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What I Wish I Knew Before Getting Engaged with Tatum Munivez

February 26, 2025 — Tatum Munivez, Chris Grace

In this episode, Chris Grace and guest co-host Tatum Munivez explore key questions to ask before getting engaged. They discuss essential relationship considerations, including compatibility, handling conflict, emotional safety, and recognizing red and green flags. Through personal insights and real-life examples, they provide practical wisdom to help you navigate the engagement decision with confidence.

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Cultivate Hope Together

March 6, 2024 — Pam Farrel

In this week's blog post, Pam Farrel, relationship specialist and bestselling author, gives effective and practical tips to help you build upon the life-changing Biblical hope that will revolutionize your relationship!

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Importance of Premarital Counseling and Mentoring

February 19, 2024 — Willa Williams

How do you prepare for a healthy, vibrant relationship with your spouse before getting married?

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10 Steps To Take When A Good Relationship Starts To Go Bad

February 7, 2024 — Chris Grace

Read Dr. Chris Grace's blog to discover three key differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and 10 things you can do when a good relationship starts to go bad.

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When Romance Meets Reality

May 10, 2023 — Marilette Sanchez

We are constantly fed ideals and images of what our lives should look like. Popular (and even Christian) culture has romanticized what it looks like when two become one. In today's blog, FamilyLife marriage and family advocate, wife, mother of five, and writer, Marilette Sanchez addresses this disillusionment and shares her story of navigating when romance meets reality.

Sensitive Relationship Topics: Jealousy, Engagement, Intimacy

August 2, 2022 — Alisa Grace, Chris Grace

How do you deal with jealousy when your partner has best friends of the opposite sex? How do you know when you’re ready to move from dating to engagement? If you're getting too intimate in your relationship, how do you stop? These questions and more are addressed in today's podcast when Dr. Chris and Alisa Grace dive deep into topics of jealousy and insecurity, maturity for advancing relationships, and crossing boundaries in relationships. Their supportive insight guides couples to push aside their physical intmacy and keep God at the center of their relationship.

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I Had No Ring By Spring, But I Met My Husband In The Most Unexpected Place

May 3, 2022 — Debra Fileta

No ring by spring? Not to worry. In today's blog, author Debra Fileta describes how to cope when life doesn't go according to our own plans, and how we can take comfort that God's plan is perfectly lined up and 1000 times more creative than what we could plan ourselves.

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Thinking About Getting Engaged?

April 13, 2021 — Chris Grace

What are some specific questions that my girlfriend and I should talk about to see if we should get married?

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Should I Pay Off My Future Fiancé's Student Loans? - Part 2

November 3, 2020 — Rick Bee

I have been dating my girlfriend for five years, and I’m getting ready to propose. She has taken out loans to pay for grad school, but I have a nest egg I can use to pay them off now. If we are getting married in 1.5 years, should I pay off her school loan now or wait until we are married?

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Should I Pay Off My Future Fiancé's Student Loans?

September 29, 2020 — Rick Bee

"I have been dating my girlfriend for five years, and I’m getting ready to propose. She has taken out loans to pay for grad school, but I have a nest egg I can use to pay them off now. If we are getting married in 1.5 years, should I pay off her school loan now or wait until we are married?"

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