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Pastor Jamaal Williams on ministry and marriage

Brad interviews Pastor Jamaal Williams of Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, KY. Jamaal shares with us the impact of seeing...


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Tags: Interviews, Faith, Relationship

Preventing the drift and protecting your marriage (3 minute video)

Preventing the drift in marriage is vital. You must learn to protect your marriage.


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Tags: Divorce, Interviews, Ministry,

What women want most in their marriage. (Video)

Ladies, thanks for your input! We asked earlier this week what YOU desire in your marriage. We asked Marilyn to help us unpack...


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Tags: Communication

Communication in marriage is tough. Here's a checklist.

When you were a child, did you play the game of Telephone?Do you remember the premise for the game? The first person starts with a


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Tags: Faith, Relationship, Communication

5 ways to fight selfishness in your marriage

How do we keep selfishness from festering and becoming a major problem in our marriages? Here are five easy ways to fight...


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Tags: Divorce, Faith, Relationship,

Parenting differences
By Grace Marriage On September 6, 2019

Parenting differences

We hear, "We don't agree on the way we parent our kids and we don't know how to handle our differences." Though that can be...


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Tags: Parenting, Relationship, Communication

Focus on the Family broadcast featuring Brad & Marilyn Rhoads

Co-founders of Grace Marriage, Brad Rhoads and his wife, Marilyn, were interviewed live in studio at Focus on the Family. They...


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Tags: Interviews, Ministry, Parenting,

Fixing your spouse? (Video)

Ever feel like you need to fix your spouse? Brad shares his recent attempt to "fix" Marilyn…and the results. 


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Tags: Divorce, Faith, Relationship,

Pet peeves
By Grace Marriage On August 23, 2019

Pet peeves

Pet Peeves are part of being alive and sharing life with other people. How do we handle the little annoyances that happen in our...


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Tags: Interviews, Faith, Relationship,

Sacrificial love: when small things are big.

Hopefully, this post serves more as a reminder to you than anything. Marriage is a picture of God’s love for His bride, the...


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Tags: Faith, Relationship

How did Grace Marriage start?

We recently had the privilege of spending time with our friends at LifePoint Church | Smyrna, TN. What an amazing,...


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Tags: Divorce, Ministry, Faith,

Church leaders: a plan to do less marriage crisis counseling

Prevention in marriage is three times more effective than intervention.  Plus, as the average couple is unhappy six years before...


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Tags: Divorce, Interviews, Ministry,

Focus on the Family Video and Audio (Parts 1 and 2)

We are thankful for the opportunity to have spent time with Jim Daly and John Fuller in Colorado Springs.  After the broadcast,...


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Tags: Interviews

Brad & Marilyn Rhoads on Focus on the Family Broadcast

We are thankful for the opportunity to be on the Focus (“Focus”) on the Family Radio show. Focus helps countless families and...


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Tags: Interviews, Ministry, Parenting,

The productivity enhancer
By Grace Marriage On October 14, 2018

The productivity enhancer

Many people feel like they are working at capacity and doing their best, when in reality they are working and serving well below...


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Tags: Faith, Relationship, Communication

A culture of affirmation
By Grace Marriage On September 10, 2018

A culture of affirmation

I once had the poor judgment to ask my wife, upon my return from work, “What have you been doing all day?” Taken aback by my lack...


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Tags: Relationship

True Love Dates features Grace Marriage founders

We don’t often get to take a candid look at real marriage. We live in a culture in which pulling back the “veil” on marriage is...


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Tags: Interviews, Parenting, Faith,