Bringing Hope Home
Welcome to Bringing Hope Home with Bryce and Colette Schaffer! We're pastors, authors, and a couple who've been married for nearly 30 years, and we're here to help you build a peaceful, Christ-centered home. Each week, we dive into real talk about marriage, parenting, and family life from a biblical perspective. Whether you're newlyweds finding your way, parents in the thick of it, or a couple working to reconnect, we're bringing practical wisdom, honest conversations, and hope-filled encouragement straight to your earbuds. We believe your home can be your peaceful sanctuary - and we're here to help you create it, one episode at a time. Bring hope home to your life today!
Episodes
192 episodes
Why Everything Feels Hard (And How to Fix It From the Inside Out)
If you don't fix your internal struggle, everything will be a struggle.Whatever is going on inside of us eventually shows up on the outside: in our marriages, our parenting, and our homes. In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk...
Love & Respect: The Simplest Marriage Advice You're Not Following
Is your marriage slipping without you noticing? Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer share the two words that can turn a struggling marriage around: love and respect. Rooted in Ephesians 5:33, this episode unpacks why both...
Boundaries for Kids & Teens: Raising Peaceful, Respectful Children
In part two of their series on peace and boundaries, pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer dig into one of the toughest parts of parenting: setting boundaries for your kids and teens without losing your peace — or theirs.From toddler meltdo...
Finding Peace in the Chaos: Boundaries, Trust & a Settled Home | Bringing Hope Home
Peace isn't the absence of a busy season — it's a decision to trust God in the middle of it. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer talk about what it really means to walk in "shalom" peace: wholeness, wellnes...
True Freedom vs. False Freedom: The Lie That's Wrecking Christian Marriages
What if the "freedom" you're chasing is actually a trap — and the boundaries you're resisting are actually your protection? In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer unpack the difference between true freedom in ...
Why Families Fall Apart — And the Biblical Path to Healing a Broken Home
Is your family struggling? You're not alone. Research shows 70-80% of Americans consider their family dysfunctional — but what does "normal" even look like? In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer explore what causes families to fall apart,...
Is There a Right Time to Get Married or Have Kids? Biblical Timing for Marriage & Family
What's the "right" age to get married? To have kids? Research says 27, with three-plus years of dating — but pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer aren't so sure a number tells the whole story.In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce an...
Is That God or Just You? How to Hear the Voice of the Holy Spirit
How do you know if what you're hearing is the Holy Spirit, your own thoughts, or something else entirely? In this episode, Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer unpack how to recognize and grow in your ability to hear the Holy Spirit's voice — a s...
Deepening Your Roots as a Couple: What Research Says About Connected Marriages
Marriages don't drift apart overnight — they drift one disconnected day at a time. In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer explore a 2024 Wheatley Institute study comparing high-connecting couples to low-connecting couples, revealing the sp...
Biblical Masculinity & Femininity: God's Design for Men and Women in Marriage
What does the Bible really say about being a godly man or a godly woman? In this episode, Pastors Bryce and Colette Schaffer take on one of the most talked-about topics in marriage and culture today: biblical masculinity and femininity.U...
10 Ways to Pray for Your Kids | Christian Parenting & Prayer | Part 2
You don't need the perfect words to pray for your kids — you just need to start. In this episode, Bryce and Colette Schaffer walk through 10 practical, Scripture-rooted ways to pray over your children, building on last week's episode about pray...
How to Pray for Your Spouse: 5 Prayers Every Marriage Needs (Prayer Series, Part 1)
Do you know what to actually pray for your spouse — beyond "bless them, Lord"? In Part 1 of our Prayer series, Bryce and Colette Schaffer walk through five specific ways to cover your husband or wife in prayer: their heart, their mind, their he...
Having Fun on Purpose: Why Joy Belongs in Your Christian Marriage and Home
After a month of learning how to fight fair, Bryce and Colette Schaffer pivot to a lighter — but just as important — topic: fun. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, they explore why joy is a biblical mandate, not an afterthought, pointing to...
Picking Your Battles with Adult & Married Children (Part 4) | Bringing Hope Home
They graduated. They moved out. They got married. And somewhere in there, your role as a parent completely changed — whether you were ready or not.In this heart-to-heart final episode of their Picking Your Battles series, Bryce ...
Picking Battles with Your Teenager: Phones, Music, Friends & the Faith Foundation They Need
The teenage years don't have to be a war zone — but they do require wisdom. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer tackle the most common battles parents face with teenagers: phones and social media, music ch...
Picking Your Battles: What's Worth the Fight With Your Kids (Toddlers to Tweens)
Every parent knows the feeling — you're tired, they're pushing every button, and you're not sure which hills are worth dying on. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer get practical and honest about how to pick...
Stop Fighting Over Everything: How to Pick Your Battles & Protect Your Peace
Every couple fights. But are you fighting the right battles? In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer get real about one of the most common and exhausting traps in marriage — fighting over everything a...
Surviving Debt Together: 6 Christian Strategies to Stop Letting Money Control Your Marriage
Money fights. Sleepless nights. That invisible weight that never quite goes away. If debt is putting a strain on your marriage, this episode is for you.Bryce and Colette Schaffer of Bringing Hope Home open up about their own journey from...
Ghosted: What God Says About Being Cut Off & How to Heal
Ghosting — abruptly cutting off all communication without explanation — is more common than ever. And it's not just in dating. It's happening in friendships, churches, workplaces, marriages, and even between parents and adult children.In...
From Vending Machine to Table: Transforming the Way You Seek God
Have you ever walked away from prayer feeling like God just didn't come through? You gave your tithes, read your Bible, sent up your request — and still nothing. If you're honest, maybe God has started to feel a little like a vending machine. Y...
The Invisible Weight You're Carrying — Stress, Anxiety & Letting God In
We all carry things we were never meant to hold. In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer unpack the invisible stress and weight that quietly drains couples, parents, and families — and how to start putting it ...
Maycember Moms: Honoring Mothers, Finding Balance & Raising Kids Who Hear From God
It's "Maycember" — and in the middle of the busiest stretch of the year, we stop to celebrate the moms who make it all happen.In this Mother's Day episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer honor their own incredi...
How to Beat Discontentment: Finding Biblical Peace in a Comparison-Driven World
Does discontentment have a grip on your life — or your marriage? In a world of highlight reels and social media comparison, it's easier than ever to feel like you're falling behind, stuck, or just not enough. But what does God's Word actually s...
Is Honesty the Best Policy? 6 Scripture-Based Steps to a Truth-Filled Marriage
"I'm fine." But are you really?In this episode of Bringing Hope Home, Bryce and Colette Schaffer tackle one of the most important — and most avoided — pillars of a healthy marriage: honesty. From the little white lies to th...
How to Study the Bible: 5 Practical Steps to Build a Plan That Sticks
Have you ever picked up your Bible and thought, "Now what?" You're not alone — and this episode is the answer.In Part 2 of our Bible series, Bryce and Colette Schaffer get practical about how to study the Bible — from c...