Tara and Joe share a short devotional about God's goodness. We hope you and your family have much to celebrate this Christmas! This week we share a short article from one of our favorite writers about seeing God in the hard places.

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We all know that person who starts listening to Christmas music in October… who fills their home with multiple Christmas trees and has decorations on every shelf and lights in every window. They are "Christmas people" through and through. But maybe you feel more like a Grinch and don't care for all the holiday trappings. Does that mean Christmas is not for you? In this episode we share our struggles with the Christmas season and what it really means to celebrate Christ during Christmas.

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There are so many needs around us and so many opportunities to give that it can feel overwhelming! We know that God wants us to be generous, but what if we don't have much? And but, and what if? In this episode we share our struggles with being generous and how our marriage has benefitted from letting God's blessings flow through us!

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There's so much joy in welcoming a baby into the family, but there's also so much work, and the dynamics in our relationship often drastically shift. In this episode we look back and share how we protected our marriage through the addition of children.

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First comes love, then comes marriage… then comes a baby in a baby carriage! A big part of marriage usually involves the welcoming of children into the family. It's very so exciting, so very draining, and has a huge impact our marriage. In this week's episode we discuss how parenting has affected our marriage…and what we want to share to our kids as they become parents themselves! Buchanan grandbabies are coming soon!

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Do you ever struggles with saying "yes" too much? Or maybe your first instinct is to say, no I can't do that! Our marriages thrive when we can find the happy medium when we can stay involved but not burnt out. In this episode we talk about how we determine our capacity and draw healthy boundaries for ourselves.

Note: We are switching to releasing a new episode every other week, giving you more time to catch up on any episodes you've missed :)

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Part of strong marriage also includes having fun together!! But that isn't always easy to do if you each have different ideas of what sounds fun. Or maybe you have just forgotten how to have fun together. In this week's episode, we talk about keeping a spirit of fun alive in your marriage!

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Move over Joe, the ladies are talking- I mean taking over this episode! Does your marriage have a combination of a very talkative, excitable wife, and a quiet, steady husband? Verbal processor vs internal processor? Then you'll relate to the fabulous conversation I had with three of my friends who have similar marriage dynamics.

But this is not an episode where the wives get together to complain about their husbands. Instead we're celebrating the way God made them and learning how to extend grace and love them better. Even when they don't talk as much as we do!

Hope's YouTube Channel, Under the Median

Jennifer's podcast, Living the Grace Life

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Work is such a huge part of our marriages that it finds a way to work its way into our marriage. Maybe you can't find that elusive work-life balance or there's resentment that one spouse is has a harder job or more pressure. That all puts more pressure on our marriages. In this episode we share how we support each other in our work and the place that work plays in our spiritual life.

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We'd all have more time if we didn't have jobs! Whether paid or unpaid, our work can take a lot from us and leave less for our spouse. Sorry, I would, but I have to go to work! In this week's episode we remember some of our first jobs and the impact work can have on our family and marriages.

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