Are You Hinting and Hoping? | Episode 253

If you’re listening on the day this releases, then tomorrow (6/25/2025) is our 42nd wedding anniversary! We can’t believe that it’s already been more than four decades since we walked down the aisle to say our “I do’s”.  Would you believe that...

Are You Giving with Unspoken Expectations?

The act of giving a gift is truly special. It’s a way to bless someone else with something you’ve spent time, thought, and/or money on—an outward expression of love, care, and appreciation. Giving is about generosity; it’s enriching someone else’s life, not your own....

Moving from Mark 1.0 to Mark 2.0 | Episode 251

We are doing another episode to answer your questions! Last time we did this, a listener asked to hear more about “Jill 1.0”. For this conversation, we have received a question for Mark! Here’s the message that came in via email: Dear Mark, I listen to every episode...

42 Lessons We Learned From 42 Years of Marriage | #MarriageMonday

Can you believe it? At the end of this month, we will officially hit 42 years of marriage! To celebrate this milestone, we wanted to share some of the most important lessons we’ve learned about marriage over those years. Before we dive in, we want to remind you that...

Standing for Your Marriage with Jason Carver | Episode 250

If you’re familiar with the journey Mark and I have walked together, then you know that I spent a year “standing for my marriage” while Mark had an affair and separated. (You can explore more about our story here.) It was the darkest season of my life—and also...

How to Have Less Arguments in Your Marriage | Episode 249

Over the years, we’ve had our fair share of expectations that ended in disappointment—sometimes around big moments like birthdays, and other times over something as simple as how we spend a Saturday. It’s taken us a while to discover that what caused many of...

The Strength in Letting Go: Why Surrender Sets Us Free

After we healed our marriage from infidelity and started sharing our story, we found that we could hardly keep up with the emails from others in a similar situation as us. Over the years, we’ve strived to be open and honest about the dysfunction that caused our...

The Deep-Rooted Marriage with Dan Allender | Episode 248

Every marriage is an ongoing story with its own highs and lows, joys and difficulties. Depending on which season we are in, we may start to see marriage as the best thing that has ever happened to us or the source of our angst.  If you’ve been following our journey...

Managing Expectations in Marriage | Episode 247

©2025 FamilyLife. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. If we’re being completely honest, many of us enter into marriage with stars in our eyes and the hope that our spouse will live up to our every expectation. Isn’t it funny how we can spend months...