Thankfulness For Your Spouse
Expression of Thankfulness Charles Schwab said “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” I (Shelly) believe that most of us are thankful for our spouses....
View ArticleWhat Are You Thinking?
Have you ever thought about something long enough that it basically became true to you? Have you ever thought that you told your spouse something, only because you had thought about it so much? Then...
View ArticleWater Your Own Garden
When Ryan and I were newly engaged, I remember being so excited to be married and swooning over my new and shiny ring that I couldn't help but stare at it all the time. I guess it was obvious, because...
View ArticleLeaving an Unforgettable Mark
The world today runs at breakneck speeds. The demands on every aspect of our lives can exhaust us. This weariness can lead to a feeling of emptiness and ingratitude that spirals in such a way that our...
View ArticleAre You Loving Your Spouse by Performance or Faith?
Just about everything in our culture is designed to be evaluated through the lens of performance, whether good or bad. Growing up you felt validated if you had a good game and played well, or you...
View ArticleLove Came Down to Earth, Are You Ready to Receive It?
LOVE CAME DOWN AT CHRISTMAS Christina Georgina Rossetti Love came down at Christmas,Love all lovely, love divine;Love was born at Christmas,Star and angels gave the sign.Worship we the Godhead,Love...
View ArticleNavigating FAITH Love
How to recognize toxicity and move towards connection in marriage Moving from a performance-based relationship to one that is FAITH-based will ensure the oneness in marriage every person longs to...
View ArticleThe Gift of Generosity
The gift of generosity is just that … a gift - the giving of something notable without compensation. There has been no greater demonstration of the gift of generosity than when God sent His son Jesus...
View ArticleChrist-Centered #CoupleGoals
Aligning Your Journey with God’s Purpose for Marriage Social Media has a way of inspiring us to do and try things we didn't think were possible. We type in the search bar and scour Pinterest, TikTok,...
View ArticlePressing Reset in Your Marriage: A Journey to Renewal
This week's podcast featured a discussion on the valuable practice of pressing reset in your marriage. We’ve all had the unfortunate experience of the technology we rely on not functioning properly....
View ArticleHealthy Tensions
My husband (Gray) and I (Shelly) have been married for 40 years now and I can almost promise you that at some point today we will have a disagreement. Sometimes these disagreements are resolved within...
View ArticleGot Questions?
Recently we did a marriage conference with a ministry and we ended the evening with a Q&A session. We had asked the couples at the beginning of the day to be thinking about questions they might...
View ArticleGotta Get You Into My Life
Our Story: Ian and Nickie Connell, married 25 years 10/16/24 Our Times Ian and I are both in our 70’s. When we were just entering adulthood, the Vietnam war had just ended, and everyone was searching...
View ArticleAlways and Forever
Our Times We grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. This placed us in the era of roe vs. wade. Michael Jackson and Diana Ross were center stage in the music realm. Cell phones came out in the mid 80’s, forever...
View ArticleTelling My Story with Theirs
Roland and Tammy MartinezBrandon and Lauren Piner Our Story I (Tammy) knew the Lord had called me into ministry. I had no idea what that was going to look like. I just knew I wanted to go to a...
View ArticleMarriage Through the Decades
Love endures while lessons are learned Marriage continues to be the cornerstone of our culture and society. No matter what attacks the enemy devises to steal, kill, and ultimately attempt to destroy...
View Article“I Want to Hold your Hand”
Will and Cindy Goff Our Song The year was 1963, “Beatlemania” was all the rage in pop culture. (Not unlike what we are observing today with Taylor Swift’s following of Swifties!) Will and I were in...
View ArticleHow to Grow a Thriving Marriage
Marissa Pierce Intro With the dreary winter days giving way to the warm, sunny days of spring, finalizing garden plans has begun. For the first few years of our marriage, we lived in an apartment....
View ArticleHaving Difficult Conversations!
Gio Llerena Conversations There are so many different conversations that Suzy and I engage in everyday. For the most part they are easy. They are focused on pleasantries and tasks to be...
View ArticleTake Out The Trash!
Shelly Foshee In March of 2023, my husband (Gray) and I (Shelly) attended a marriage retreat. Yes, marriage missionaries attend retreats and conferences. Every marriage needs to be investing into the...
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