Episodes

Marriage requires maintenance. One of our favorite ways of maintaining our marriage in recent years has been attending marriage conferences. Not that anything was drastically wrong in our marriage, but these events helped us recenter our marriage. Join us as we discuss how marriage conferences have…

The only thing constant in life is change. This is a true statement based on our experiences. This includes career changes. Join us as we discuss how God was faithful through our career changes during our marriage. Joseph in the book of Genesis. Moses starting in the book of Exodus. Gideon in the b…

Finances are often the source of conflict within a marriage. No, we are not debt free nor do we feel qualified to provide financial advice. This is a discussion about what we have learned during our marriage as it pertains to money and finances. Lord willing, we will be out of debt one day and we a…

In part 1, Nicole presented some "rules of engagement" that she had come across during one of her studies. On this episode, Nicole and DJ will answer 4 questions. Listen to their responses. Then you and your spouse try to answer the same questions. Think of it as an exercise in communication. Knowi…

Every married couple has disagreements from time to time. How you argue or resolve disagreements will impact your relationship in some way or fashion. The husband has his point of view and the wife has her point of view. Often times we see view the same situation differently. In part one Nicole exp…

Did we parent by fear? Or did we parent by faith? For us, the answer is both. We did not parent perfectly. Yet, God is still faithful. Join us as we discuss how both faith and fear played into how we parented. Train up a chil...

On this episode we continue our discussion on contentment. Philippians 4:11-13 -Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of f…

Finding contentment is difficult. Marriage does not make you immune from it. Join us on this episode as we discuss the challenges of learning to be content. Philippians 4:11-13 -Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be br…

Being part of a body of Jesus' followers is very important to our marriage. Having a church family to lean on, especially in times of crisis, is a tremendous blessing. Join us as we share some of our moments when our church family was there. We hope that other married couples, no matter what stage …

Being part of a body of Jesus' followers is very important to our marriage. In this episode, we share our experiences of finding a church and being involved with some of the churches we have been blessed to be part of. What did we look for? How did we end up at some of the churches we were blessed …

In the late summer of 2021, both of us contracted COVID. Nicole ended up being hospitalized more than once. Yet God used this experience to help lead us to eventually start this podcast. "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good for those who are called according to…

Having children changes everything. God gave us children to take our minds off ourselves. In this episode, we discuss how God grew us spiritually as we became parents and His faithful provisions during this season of our mar...

Since our podcasts are about the faithfulness of the Lord through our years of marriage, we feel that it is important to start off with our own personal testimonies on how each of us came to know and accept Jesus Christ as ou...

This is just an introduction to our podcast called Marriage: The Messy-The Marvelous - The Miraculous. We're just a couple of Jesus followers sharing how God has been faithful to us through our years of marriage. Thank you fo...