Healing a Marriage Impacted by Homosexuality with Joe and Renee Dallas {Eps 106}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
Release Date: 09/24/2025
Still Faithful — Faithfulness When Nothing Is Resolved {Eps 121}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
Some parenting stories don’t resolve neatly. Relationships remain strained. Questions remain unanswered. And the waiting can feel exhausting. In Episode 5 of the Still Faithful series, we talk about what faithfulness looks like when nothing is resolved — when there is no closure, no clear outcome, and no timeline for change. This episode invites parents to consider how to live fully, love well, and stay faithful even when the story is still unfinished. In this episode, we talk about: The emotional weight of unresolved parenting seasons Why faithfulness is not waiting for resolution...
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Still Faithful: Staying Rooted When Trust Feels Fragile {Eps 120}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
Trusting God can feel especially fragile in painful parenting seasons. For many parents, faith doesn’t feel confident or clear — it feels cautious, tender, and uncertain. In Episode 4 of the Still Faithful series, we talk honestly about what it means to stay rooted in Christ when trust feels shaky. This episode offers reassurance that fragile trust is still real trust — and that staying connected to God does not require certainty, clarity, or emotional confidence. This conversation is for parents who are still showing up, still listening, still praying — even when faith feels quiet or...
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Still Faithful — Recognizing God’s Hand Without Forcing Positivity {Eps 119}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
In hard parenting seasons, recognizing God’s presence can feel complicated. Not because God is absent — but because His faithfulness often shows up quietly. In Episode 3 of the Still Faithful series, we explore what it means to notice God’s hand without forcing gratitude, positivity, or resolution. This episode is an invitation to spiritual awareness rooted in honesty, not pressure. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re “missing” God in a painful season — or felt unsure how to talk about His presence when nothing feels resolved — this episode offers a gentle place to pause...
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Still Faithful: Naming The Pain Without Losing Faith {Eps 118}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
If you’ve ever whispered, “God, what do I do with this grief I can’t even name?” — this episode is for you. So many parents are trying to stay faithful… while quietly carrying spiritual pain no one else sees. Grief that doesn’t have a name. Disappointment that feels “un-Christian” to admit. Anguish that lingers, even when you’re doing all the “right” things. In this episode, we talk honestly about the kind of pain that doesn’t fit into neat categories — and the courage it takes to stay when your heart feels like it’s breaking. What we cover: Why unspoken pain...
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Still Faithful — Looking Back Without Shame {Eps 117}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
As we begin a new year, many parents are carrying more than they expected — unresolved relationships, unanswered prayers, and the quiet weight of loving a child through pain, distance, or deep disagreement. In this first episode of the Still Faithful series, we slow down together and begin with something essential: releasing shame. This episode is for parents who are questioning themselves, their faith, or what faithfulness looks like after a hard year. It’s a grounding invitation to look back honestly — without self-blame — and to begin moving forward with steadiness, clarity, and...
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Before We Step Into A New Year {Eps 116}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
As this year comes to a close, I want to take a moment with you — not to fix anything, not to sum it all up, but simply to pause. Reflect on these questions: What did this year ask of you that you didn’t expect? What did you continue to do this year, even when it hurt? As this year closes, there may be things you’re still carrying that were never meant to come with you into the next one. For just a moment, imagine setting those things down — not forever, but for now. They do not need to define the threshold you’re crossing. When we return in the new year,...
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When the Holidays Feel Tender: Connecting With A Child Who's Chosen A Different Path {Eps. 115}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
The holidays can feel especially heavy when your child is walking a path that doesn’t reflect the way you raised them — spiritually, morally, or emotionally. If you’ve ever felt that quiet ache, this episode is meant to bring comfort, clarity, and hope. In today’s conversation, we explore gentle, grace-filled ways to reconnect with your child during the holiday season without pressure, panic, or preaching. You’ll hear why your presence matters more than “getting the words right,” how to ask open, life-giving questions, and why small moments of warmth can rebuild trust over time....
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Hope For Hurting Families This Thanksgiving {Eps 114}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
Thanksgiving can be a beautiful day — but for many Christian parents of LGBTQ-identified children, it can also be complicated, emotional, or even painful. In this short, heartfelt Thanksgiving episode, Melinda offers encouragement, grounding truth, and three practical ways to prepare your heart before you prepare your home. If you’re carrying tension, uncertainty, or grief into the holiday, this episode will help you slow down, breathe, and remember that God meets you right where you are. Three Practical Tips for Parents This Thanksgiving These simple but powerful steps can help bring...
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How to Pray For and Build Connection With Your LGBTQ-Identified Child - Part Two with Ken Williams {Eps 113)
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
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Four Ways To Show Up Well For Your LGBTQ-Identified Child wth Love and Truth with Ken Williams {Eps 112}
The Bridge Between Us: A Guide For Christian Parents Navigating the LGBTQ Conversation
info_outlineWhen homosexuality enters a marriage, it can feel like the ground has been ripped out from beneath you. Confusion, pain, and even questions about your own worth can overwhelm your heart. You’re not alone—and there is a way forward.
In this episode of The Bridge Between Us, host Melinda Patrick welcomes back Joe Dallas along with his wife Renee Dallas to speak directly to spouses, strugglers, parents, and ministry leaders who long to understand the impact of homosexuality in marriage.
Drawing from years of experience, Renee shares the AFTER acrostic—five practical steps that guide spouses toward healing—and explains the three types of wounds that can deeply affect a marriage in these moments. Together, Joe and Renee point to the root issues beneath homosexuality and reveal the two essential steps every person must take if they want to experience restoration and hope.
You’ll walk away with:
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Clarity on the three types of wounds that surface when homosexuality impacts a marriage
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Insight into the root issues of homosexuality
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The two major steps toward healing that every person needs
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A renewed belief that if there is good faith on both sides, there is hope for restoration
This conversation is not just information—it’s a lifeline of truth, compassion, and hope for every person navigating the heartbreak of homosexuality within marriage.
Prior episodes that relate to this episode:
Longing for Intimacy, Walking in Freedom Eps 99 with Amy Riordan
Christians In a Cancel Culture Eps 17 with Joe Dallas
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