Topic: Marriage Culture

In our experience, the quickest way to impact the relational culture in a marriage is to influence your "starting points". Starting points are, for all practical purposes, “rules of engagement” that have a profound way of impacting your marriage. This Couple Minutes episode shares some of the starting points that have transformed the culture of our marriage.

Marriage Topic: Marriage Culture

If you spend any time around a middle school lunchroom, you will quickly see that kids love to "one-up" each other. Whether it be boasting of an athletic achievement or academic score, demonstrating superiority is the goal! 

Unfortunately, the desire to put yourself on top (and another down),  

doesn't disappear as you grow older. 

In this Couple Minutes episode, Matt and Julia actually encourage you to embrace a "One-Up Culture"...just not how we normally think of it.

Marriage Topic: Marriage Culture

Our front porch is notorious for becoming a spot to drop off all kind of things before coming into the home. There are shoes (lots of shoes!), fake swords, rocks, bugs, chalk, hats, jackets, cups...we could go on and on. 

In this Couple Minutes episode, Matt reminds spouses of one thing that must never be left on the porch before going inside to your “one and only”.