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Marriage

A Bible sits open with a ribbon bookmark running down the middle.

Overcoming a Bad Church Experience

If you or your spouse have had a bad church experience in the past, you’re not alone.

Communicating your expectations in marriage is important. A young couple sits at a table talking about their expectations in their marriage.

How to Communicate Your Expectations in Marriage

I’ve yet to meet a married couple who didn’t struggle with unspoken expectations. By learning to talk about expectations in your marriage, you can begin to establish a more satisfying relationship.

A husband and wife sitting on a couch talking to each other. There are four types of communication to strengthen your marriage.

Four Types of Communication to Strengthen Your Marriage

The key to a great marriage is communication. What kind of communication? Dr. Greg Smalley recommends couples have four key marriage conversations.

An extended African American family of two parents, two grandparents, and two kids sit on a couch enjoying each other's company. Setting boundaries with in-laws is important.

Setting Boundaries with In-Laws and Relatives

Dr. Bill Maier addresses the issue of in-law relationships, drawing boundaries, and help for when a family member drops in uninvitedly.

This advice for in-laws can keep great relationships with married children, like this photo of an elderly couple with their married children illustrates.

Advice for In-Laws to Avoid Conflict with Married Children

Healthy in-law relationships contribute to the success of marriage.

A woman stands alone annoyed by her husband confiding in his mother about their relationship. Here are some tips for cutting your spouse's apron strings.

Cutting Your Spouse’s Apron Strings

Maintaining relationships with our parents is usually beneficial, but problems arise if certain factors are present.

A photo of a young couple welcoming their in-laws to their house. Getting along with your in-laws requires civility.

Getting Along With Your In-Laws

Getting along with your in-laws may not be easy, but these practical tips will help you make the best of it.

Good relationships with your in-laws is important. Here's an extended family laughing and getting along well.

Myths and Realities of Extended Families

Your relationship with your in-laws will probably change once you get married.

photo of Dr. Greg Smalley pushing his wife Erin on the swings. They have a love that has and will last a lifetime.

Lifetime Love: Advice from Couples Who Made Marriage Last

We’d be wise to listen to those who have been married for a long time. They have important information for us. These five lessons can help us build a strong foundation for a life-long marriage.

A young couple in a kitchen talking to their in-laws. Controlling in-laws trying to run your life is a difficult challenge.

What If In-Laws Try to Run Our Lives?

Relating to controlling in-laws is one of the trickiest problems a marriage can face. If you believe your in-laws are trying to run your life, the following principles might help.

Managing Conflict with your in-laws is very important. Here we see a harmonious family with two in-laws, a young couple and their two kids.

Managing Conflict With In-Laws

You don’t just marry your spouse … you marry their family. And that can be difficult. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and love your in-laws.

A younger couple sits with an older couple on couches in a living room.

How Your Relationship with Your In-Laws Impacts Your Marriage

Do you get along with your in-laws?

A married couple receives a warm welcome from their in-laws. Building in-law relationships is important.

In-Law Relationships

Letting in-laws split, manipulate, or control you by silently acceding to their nutty, neurotic, inappropriate demands isn’t necessarily showing Christian love.

A couple sits with a marriage counselor to learn the keys to a successful second marriage.

How We Built a Successful Second Marriage

Statistics doom second marriages like Jerry and Kelly’s. Seeking premarital guidance from a Christian counseling ministry was the logical choice to proactively protect their marriage.

A couple with three kids from a blended stepfamily after remarriage navigate crossing a creek by stepping over rocks.

Is Remarriage Right for You and Your Future Stepfamily?

Understanding the challenges of stepfamily living can help you make an informed decision about remarriage.

A reconciled couple consider remarriage.

Dr. Bill Maier on Remarriage

Dr. Bill Maier addresses the issues of remarriage and blended families.

Husband and wife holding hands

Avoiding Threats to Your Relationship

There are a lot of problems that can cripple or fatally wound a marriage, whether it’s just starting or yet to come.

Remarriage doesn't wipe away memories and old habits. When such habits arise take time to discuss them, like this couple sitting on this couch.

Remarriage Doesn’t Wipe Away Memories and Old Habits

Remarriage may start a clean relationship slate, but it doesn’t wipe away memories and old habits. Your best response to your spouse’s remarriage mistakes may be uncommonly simple.

A man and a woman celebrate the joys of being remarried.

Dealing With the Past When You’re Remarried

Gil and Brenda Stuart brought memories, habits and history into their new marriage. They learned the importance of acknowledging the associated emotions and being able to talk about them.

Married couple speaking gently to each other

Recovering From an Affair

Whether you or your spouse recently confessed extramarital affair, we want to help you recover from the affair amid this overwhelming pain.