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.

Continuing on with part three of their financial journey, Ashley and Dino break down their financial learnings as they continue telling their story from the purchase of Chateau Petrone (the black house). They then go into their cross country move, the calculated risk that is now Joie Inn and the birth of The Fox Mercantile. They also touch on how they handle renovations as a couple and even give insight into where the earnings from @arrowsandbow are redirected to. Stay tuned next week for the final part of this financial series!

Ashley and Dino are getting into part two of their finance discussion this week. They continue the story where they left off: their move into the trailer, how much money they lost, everything they gained, and would they do it again. The two really get into how that move allowed God to transform them into completely different people and posture their hearts into each other. Ash touches on how that allowed @arrowsandbow to come to be. And then the pair discusses their move into the Spanish Bungalow and how that completely transformed their financial lives.

This week is part one of Ashley and Dino’s journey as a couple when it comes to finances. The pair take it back to their very beginnings as a newly married couple, before kids, before @arrowsandbow, trying to navigate finances for the first time. They start with their differing financial views, what flipped the script, and what they would recommend to their younger selves. Ash and Dino then emphasize the importance of getting on the same page as your spouse when it comes to your financial goals. Stay tuned next week for part 2.

Kicking off this week’s episode with a hot take, Ashley and Dino of @arrowsandbow are talking about flexing the muscle of apologizing, before getting into the fun topic at hand: The Pancake Challenge. They break down how it came to be, how their first ever try at the challenge went, and what they learned from it. Ash and Dino also share how dying to ourselves and serving other people leads you to real joy and why the goal of the challenge is to love serving your spouse the way Christ loves the church. Then they encourage you to take the challenge as well.