their story.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're starting 2022 with a new episode!  Steve and Laura Petherbridge have been married for 36 years.  If you understand stepfamilies, you know that's actually 504 years of blended covenant living! Here's their story.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2798</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,smart,step,stepfamilies,stepfamily,stepmom</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2327dcc4d38769b41245b93e82dee80c.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 012 - Mart and LeAnne Martin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-012-mart-and-leanne-martin--43890782</link><description><![CDATA[This weekend Mart and LeAnne Martin celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary! We enjoyed helping them look back at the very beginning of their blended covenant living!]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43890782</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 03:49:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43890782/final_bcl_martin_mixdown.mp3" length="45723169" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This weekend Mart and LeAnne Martin celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary! We enjoyed helping them look back at the very beginning of their blended covenant living!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This weekend Mart and LeAnne Martin celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary! We enjoyed helping them look back at the very beginning of their blended covenant living!]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1907</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,blendedfamilies,marriage,remarriage,stepfamilies,stepfamily</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/55a641d285614cdf0ffe602fd76164dc.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 011 - Andy and Heather Hetchler</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-011-andy-and-heather-hetchler--40751140</link><description><![CDATA[We're back! After a year of transition, Myrna and Stanley Brown are once again telling inspiring stories of couples on their Blended Covenant Living journey. 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On this episode, they talk to Andy and Heather Hetchler, parents of six children and founders of Learning 2 Step.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1575</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,blendedfamilies,marriage,stepchildren,stepfamilies</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b231a0aaa47a9e85388338e90beec4fa.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 010 - Terry and Carol Moss</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-010-terry-and-carol-moss--18663074</link><description><![CDATA[When Terry and Carol Moss pulled up roots, left their home state and all of their marriage ministry contacts, they wondered what next? Would they still be able to do ministry in a place where no one knew them? 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When Jack and Celine Peavy married 36 years ago, there were few, if any resources for their stepfamily. <br />In this edition, how they've managed nearly four decades of blended covenant living.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/16047002</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 03:50:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/16047002/bcl_peavy_final_final_mixdown.mp3" length="12669204" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>As we post this new episode of Blended Covenant Living, dozens of stepfamily leaders are gathering at the Summit on Stepfamily Ministry  for  encouragement and enrichment.   When Jack and Celine Peavy married 36 years ago, there were few, if any...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we post this new episode of Blended Covenant Living, dozens of stepfamily leaders are gathering at the Summit on Stepfamily Ministry  for  encouragement and enrichment.   When Jack and Celine Peavy married 36 years ago, there were few, if any resources for their stepfamily. <br />In this edition, how they've managed nearly four decades of blended covenant living.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>792</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,blendedfamilies,family,stepfamilies,stepfamily</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/399100c80ae4604bcd53a8782f83b843.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 007 - Jarvis and Cassandra Odom</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-007-jarvis-and-cassandra-odom--12753902</link><description><![CDATA[“We were newborns” Jarvis and Cassandra Odom nearly 35 years ago…high school sweethearts!   Cassandra’s mom snapped this picture of the young couple on her sofa, flipping through the newspaper, looking for a movie.  When their high school romance ended… badly, they went their separate ways, never to see each other again.  Listen to their story on this episode of Blended Covenant Living to hear their journey from “newborn” to “second chance”!]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/12753902</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:34:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/12753902/odom_final.mp3" length="48973347" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>“We were newborns” Jarvis and Cassandra Odom nearly 35 years ago…high school sweethearts!   Cassandra’s mom snapped this picture of the young couple on her sofa, flipping through the newspaper, looking for a movie.  When their high school romance...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[“We were newborns” Jarvis and Cassandra Odom nearly 35 years ago…high school sweethearts!   Cassandra’s mom snapped this picture of the young couple on her sofa, flipping through the newspaper, looking for a movie.  When their high school romance ended… badly, they went their separate ways, never to see each other again.  Listen to their story on this episode of Blended Covenant Living to hear their journey from “newborn” to “second chance”!]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1225</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,blendedfamilies,family,marriage,stepfamilies</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d3d3e9b88453c54072bf6e30c2d019fc.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 006 - Jack and Tamara Conklin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-006-jack-and-tamara-conklin--11814304</link><description><![CDATA[In 1997 Jack and Tamara Conklin got married and with their four children became a blended family.<br />Nearly 20 years later, their oldest daughter Mary gets married . But it's Jack and Tamara who get to enjoy the honeymoon! The explanation on the latest episode of Blended Covenant Living.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/11814304</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/11814304/conklin_final_mixdown.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In 1997 Jack and Tamara Conklin got married and with their four children became a blended family.&#13;
Nearly 20 years later, their oldest daughter Mary gets married . But it's Jack and Tamara who get to enjoy the honeymoon! The explanation on the latest...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 1997 Jack and Tamara Conklin got married and with their four children became a blended family.<br />Nearly 20 years later, their oldest daughter Mary gets married . But it's Jack and Tamara who get to enjoy the honeymoon! The explanation on the latest episode of Blended Covenant Living.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1684</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>blended,blendedfamilies,family,marriage,stepfamilies</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e933d8f6918c2c76e1e3d775e156458e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 005 - Roosevelt and Shannon Simmons</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-005-roosevelt-and-shannon-simmons--10225175</link><description><![CDATA[Some people enter the step family journey through divorce. <br />Some enter through the death of a spouse.  <br />And others...through disobedient choices.<br />In this latest episode of Blended Covenant Living, Roosevelt and Shannon Simmons talk about their path.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/10225175</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 15:12:36 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/10225175/simmons_final_mixdown.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Some people enter the step family journey through divorce. &#13;
Some enter through the death of a spouse.  &#13;
And others...through disobedient choices.&#13;
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What happens when your dreams turn into a nightmare. It is easy to give up and accept your current situation. But what does God say about your current situation. John and Christy Winter shared their story on this episode of Blended Covenant Living.<br /><br />Music selections provided by Babbie Mason @ <a href="http://www.babbie.com" rel="noopener">www.babbie.com</a>.<br />Music selections provided by <a href="http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music" rel="noopener">http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/8698467</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2016 22:19:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/8698467/winter_final_mixdown.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Myrna Brown Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens when your world starts tumbling down and those around you tell you this is it. What happens when your dreams turn into a nightmare. It is easy to give up and accept your current situation. But what does God say about your current...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens when your world starts tumbling down and those around you tell you this is it. What happens when your dreams turn into a nightmare. It is easy to give up and accept your current situation. But what does God say about your current situation. 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Listen to Ron and Dianne Sheintal and find out what actually happens and why. <br /><br />Music selections provided by Babbie Mason @ <a href="http://www.babbie.com" rel="noopener">www.babbie.com</a>.<br />Music selections provided by <a href="http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music" rel="noopener">http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1696</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>family,marriage,stepfamilies,stepfamily</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f625dbe5400a1ce28b6d114f82cb9b92.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
