What is Marriage?

I recently found a card Mark gave me last year on our anniversary. It’s words are so true:What is marriage? It’s vacuuming carpets and hammering nails. It’s saving a dollar by shopping at sales. It’s balancing checkbooks and paying off...

Edits, edits, and more edits!

If God brings us to your mind over the next five days, would you pray for stamina and wisdom? Mark and I will be working on the edits of the new Hearts at Home book releasing in March 2010. And drum roll….we have a tentative cover…..We’re getting...

Comfortable Love

I follow one of my favorite authors on Twitter. This week @TriciaGoyer tweeted: John came home for lunch. I’m still in my pjs. We had leftover casserole. Comfortable love is totally romantic.I love the concept of “comfortable love.” It describes that...

You are not alone

Marriage is harder than we think. There are lulls of “easy” in the middle of the “hard,” but there’s much more “hard” than most of us expect. Why should we expect anything else? Marriage is about blending two completely unique...

Happy Anniversary, Mark!

Dear Mark,It’s hard to believe that we’re celebrating 26 years of marriage today. On that hot summer day 26 years ago, we didn’t have any idea about the journey that was ahead of us:If you’d told me we’d be living in Illinois and not in...

New ABC’s of a Healthy Marriage website!

Check out our new ABC’s of a Healthy Marriage website/blog! If you want to receive regular encouragement for your marriage, you’ll want to subscribe to our ABC’s blog! This week we’re talking about “dating your mate.” You can join...

Next Event

We are currently working on scheduling future ABC events. Please place yourself on our mailing list and we’ll let you know when the next event is scheduled! Simply provide us with your information and we will send out a reminder of our conference dates once a...

Who Are the Speakers?

Mark and Jill Savage are self described as being married 27 years, 17 happily. After turning their hurting marriage around, they felt called to help other couples take their marriage to the next level. Their teaching is practical, humorous, and full of energy. Mark...