Creating a Successful Christian Marriage

Creating a Successful Christian Marriage

McDonald & McDonald (2008) in “Creating a Successful Christian Marriage” explains that blended families are the result of two adults establishing a union, with at least one having had a child or children previously. Because the concept of family itself is evolving to include gay partnerships, “commuter” relationships with separate households, and cohabiting couples, the definition of the blended family is also fluid. Blended families reflect all the nuances of the modern nuclear family, while bearing the additional impact of members' prior family relationships.

Sociologists characterize family by long-term commitment, strong group identity, and ...