Want a thriving marriage that feels more connected, intentional, and Christ-centered? In this episode, we share five simple (but powerful!) ways to invest in your marriage this week—from praying together and having deeper conversations to starting a weekly marriage meeting that transforms your relationship. Whether you’ve been married one year or ten, these habits will help you move from “ships in the night” to a marriage rooted in faith, intimacy, and joy.

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In this episode of the One Degree Podcast, we unpack how gratitude can transform your marriage from drifting into discontentment back into connection and joy. If you’ve found yourself slipping into nagging, comparison, or simply overlooking your spouse, this conversation is for you.

We share:

• Why ungratefulness breeds discontentment in marriage

• How gratitude shifts your mindset and fosters intimacy

• Practical steps to show daily appreciation

• What to do when your spouse feels distant or difficult

Whether you’ve been married one year or 30, this episode will help you cultivate gratitude as a Christ-centered discipline—replacing criticism with contentment, and rekindling love that glorifies God.

 

👉 Download our free Weekly Marriage Meeting Template to start practicing gratitude today.

 

⏱️ Timestamps

 

• 2:30 – Micro discontentments: avoidance, nagging, and comparison

• 11:00 – Practical step #1: Start with your thought life

• 13:40 – Practical step #2: Voice appreciation regularly

• 17:30 – Practical step #3: Start a gratitude journal

• 18:30 – When gratitude feels impossible in a difficult season

• 28:00 – Gratitude doesn’t replace conflict resolution—don’t ignore issues

• 29:00 – Your One Degree Shift

Making friends as an adult is tough—and when you’re married, it can feel nearly impossible. Between busy schedules, kids’ bedtimes, and the challenge of finding couples where everyone clicks, it’s easy to feel lonely or disconnected.

In this episode, we share real talk about why friendships matter for your marriage, the unique challenges of couple friendships, and three practical keys to building deep, lasting community: initiate, be curious, and be vulnerable. We’ll also talk about the difference between hosting vs. hospitality, how to get over the fear of rejection, and why prayer is the best place to start when seeking friendships.

✨ Resources + Mentions

• Weekly Marriage Meeting Template (Free Download)

• Marriage on Mission 7-Day Challenge

Whether you’re newly married or deep in the trenches of family life, this conversation will encourage you to pursue friendships that strengthen your marriage and your faith.

How should Christian couples handle money? From budgeting basics to the biblical call to stewardship, this episode explores how finances can either create conflict or deepen unity in marriage. We discuss transparency, generosity, and aligning your budget with your family’s mission—plus practical tools for starting today. Whether you’re overwhelmed by debt or saving comfortably, you’ll walk away with a biblical framework for money in marriage.

👉 Ready to put this into practice? Download our free Weekly Marriage Meeting Template and check out the 7-Day Marriage on Mission Challenge to take the first step toward financial unity and spiritual growth in your marriage.

You’ve probably heard them all—“Happy wife, happy life,” “Marriage should be 50/50,” “Don’t go to bed angry.” But are these catchy phrases actually helping your marriage… or quietly sabotaging it?

In this episode, we’re unpacking five of the most common marriage clichés and holding them up to the light of Scripture. Some of them sound sweet. Some of them sound wise. But all of them fall short of God’s design for a thriving, Christ-centered marriage.

Whether you’re newly married or a few years in, this episode will help you trade in shallow slogans for deeper, gospel-rooted truth.

  00:00 Intro 08:13 Exploring Marriage Clichés 11:22 Cliché 1: Happy Wife, Happy Life 15:02 Cliché 2: Marriage Should Be 50/50 20:20 Cliché 3: Love Means Never Having to Say Sorry 23:11 Cliché 4: My Spouse Completes Me 28:22 Cliché 5: Kids Come First 38:18 One Degree Shift   START THE 7-DAY MARRIAGE ON MISSION CHALLENGE

When public scandals break—like the one that sparked conversation at a recent Coldplay concert—how should Christians respond?

In this episode, we talk about why our response to exposed sin should look different than the culture’s. Not dismissive. Not self-righteous. But honest, humble, and reflective. We unpack why accountability matters, how easily we can grow desensitized to sin, and how these moments should turn our gaze inward before pointing fingers outward.

 

• 00:00 - Introduction: Welcome and overview of the episode.
• 02:15 - Viral Coldplay Concert Moment: Discussion on the viral kiss cam incident.
• 08:30 - Public Scandals and Personal Values: Exploring the impact on personal values.
• 15:45 - The Role of Accountability: Importance of accountability in relationships.
• 22:10 - Social Media's Influence: How social media affects our perception of morality.
• 30:00 - Christian Response to Scandals: Reflecting on a thoughtful and compassionate response.
• 38:20 - Closing Thoughts: Encouragement for reflection and personal growth.

  🔗 Resources

  • Marriage on Mission 7-Day Challenge ($10) — Includes daily prompts to walk you through crafting your mission statement, identifying your core values, and implementing them into your weekly rhythms. This one-week challenge will be a game-changer for your marriage!

  • Become a patron by subscribing to our Substack — get access to bonus podcast episodes, posts, and lots of behind-the-scenes lifestyle content (think: homeschooling, fitness, home-keeping, and more)

If you and your spouse were asked, separately, what your family values most... would your answers match? And do your calendars, budgets, and habits reflect those values?

In this episode, we walk you through our six core family values—how we came up with them, how they’ve practically shaped our decisions, and how you can develop and implement your own.

Whether you’re starting from scratch or refining old values, we’ll show you why this “structured stuff” isn’t stuffy... it’s freeing.

(00:00) Why family values matter more than you think

(03:00) Three diagnostic questions to evaluate your current values

(06:00) Why having structure in your marriage brings freedom

(11:00) Our 6 family values and how we landed on them

(25:50) Our weakest value vs. hardest value to live out

(32:00) How our values shape our life today (especially in this busy season)

(36:20) The practical way we revisit our values weekly

(39:20) Your One Degree Shift + a shameless plug

 

🔗 Resources

• Marriage on Mission 7-Day Challenge ($10) — Includes daily prompts to walk you through crafting your mission statement, identifying your core values, and implementing them into your weekly rhythms. This one-week challenge will be a game-changer for your marriage!

Conflict in marriage isn’t just inevitable—it can actually be good… if you know how to handle it. In this episode, we (Nathaniel and Xan) share five unhelpful ways couples commonly navigate conflict (think: avoidance, blame-shifting, and yelling matches) and contrast them with the six simple steps we use when tension arises in our own marriage.

We talk about why a conflict resolution plan might sound stiff—but actually leads to deeper connection, better communication, and much less chaos. 

Whether you’re newly married or ten years in, this episode is packed with practical tools to help you stop fighting at each other and start fighting for your marriage.

One Degree Shift: Create a conflict plan that works for you and your spouse… or at least start the conversation.

What if the biggest shift in your marriage isn’t something dramatic—but something simple? In this episode, we’re sharing the one habit that changed everything for us: weekly marriage meetings.

No, it’s not glamorous. And yes, it felt a little awkward at first. But creating space each week to realign, communicate, and set shared goals helped us move from just coexisting to building something intentional together. We’ll walk you through how it started, what our meetings look like now (with three kids in the mix), and how you can start your own rhythm—even if your spouse isn’t totally bought in yet. Plus, we’ll share the exact questions we ask each week and offer practical tips to get started.

👉 Ready to take it deeper? Grab our Marriage on Mission 7-Day Challenge—a step-by-step guide to help you reconnect, get on the same page, and start building a marriage with purpose that you're excited to come home to.

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