https://www.familylife.com Pursue what matters most. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:57:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.familylife.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1001/2025/02/cropped-Favicon-Icon_512x512-1.png?w=32 https://www.familylife.com 32 32 236231178 https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/real-stories/marriage-real-stories/good-marriages-made-better/5-intentional-ways-to-grow-closer-to-your-spouse-this-summer/ https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/real-stories/marriage-real-stories/good-marriages-made-better/5-intentional-ways-to-grow-closer-to-your-spouse-this-summer/#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:25:11 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/?p=315509 Strengthen your connection—emotionally, spiritually, and yes, even playfully—through meaningful conversations, shared prayers, and the kind of fun that reminds you you’re best friends, too.]]> https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/real-stories/marriage-real-stories/good-marriages-made-better/5-intentional-ways-to-grow-closer-to-your-spouse-this-summer/feed/ 0 315509 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/releasing-marriage-baggage-preston-and-jackie-hill-perry/ https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/releasing-marriage-baggage-preston-and-jackie-hill-perry/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 08:58:29 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/releasing-marriage-baggage-preston-and-jackie-hill-perry/ Speakers, Preston and Jackie Hill Perry, share their journey of navigating early marriage struggles.Read More »]]> https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/releasing-marriage-baggage-preston-and-jackie-hill-perry/feed/ 0 311818 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/whered-the-passion-in-my-marriage-go-jason-and-tori-benham-2/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:15:00 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/whered-the-passion-in-my-marriage-go-jason-and-tori-benham-2/ Where'd all the passion in marriage go? Authors Jason and Tori Benham were losing the spark and until Jason realized how to recover that first-love intensity.]]> 307722 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/greg-smalley-when-youre-lonely-in-marriage/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:02:07 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/greg-smalley-when-youre-lonely-in-marriage/ Feeling lonely in marriage? Dr. Greg Smalley offers ideas to help you resolve conflict, start talking about what you're carrying -- and move back together.]]> 307494 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/greg-smalley-reconnecting-in-marriage/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:03:09 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/greg-smalley-reconnecting-in-marriage/ Life has a way of moving us into roommates in marriage when we want to be soulmates. Ron Deal talks with Dr. Greg Smalley about how to stay deeply connected.]]> 307493 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-love-means-to-your-wife/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 13:02:15 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/what-love-means-to-your-wife/ Fighting the drift in marriage is real. But hosts Dave and Ann Wilson offer simple questions about what love means to your wife -- and why her answers matter.]]> 307409 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/sexually-broken-tough-conversations-with-culture/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 13:03:53 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/sexually-broken-tough-conversations-with-culture/ Author Sean McDowell offers ideas talk about porn, sex, and LGBTQ issues with those we care about in a sexually broken world.]]> 307398 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-this-week/dont-take-them-for-granted-2/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:02:09 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/dont-take-them-for-granted-2/ If you take your spouse for granted, much hurt and relational brokenness will ensue. If you take God for granted, you open a door for sin to consume your life. Doyle Roth and Judy Starr tell their stories and their hard-learned lessons.]]> 307383 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/what-submission-is-and-isnt/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:02:21 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/what-submission-is-and-isnt/ Wonder what submission is (and isn't)? Clinical psychologist, author, and speaker Dr. Juli Slattery discusses how women can walk with men as partners in marriage.]]> 307382 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/why-spiritual-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:04:08 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/why-spiritual-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Like physical health, your marriage's spiritual health determines resilience & strength for what hurtles your way. Authors Dave & Ashley Willis cheer you on.]]> 307376 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/why-physical-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:03:06 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/why-physical-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Could your physical health influence how you act toward your spouse? Bestselling authors Dave & Ashley Willis chat about genuine change in your bodies & relationship.]]> 307375 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/why-emotional-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:04:25 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/why-emotional-health-matters-for-your-marriage/ Why's emotional health a big deal in marriage? Bestselling authors Dave & Ashley Willis share their story--and how vulnerability became their game changer.]]> 307372 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/choosing-us/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:02:07 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/choosing-us/ Choosing us in your marriage is both crucial and complicated. Counselor & author Debra Fileta offers advice to consistently operate as one unit.]]> 307370 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/together-forever-whats-it-take/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:02:08 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/together-forever-whats-it-take/ Wanting "together forever"--but wondering if you married the right person? Counselor & author Debra Fileta unpacks secrets behind lasting marriages.]]> 307369 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/when-expectations-in-marriage-fall-flat/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:10:43 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/when-expectations-in-marriage-fall-flat/ I didn't sign up for this. FamilyLife President David Robbins & his wife Meg discuss how to deal when expectations in marriage fall short of reality.]]> 307320 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/transatlantic-love-story/ Fri, 21 May 2021 11:00:04 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/transatlantic-love-story/ Alistair Begg, is the Scottish voice of "Truth For Life." Bob Lepine interviews Alistair about how he met his wife and about their love story that spanned an ocean.]]> 306846 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/for-everything-there-is-a-season/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:00:05 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/for-everything-there-is-a-season/ Did you know that there are different seasons common to all marriages? Jackie and Stephana Bledsoe talk about the patterns all couples face, the ups and downs, and how it's all worth fighting for.]]> 306803 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/killing-spiders-casting-out-fear-from-your-marriage/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:00:05 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/killing-spiders-casting-out-fear-from-your-marriage/ Gary Thomas encourages husbands and wives to love their spouses by eliminating the things in their marriage that irritate them. He describes what it takes to deepen intimacy in marriage.]]> 306765