Married People Podcast

Continuing the conversation started in Episode 43, we discuss even more ways to prepare your marriage for the arrival of a new baby.

Adding a baby to your family changes your life forever—and that includes your marriage. Most of these changes are great, but you still have to prepare yourself to handle them well. This is part one of our conversation on how to get ready for having your first child.

Social media and technology have an influence over our entire culture. That includes your marriage, whether you realize it or not. But how? We sat down with social media guru Dave Adamson to discuss.

Most of us date quite a bit before we're married. But those dates seemed to stop after we got married. We spend so much time with our spouse that we don't need to date, right? Well, dating is still important for staying connected in our marriages.

Adopting a child or becoming foster parents is a huge step in anyone's life. So how do you make that decision together as a married couple? As someone who has both fostered and adopted children, Katie Edwards is the perfect person to talk to about this subject.

Regardless of if you're a Christian or not, local churches have a unique opportunity to help out the marriages in their community. But often times, marriage ministry is not a priority at the church. So how can we be a part of changing that?

It's not always easy to empower another person, even your spouse. But when we lift each other up, we end up being more than we could ever be alone. That's why we invited Minister Mike Owens on the podcast to tell us how he tries daily to empower his wife.

Marriages are a merging of two families. This means adding your in-laws to your life. Sometimes, it's easy to have a great relationship with your in-laws. Other times, it's not. So how do you work on this important relationship and not have it hurt your marriage?

Everyone needs a little breathing room in their life and in their marriage. This gives us the margin we need to be healthy and happy. No one knows this better than Sandra Stanley, wife of pastor Andy Stanley. She recently wrote a devotional called 'Breathing Room,' and joins us on the podcast to discuss that very subject.

Going on vacation together as a married couple isn't always easy. Vacations take time, money, and planning. But spending time alone together is well worth the investment. Join us as we discuss ways to have a great vacation together with your spouse!

Most of us have dreams and aspirations with our marriage and our career. But how can you support a spouse who has larger-than-life dreams? We're joined by author and speaker Jon Acuff, who knows a few things about making big dreams work in his marriage.

Influencing the next generation isn't something we naturally think about when it comes to marriage. But our marriage is influencing others whether we realize it or not. That's why we asked Virginia Ward to join us to discuss this topic on how we could be more intentional with our marriage's influence.

People who work in the church should have some of the healthiest marriages, because they're setting an example for others. But this isn't always the case. We talked to our friend Sherry Surratt who has been working in ministry for practically her entire marriage.

Parenting can be a huge strain on any marriage. The burdens on you and your spouse are magnified when you have to raise other humans. But protecting your marriage is still important. So how do you keep your kids from taking over? We invited Ted's wife, Nancie, on the show to discuss that very topic.

Because we come from different families, every marriage involves two people with different backgrounds. But what do you do when your background is very different from your spouse's? Tom and Crystal Chaing join us to talk about the story of their marriage.