Hello all,
I'm Bob Collins, minister, mediator, teacher, stepdad, husband, grandpa; also encourager of stepcouples, teacher to stepfamilies, minister to stepparents, pastor to steppers.
I label myself as adamently Christian, attending a southern babtist church in Arkansas, USA; but primarily just a follower of Jesus. Ten years ago, in the midst of a very tumultuous second marriage which included a suicidal, angry, frightened teenaged stepdaughter, my wife and I started a local stepparenting support group since we couldn't find any other help (we were about to give up things were so bad!).
Through the process of starting a group at our local church, I also launched a web site to see if there were any more of "us" out there. Wow, did I get an awakening! I started getting responses from around the world.
Ten years later, our organization is one of the largest faith-based stepparenting support organizations in the world. All thorugh God's grace. I am a licensed minister and a certified family (domestic) mediator, working with broken families through the court system.
I have a wonderful family now, by Christ's mercy and by following His direction. Now I work full time with others who are where we were. It's a blessing, but also a trial sometimes. My wife tells others that I listen to couples fight all day long so I have no energy to fight when I get home!
Glad to be in the family here. You'll find me mostly in the remarriage forums.
blessings on all!
Bob
I'm Bob Collins, minister, mediator, teacher, stepdad, husband, grandpa; also encourager of stepcouples, teacher to stepfamilies, minister to stepparents, pastor to steppers.
I label myself as adamently Christian, attending a southern babtist church in Arkansas, USA; but primarily just a follower of Jesus. Ten years ago, in the midst of a very tumultuous second marriage which included a suicidal, angry, frightened teenaged stepdaughter, my wife and I started a local stepparenting support group since we couldn't find any other help (we were about to give up things were so bad!).
Through the process of starting a group at our local church, I also launched a web site to see if there were any more of "us" out there. Wow, did I get an awakening! I started getting responses from around the world.
Ten years later, our organization is one of the largest faith-based stepparenting support organizations in the world. All thorugh God's grace. I am a licensed minister and a certified family (domestic) mediator, working with broken families through the court system.
I have a wonderful family now, by Christ's mercy and by following His direction. Now I work full time with others who are where we were. It's a blessing, but also a trial sometimes. My wife tells others that I listen to couples fight all day long so I have no energy to fight when I get home!
Glad to be in the family here. You'll find me mostly in the remarriage forums.
blessings on all!
Bob