Ep 22: In Part 2 of our Marriage Mini-Series, Guy and Kelli Caskey have an honest conversation about emotional connection, intimacy, and sex in marriage.This episode goes beyond cultural extremes—neither purity culture shame nor Hollywood fantasy—to explore God’s design for sex as a gift within covenant marriage.

Drawing from their own story, including years of struggle, miscommunication, and healing, Guy and Kelli talk candidly about:

• Why emotional connection deeply affects physical intimacy

• How communication (or lack of it) shapes the marriage bed

• Differing sex drives and realistic expectations around frequency

• Insecurity, body image, and feeling desired

• The impact of porn on trust and intimacy

• Healthy boundaries, serving one another, and rebuilding trust over time

• Why sex can be fast food, home-cooked, or gourmet—and why all three matter

This conversation is vulnerable, practical, and hopeful. Whether your marriage is thriving or struggling, this episode is an invitation to pursue oneness, trust, and intimacy that honors God and strengthens your relationship.

Chapters

00:00 Exploring Emotional Connection and Intimacy

02:52 Understanding the Purpose of Sex in Marriage

05:43 The Impact of Past Experiences on Sexual Relationships

09:29 The Gift of Sex: Pleasure and Connection

13:32. Navigating Frequency and Expectations in Sexual Relationships

17:40. Emotional Connection Beyond the Physical

21:18. Insecurities and Body Image in Sexual Relationships

24:34 Different Types of Sexual Experiences

28:08 Setting Boundaries and Communication in Sex

31:01 The Effects of Pornography on Marriage

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Episode 021 (Part 1): Welcome to the Mud & Rib Podcast—about love, life, and leadership. We’re kicking off a four-week Marriage Mini Series, based on topics you voted for, starting with communication and conflict resolution.

Guy and Kelli share some of the real conflicts from their early marriage—like mind-reading expectations, trying to control change in each other, triggers from past pain, and learning to prioritize the marriage relationship even in the middle of ministry and busy seasons.

They talk about how marriage doesn’t have to stay hard, but it will refine you—because the hardest part is often dying to selfishness and growing in maturity. This episode gets practical:

-how to stop shutting down in conflict

-how to create “time-out” agreements without stonewalling

-why you can’t “make” someone feel something

- and how to own your emotions-how to use active listening and assertive (clear) communication

-when honesty helps…and when “telling everything” can actually harm trust

-how honor, prayer, and good questions can break toxic cycles

This conversation sets the foundation for Part 2: Emotional Connection, Intimacy, and Sex in Marriage.

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Ep 20: In this episode of the Mud and Rib podcast, Guy and Kelli Caskey discuss the concept of 'white wall washing'—a metaphor for the tendency to cover up truths in order to create a false sense of safety. They explore how this urge can rob individuals of genuine connections with others and with God. Through personal experience and biblical references, they emphasize the importance of embracing risk, truth, and community in fostering deeper relationships. The conversation also highlights the need for encouragement and the power of seeing the good in others as a means of transformation.Stay Connected▶️ Watch on YouTube: / @thecaskeycollective 🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts📧 Join Our Mailing List:https://mud-rib-podcast.kit.com/29861...📸 Instagram: @mud.and.rib.podcast( / mud.and.rib.podcast )💌 Share Your Ideas: ⁠[email protected]⁠If this episode resonated with you, please like, subscribe, share, and leave a review—it truly helps others find the podcast.Next week, we start the 4 week, mini marriage series! Share with your friends, get a cup of coffee and join us.

Ep: 019 - In Week 3 of our Connecting Series, Guy and Kelli unpack the metaphor of the Well Digger—one of the hidden urges that quietly robs us of deep connection with God and others.A well digger is someone who insists on feeling good now and on their own terms. Whether through pleasure, addiction, success, approval, or even ministry, we can end up digging our own broken cisterns instead of drinking from the living water God offers.This is an honest, hope-filled conversation about surrender, healing, and learning to live from overflow instead of emptiness.🗳️ Marriage Series PollWe’re launching a Mini Marriage Series in February, and we want your input—especially from the guys!👉 Take the poll here:https://forms.gle/yvLdmfSaxfkV4Fy97Stay Connected▶️ Watch on YouTube:www.youtube.com/@TheCaskeyCollective🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts📧 Join Our Mailing List:https://mud-rib-podcast.kit.com/2986162456📸 Instagram: @mud.and.rib.podcast(https://www.instagram.com/mud.and.rib.podcast)💌 Share Your Ideas: ⁠[email protected]⁠If this episode resonated with you, please like, subscribe, share, and leave a review—it truly helps others find the podcast.Next week, we wrap up the Connecting Series with The White Wall Washer and talk about honoring differences while learning to truly collaborate.Thanks for listening!

Ep 018: In Part 2 of our Connecting series, we explore another urge that quietly robs us of deep connection with God and others: Firelighting.When life feels dark, confusing, or out of control, many of us respond by lighting our own fires—creating plans, systems, and solutions instead of trusting God to be our light. Drawing from Isaiah 50, Proverbs, and the story of Scripture, we talk about how planning can subtly replace trust, and how religious systems, self-sufficiency, and control can keep us from real connection.In this episode, we discuss:Why darkness and confusion test our trust in GodThe difference between healthy planning and firelightingHow firelighting leads to false connection and controlLearning to trust God through dark nights of the soulWhy God wants to be our light—not just our planThis conversation invites us to stop striving for clarity and start trusting the One who is faithful in the dark.Stay Connected▶️ Watch on YouTube:www.youtube.com/@TheCaskeyCollective🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts📧 Join Our Mailing List:https://mud-rib-podcast.kit.com/2986162456📸 Instagram: @mud.and.rib.podcast(https://www.instagram.com/mud.and.rib.podcast)💌 Share Your Ideas: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Ep 017: In Part 1 of our new Connecting series, we explore one of the most subtle threats to deep connection with God and others: the City Builder.All of us long for connection—but brokenness, fear, and striving often push us toward building our own kingdoms instead of discovering God’s. Through Scripture, story, and honest reflection, we talk about how city building shows up in our lives, ministries, and relationships—and how it quietly robs us of trust, surrender, and true connection.If you’ve ever wondered “Am I enough?”—this episode is for you.👉 Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@MudAndRibPodcast🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple PodcastsStay Connected▶️ Watch on YouTube:www.youtube.com/@TheCaskeyCollective📧 Join Our Mailing List:https://mud-rib-podcast.kit.com/2986162456📸 Instagram: @mud.and.rib.podcast(https://www.instagram.com/mud.and.rib.podcast)💌 Share Your Ideas: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Ep 017: In Part 1 of our new Connecting series, we explore one of the most subtle threats to deep connection with God and others: the City Builder.All of us long for connection—but brokenness, fear, and striving often push us toward building our own kingdoms instead of discovering God’s. Through Scripture, story, and honest reflection, we talk about how city building shows up in our lives, ministries, and relationships—and how it quietly robs us of trust, surrender, and true connection.If you’ve ever wondered “Am I enough?”—this episode is for you.👉 Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@MudAndRibPodcast🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

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Ep 016: 🎄 Christmas is coming… and so are the traditions, family expectations, and strong opinions.

In this Mud & Rib Podcast episode, Guy and Kelli talk about:

- Navigating family during the holidays

- Setting healthy boundaries and protecting unity in marriage

- Creating Christ-centered traditions that can be handed down

- How to handle conflict when families do holidays differently

- The question many Christians ask: Should believers celebrate Christmas at all?

Guy also shares from Colossians 2:16–17 and Romans 14:5–10—showing the biblical freedom we have to celebrate or abstain, while refusing judgment, legalism, and contempt.

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Ep. 015: What happens when “in sickness and in health” stops being a line in your vows and becomes your daily reality?

In this very personal episode of the Mud and Rib Podcast, Guy and Kelli open up about living with chronic illness, invisible pain, years of sleepless nights, and the limits that have reshaped their marriage, ministry, and rhythms of life.

If you or someone you love is walking through chronic illness or long-term suffering, our prayer is that this conversation reminds you: Jesus is enough. You are not a burden. And your story still has Kingdom purpose.

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Ep. 014: Busyness isn’t just “part of life” anymore—it’s become a badge of honor. But underneath the full calendar, constant notifications, and fear of missing out, something much deeper is going on in our souls.

In this episode of the Mud and Rib Podcast, Guy and Kelli talk about how busyness is killing us—emotionally, physically, and spiritually—and how God is inviting us into a different way of living.

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