Episode 116 -
Whether you're married 5 years or 50, looking back on the early days in your relationship with your spouse can bring about feelings of great nostalgia. The excitement of thinking she might be the one; the deep desire to have her become yours forever; moving into your first home together: these are memories with strong emotional resonance. They are the things we sing songs about! But how well, as the years go by, do we see the present moments of our marriage and the storybook ones of our past as being part of a connected whole?
Chad grabs the lead mic to twang out a tune for this episode, while Ben's on the backup vocals hitting a nasally note as co-host. The two reminisce about their relationships with their wives, searching for meaningful threads that tie their present marriages back to past memories. What is a newly engaged couple dreaming of when they decide to share the rest of their lives with each other? What are some of the stories Chad and Ben recall about the early years of their respective marriages? What does it mean that two "become one flesh" (Mark 10:8) in marriage, and how can that oneness help us better understand the meaning of married love?
SHOW NOTES:
Book read in episode: Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry | Goodreads
Andrew Peterson song referenced: Andrew Peterson - Dancing in the Minefields
(Official Video) - YouTube
Alan Jackson song (in episode title): https://youtu.be/TTA2buWlNyM
Episode 116 -
Whether you're married 5 years or 50, looking back on the early days in your relationship with your spouse can bring about feelings of great nostalgia. The excitement of thinking she might be the one; the deep desire to have her become yours forever; moving into your first home together: these are memories with strong emotional resonance. They are the things we sing songs about! But how well, as the years go by, do we see the present moments of our marriage and the storybook ones of our past as being part of a connected whole?
Chad grabs the lead mic to twang out a tune for this episode, while Ben's on the backup vocals hitting a nasally note as co-host. The two reminisce about their relationships with their wives, searching for meaningful threads that tie their present marriages back to past memories. What is a newly engaged couple dreaming of when they decide to share the rest of their lives with each other? What are some of the stories Chad and Ben recall about the early years of their respective marriages? What does it mean that two "become one flesh" (Mark 10:8) in marriage, and how can that oneness help us better understand the meaning of married love?
SHOW NOTES:
Book read in episode: Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry | Goodreads
Andrew Peterson song referenced: Andrew Peterson - Dancing in the Minefields
(Official Video) - YouTube
Alan Jackson song (in episode title): https://youtu.be/TTA2buWlNyM