https://www.familylife.com Pursue what matters most. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:03:40 +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/podcast/familylife-today/the-simple-way-to-make-marriage-easier-arlene-pellicane/ https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/the-simple-way-to-make-marriage-easier-arlene-pellicane/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:21:21 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/the-simple-way-to-make-marriage-easier-arlene-pellicane/ Strengthen your marriage with practical, faith-based strategies! 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Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon offer biblical, practical wisdom on for a beautiful now and a forever future.]]> https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/how-to-be-engaged-sean-perron-spencer-harmon/feed/ 0 315193 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/dating-or-engaged-sean-perron-spencer/ https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/dating-or-engaged-sean-perron-spencer/#respond Thu, 29 May 2025 07:35:29 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/dating-or-engaged-sean-perron-spencer/ Authors Sean Perron and Spencer Harmon point you in the right direction for dating, engagement, or marriage with purpose and depth.]]> https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/dating-or-engaged-sean-perron-spencer/feed/ 0 315180 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/dating-done-right-sean-perron-spencer-harmon-2/ https://www.familylife.com/podcast/familylife-today/dating-done-right-sean-perron-spencer-harmon-2/#respond Wed, 28 May 2025 07:34:37 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/podcast/%series%/dating-done-right-sean-perron-spencer-harmon-2/ You’re dating—but man, do things get sticky. 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In the meantime, grab fun date-night ideas to make memories and ditch stress.]]> 161378 https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/getting-married/are-we-equally-yoked/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:43:27 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/?p=160692 Because marriage is a spiritual relationship, your spiritual compatibility (being “equally yoked”) will influence your relationship more than any other factor.]]> 160692 https://www.familylife.com/articles/topics/marriage/getting-married/newlyweds/4-ways-to-discover-yourself-after-marriage/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:37:52 +0000 https://www.familylife.com/?p=157952 Wondering who you after a major life change is normal. Circumstances change us. 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