Welcome To The Family From The Heart Podcast!

Family From The Heart PodcastIn the Family From The Heart Podcast, Cliff and Stephanie give you a behind the scenes look into the lives of the Ravenscraft family. This is an entertaining podcast that is meant to be an authentic, unscripted look into lives of a family attempting to pursue a more balanced approach to life.

If you are looking for a podcast from a family that has it all together and who can provide you with wisdom and discernment in all areas of life, this IS NOT the podcast you are looking for. However, if you are looking for a podcast from a family that makes a lot of mistakes and tries to learn from each and every one of them, this is the perfect show for you!

Every episode of the Family From The Heart podcast is available for free due to the very generous sponsorship from Mardel.com. Our listeners who use promo code “GSPN” in the shopping cart, at Mardel.com, will receive a 10% discount and will benefit Cliff and Stephanie by thanking Mardel for their sponsorship!

If you like this show, you may also like the Full Time Mom or Pursuing A Balanced Life podcasts. Of course we invite you to please check out the complete list of our podcasts.

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187 Family From The Heart – Wicked Musical Review And More

December 3, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I share the following: – Our review of the musical “Wicked.” – Anita loves her fitbit – Eric’a email about living debt free! – Karen’s thoughts on buying the house. – Nancy’s question about the lemonade stand. – Katie’s Trek Desk recommendation. – Kim’s feedback [...]

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186 Family From The Heart – Thanksgiving 2011

December 1, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I share an overview of how our Thanksgiving holiday went this year. I got to talking about some books that I’m reading right now like “All Is Grace” and “Jesus+Nothing=Everything.” Both of these books can be found at http://www.mardel.com/gspn in the section at the bottom [...]

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185 Family From The Heart – Erik

November 17, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie discuss: – Thanksgiving plans – Meagan’s Birthday – Erik – Cliff’s new way to prioritize his to do list – Happy Feet Two review – Fasting – First day with the Kindle Touch 3G Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking for Christian [...]

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184 Family From The Heart – Dare To Dream

November 10, 2011

In this episode, Cliff shares about his trip to CA. Meeting Leo Laporte and dreams coming true. You can listen to Podcast Answer Man 234 to hear more about the trip and a special guest, Anne-Sophie Reindhart. We continue to talk about dreaming and dreaming BIG. Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop [...]

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183 Family From The Heart – Living Debt Free

November 3, 2011

This is a very special episode of Family From The Heart. In it, I bring 44 minutes of an archived discussion that Stephanie and I had back in January of 2007 about our journey to live debt free. We were very authentic in sharing how we had handled finances poorly in the first several years [...]

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182 Family From The Heart – Sometimes Gets Distracted

October 28, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I discuss the following: – Cliff’s Trip to LA – LA Meetup – http://gspn.tv/lameetup – Saturday morning with Cliff and the van. – Stephanie re-reading Captivating. – Matthew’s school progress. – Date night. – Stephanie’s trip to the playground. Special thanks to the folks at [...]

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181 Family From The Heart – Over The Moon

October 20, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I discuss the following: – Movie review of “The Way.” – Movie review of “Courageous.” – Podcamp Cincinnati – BlogWorld LA trip – Cliff doesn’t squeak anymore. – Sarah’s back on Twitter – http://Twitter.com/RedeemedGirl33 – Finished Redeeming Love Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! [...]

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180 Family From The Heart – An Unexpected Love Letter

October 13, 2011

In this episode, Cliff continues to talk about his new freedom and his admiring Stephanie for having always had it. They also share some great community feedback and Stephanie shares a precious unexpected love letter she received this week. Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking for Christian books, [...]

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179 Family From The Heart – 22 Minutes From Pajamas To Microphone

October 6, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Stephanie and I discuss the following: – Cliff’s trip to Chicago. – The new FitBIt – How To Win At Life With Money – http://gspn.tv/2mn – The expectation of mom’s new car. – Glad we’re out of the “Baby Stage” – Faith is alive in our family. [...]

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178 Family From The Heart – Cliff Ruined My Kindle

September 30, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie share the following: – The new TV season – Cliff order the new Kindle touch – Taking the kids on a weekend trip – And they completely fumbled the ending Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking for [...]

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177 Family From The Heart – Hiring A New Employee

September 22, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie share the following: – Update on Winnie’s visit – Hiring a new employee – Why they are no longer attending church – And much more Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking for Christian books, music, dvds, and [...]

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176 Family From The Heart – The Final Homeschool Update

September 19, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie share the following: – Feedback to last week’s episode. – Rich Mullins Tribute CD – Book – So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore. – The Final Homeschool Update. Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking [...]

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175 Family From The Heart – That Episode

September 11, 2011

I will warn you that this episode of Family From The Heart is not something that I am happy with, personally. This was one of those weeks where I should have simply taken the day off. I do encourage you to check out the book “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers. It is such an amazing [...]

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174 Family From The Heart – The Greatest Tangent Ever!

September 1, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie share the following: Getting into a good homeschooling groove. World According To Meagan Episode 6 – http://gspn.tv/iaj Authentic Life Radio – http://AuthenticLifeRadio.com Balanced Living Weekly Episode 76 – http://gspn.tv/c2w The Greatest Tangent Ever! The way we are evaluating the shows of gspn.tv Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! [...]

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173 Family From The Heart – Fitness – Homeschooling – TV Shows – And More!

August 25, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart: Fitness Updates Homeschool Week 2 Update Homeschool Co-op Mardel Homeschool Curriculum Sale – http://gspn.tv/august2011 Anniversary Dinner Source Code Movie TV Show Updates Check out http://HungerGamesPodcast.com New podcast coming soon to http://AuthenticLifeRadio.com Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking for Christian books, [...]

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172 Family From The Heart – Doing Away With The Bible?

August 18, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie discuss the following: Stephanie’s thoughts after the first 3.5 days of Homeschooling. Celbrating 15 years of marriage. Mardel Homeschool cirriculum sale – http://gspn.tv/august2011 Check out http://LifeLoveAndTheMovies.com Also check out http://AuthenticLifeRadio.com Please listen to episode 505 of http://PursuingABalancedLife.com Chicago Meetup – http://gspn.tv/ChicagoMeetup Special thanks to [...]

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171 Family From The Heart – So Much Awesome

August 11, 2011

In this week’s Family From The Heart podcast, Stephanie shares what is going on during this final week of summer vacation, before she will start her homeschooling experience. There is a little bit of talk about Stephanie’s birthweek. Stephanie shares a little bit about her “fitbit” and Cliff explains his http://Twitter.com/GSPN_Extreme account. There is an [...]

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170 Family From The Heart – The Letter Has Been Sent!

August 4, 2011

In this episode of Family From the Heart, Cliff and Stephanie discuss the following: The letter has been sent to the Board of Education The Homeschool Update New bedroom furniture for the kids room Mardel sponsorship update! THANK YOU!!! Winnie coming to stay with us Sept 15th – 21st. Listener Feedback Chicago Meetup – http://gspn.tv/chicagomeetup [...]

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169 Family From The Heart – 5 Love Languages Revisited

July 28, 2011

In this episode of Family From The Heart, Cliff and Stephanie revisit the topic of the 5 Love Languages. You can do the online assessment that Cliff and Stephanie shared in this episode at http://gspn.tv/k9e. Also in this episode, Cliff and Stephanie share their reactions to the movie, Crazy Stupid Love and respond to Wayne’s [...]

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168 Family From The Heart – 10 Things We Should Know About Our Kids?

July 21, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie discuss the following: The New Studio Layout Just Go With It Moview Initial Reaction Roku Box Review Transformers Movie Initial Reaction 10 Things We Should Know About Our Kids We move to 10:30am ET Next Week! Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! Please shop with them when looking [...]

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167 Family From The Heart – Harry Potter DH Part 2 – Cars 2 – And So Much More!

July 14, 2011

In this episode, Cliff and Stephanie share the following: Harry Potter Final Movie Review Cars 2 Movie Review Randy provides additional Harry Potter Theme Park info. Randy also said that they removed Back To The Future ride. Mardel Sale Thursday, July 21st! The Kids Business Startup Lemonade Stand – http://t.co/KHVxBfI David Jacobs loves his Withings [...]

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166 Family From The Heart – The Ravnescranks Go To Florida Part 2 of 2

July 7, 2011

This episode of Family From The Heart is part 2 of 2 where Cliff and Stephanie share the events that occurred while on an 11 day trip with the family. This episode covers the events that happened during our visit to Universal Studios Islands of Adventures, Disney’s Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios theme parks. Here [...]

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