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Life in the Blender: Blending Families, Lives and Relationships with Grace (Women of Faith)
by Sandi Patty
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Word Books (2006-02-14)
ISBN: 0849900468
EAN: 9780849900464
Dewey Decimal #: 248.4
Hardcover: 240 pages
SKU: 93008000061
Condition: New
Comments: 0849900468 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
"How do I put it all together? How do I keep it together?" Whether it's a blended family or the daily struggle to keep a balance between job and family, every woman experiences "blending" on some level. Drawing from personal "his, mine and ours" experience, Grammy Award-winning singer and Women of Faith speaker Sandi Patty provides insight on how to stay focused when life threatens to spin out of control. A much-needed resource for any woman in a blended family. Birthed in heartache, delivered with biblical insight, candor, grace, and personal humor, Life in the Blender provides acceptance and the message, "you are not alone."
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Customer Reviews
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Will help thousands of families !!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-03-09
9 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found Sandi's book to be informing , educational & truthful , Sandi is sharing her heart for all blended families like herself. Sandi shares those precious moments talking one on one , family meetings & vacations. She shares how she encourages her kids to talk to her , open up & tell her how they feel & what they think. The book has kids top ten list , her kids give advice on going through the process of a blended family. What helped most they kept close to the church & encouraged the kids to be involved in youth groups. A hard chapter for me as a reader was change day. Moving from house to house weekly or monthly, waking up wondering which house you're in. Sandi's advice is you just have to try to put the kids interests ahead of your own emotions & preferences & try to do what's right for them. Blended families are struggling through some difficult issues often heading into uncharted territory. They need help from churches that will acknowledge their presence , prayer support for them & help them find those who have been through the same trails & who can come alongside offer help & encouragement . This is a great book for blended families offering what Sandi & Don did right & wrong . Sandi said hang in there I'm here to tell you the result can be wonderful. Whether it's a blended family or the daily struggle to keep a balance between job & family , every woman experiences blending on some level. Some folks just can't forgive Sandi , I'm here to tell you God has forgiven her & restored Sandi back to the church , she is whole again. The question why Sandi won't refer to her ex husband by his name. I'm divorced I never refer to my ex husband , most divorced people refuse to talk about those painful & hurtful years. Let go give Sandi a break !! Rule 3 on kids top ten list : Don't talk about the other parent if you can't say something nice. Thank you Sandi for writing this book & sharing your heart , this book will help so many families.
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Helpful support to families in crisis
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-03-09
13 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
Life in the Blender is a delightful book which can be of use to all families who have gone through the turmoil of a divorce and remarriage situation. Through it's easily read pages, Sandi Patty intertwines some of the what works and what doesn't, and she ought to know, as she doubled her family size through re-marriage, and then by one more with adoption.
What is evident is that she and her husband Don were able to create is a loving environment, where each child could find structure and love in abundance. She shares humorous stories and creates modern parables to delight and provoke thought. There are poignant pages with the sharing of the children with their other parent and grandparents. The heartache is almost palpable. I really appreciated reading how respectful the adults treated each other through the process. Sandi refers to her former spouse as my ex-husband instead of using his first name, as her son's name is the same. While this might to some seem peculiar, it makes the reading of the book easier.
Divorce and remarriage is not an issue that Christians ordinarily face up too. Until the church provides support to those in need in its own body, those in crisis will struggle. I am glad that Sandi is able to provide support to the hurting with this book. I sincerely hope this book will help fill that need.
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Another Fundamentalist Hypocrite Wants to Reclaim Her Crown
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-03-05
4 out of 39 customers found this reveiw helpful
For years we watched America's Christian Sweetheart sing at Billy Graham Crusades and tell us how we should live our lives according to the Word of God. Blah blah blah. Then America's Christian Sweetheart has an extramarital affair. Fast forward. Uh, been down this road before with a few self-righteous televangelists and another so-called Christian singer named Amy Grant. And, of course, they always right the wrong by publicly getting caught and then publicly apologizing to their fans and then publicly doing a "I'm forgiven tour" and then there's an album or a book. A book like this. With her nuclear soccer mom grin and her kids gathered 'round strategically poised and posed for America, Sandi Patty rises from the ashes of adultery and emerges from the den of iniquity, apparently pure again. Blah, blah, blah. Hey, you wanna really serve Jesus? Take the cash you would spend on this book and send it to the poor person of your choice. Don't make these so-called messengers of Christ any richer than they already are. Amen.
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Practical advice
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-02-24
5 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
The target audience of Sandi Patty's "Life in the Blender" is people in second marriages with children from their first marriages. Patty knows what she is talking about because she has four kids from her first marriage, three step-kids from her husband Don Peslis' first marriage, plus one adopted son.
Sandi Patty gives practical advice from personal experience on how to talk to your kids, how to handle the transition when it's time for your kids to visit their other parents, and how to handle discipline issues. She is not shy about admitting the mistakes she and Don made, especially early in their marriage.
If you read Sandi Patty's previous book, "Broken on the Back Row," you will notice that she repeats a number of things from that book in this second book. That was a little irritating. In the final chapter of "Life in the Blender," Patty goes into detail about the time her whole family became infected with head lice. The details were more than I needed to know. I think I felt itchy after reading that part.
There is a question I would like to ask Sandi Patty. Why won't she refer to her ex-husband, John Helvering, by his name? It is very conspicuous that she only calls him, "my ex-husband" or "my kids' Dad," although she indicates that they are on civil terms now. However, Patty does refer to Don Peslis' ex-wife by her first name, Michelle. Unless Helvering asked Patty not to use his full name, the fact that she won't leaves me wondering.
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