In seasons of busyness, it can be easy for marriages to drift towards disconnection. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Kaleb Beyer encourages simple ways to maintain connection as well as a framework for thinking about marriage amid the busy.

Show notes:

Demands on our time and attention can ebb and flow over the calendar year. When marriage is involved, these seasons of busyness impact the marriage. If we are not vigilant, disconnection can result. Communication becomes challenging. Irritations can set in, and spouses can drift apart. Couples who wish to weather these seasons well need to be thoughtful about how they remain connected. A few examples follow:

• Connect with your spouse by having regular "check in's." Take time to update your spouse and be updated on the life of the other.

• Connect with the life your spouse is living. Try to understand the demands he/she is under. Have a goal to visualize their day-to-day.

• Connect with your shared roles by growing your appreciation for the career of each. Understand the uniqueness of the profession and what it means to your family.

• Connect by establishing shared rituals through the season. Celebrate the season by infrequent significant moments of connection that bind marriage and family amid the season.

• Connect by establishing frequent small moments of connection during the season.

• Connect with the larger shape of marriage. A life for which a season is that - a season.

• Connect with the larger intention God has for challenges in marriage. The intention to grow you up into Christ-likeness.