This week, Dino and Ashley Petrone of @arrowsandbow are answering your submitted questions. They are diving deep into their secret unlocking vulnerability to dream as one, the challenge and gift of raising teens, building and maintaining intimacy together and breaking the 'taboo' topic of sin of sex within christianity and marriage. Sharing their own personal stories, and years of learning, this is one you don't want to miss. The Petrtones have big life changes ahead for 2025, and the duo returns January 10th with updates and a fresh take on the new year! 

On Designed to Last Podcast this week, Ashley and Dino, of @arrowsandbow, have a busy, but fulfilling week ahead. Ashley is being called by Him to stretch and grow and with an impending speaking engagement acting as both a motivator and vision for the duo, they find themselves really leaning into listening and who and where to ‘pour everything into’. During this season of life and beyond, who do they want to surround themselves with and why?

Gear up as they throw themselves into the season, gear up for a break and see where saying ‘yes’ to Him and sharing more on ministry will lead them.

Piggybacking off of last week’s episode, Ashley and Dino continue the conversation of what it means to impress your spouse. They get specific about what they each love that the other does to impress them and give general examples of what that could look like for others. As we head into the holiday season the two touch on being thankful and showing appreciation for your spouse and end the episode with the fateful story of Christmas’ past (their first Christmas as a married couple).

Kicking off this episode with a hot take, Ashley and Dino of @arrowsandbow are talking about the importance of rest before moving into their intended topic of the episode: impressing your spouse. They discuss the balance of being your own person, while also wanting to impress your spouse and how it's an overall mentality. And they drive home the fact that you shouldn’t be doing it out of fear, obligation, or guilt, but out of love for your spouse.

For this week’s podcast, Ashley and Dino, of @arrowsandbow, are touching on a topic that often comes along with marriage, and that is parenting. What is their parenting style? Would they consider themselves strict parents? How are they raising their four children to protect them, but also equip them for the world? Hint, it involves a LOT of talking. The two explain how they’ve combined aspects of their own upbringings in order to ensure they are raising godly children who are able to self-monitor and self-adjust.

Ashley and Dino are getting a little nostalgic and taking it back to when they were newly married, aka children. They are looking back on the commitment they made over 18 years ago and how it's only grown and been made stronger since then, with the help of the Lord, of course. They also touch on how the world often looks at marriage as a sacrifice when in reality there is so much to be gained, what it means to “love the wife of your youth”, what depth of intimacy really means, and how to ask God for the desire to want to make changes in your marriage.

With The Mercantile reopened, Ashley and Dino (of @arrowsandbow) sit down to give a recap of everything God has shown them in the past month. From the blessings, to the hardships, to the opportunities for growth, they’re covering what they’ve experienced and how they’ve seen God working firsthand in their lives and the people around them. They dive into the topic of growth and how you can ask God for things, but it’s up to you to be on the look out for opportunities to flex that muscle you’re asking for. And they also touch on how even though the natural inclination is to recoil from hard scenarios, the only way to really experience the blessings of the Lord and His grace is to lean into them. To end, the two give examples of how these learnings can be applied to your marriage.

Diving back into their financial series and wrapping it up with a fourth and final part, Ashley and Dino are getting into their current chapter with The Fox Mercantile. Ash shares where her desire to create a gathering and community space came from, and then the two break down the challenges they’ve had to face while learning how to open and operate a retail space. They admit that while running The Merc has been one of the hardest things they’ve done with the least financial reward, it’s been the most fulfilling spiritually. And while it may not make sense to some, they share why they’ll continue to pour into it until God says otherwise.

Ashley and Dino are back after yet another big hurricane. Two weeks after all three properties were hit by Helene, the duo recounts being directly in the eye of Hurricane Milton. They explain why you definitely shouldn’t make decisions in the midst of a hurricane, the importance of not leaning on your own understanding, and how they’re continuing to be obedient to Him in hard times. They also give a little insight into where the future of the @arrowsandbow businesses lie when it comes to rebuilding.

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This week Ashley and Dino are giving insight into the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. They discuss the ways they’ve seen God in this time, whether it’s through their employees, the community, people He’s handpicked and placed in their lives, or even situations He’s protected them from. The two breakdown the impact the storm has had on the @arrowsandbow businesses and what’s next as far as rebuilding goes. And through it all, they give the reminder to always look for the good in difficult times.