Love Your Marriage: Podcast for Catholic Married Couples

How do we welcome people into our home, and who is it that we take the time to welcome? Do we take the time to welcome our spouse? Do we work to make the home more hospitable to them? And do we take the time to welcome children, and set them up for success? Only from there does opening the house for others really make sense...but from there, it really does make sense to open our homes to others!

In case no one's ever welcomed you before, it's good you're here! The problems you're facing, the goal you're chasing, the mate you're dating-- it's good that you're in the midst of them, because you're the one who can take a next step. Happy New Year! We're co-hosting a "Plan Your Year" virtual video workshop with Jonathan and Amanda Teixeira (fou...

What do you think about applying business-y principles to your marriage? How do you feel about reading a leadership/productivity book and applying the lessons to the home? Have you ever learned something from a work experience and brought it back home, and it worked for the better? Joseph did these things. And we're both glad he did! Check out our ministry at ouroutpost.org --we're just tr...

Before we talk about how the home can be a more productive place, we need to talk about our approach to productivity. Crystal grew up in a productivity-is-really-important mindset, and Joseph has been reading about Aristotle recently. Very different mindsets toward productivity!

If we as a married couple are teammates, what game are we playing? If we don't know the game, we don't know the rules, and we don't know the end goal. Fortunately, the Catholic vision of matrimony does give us a sense of what the game is! And check us out at our ouroutpost.org!

Your marriage is unique. Rather than being bothered that your family isn't like other families, that may be something to lean into a little bit! There's never been anyone like you, and as you well know, there's never been anyone like your spouse. The two of you coming together is a unique happening in history, and means you have unique opportunities and a unique mission. Comparison jus...

Not to be sensational, but Satan hates your marriage. There may be other signs of Satan meddling with your marriage, but two of them seem to be lies and noise. When we believe lies about ourselves, our spouse, about God, our vocation, the world...it makes a difference, because we are made for reality, so that's where true joy is to be found. And when life is discordant, it makes a difference t...

We're hosting a free online marriage workshop on the topic of hopes and dreams this week! Sign up here: https://ouroutpost.ck.page/workshop

Our son asks every night what the plan is for tomorrow. In marriage, sometimes it's tempting to only plan a day at a time. But we have the capacity to plan longer term, and to make progress toward realizable goals!

Maybe you've heard the saying that couples either grow together or grow apart. All other things being equal, we'd rather grow together, ourselves. And we'd love to encourage you to do likewise!

If you feel like the world is against marriage in general and your marriage in particular, it's good to take a step back and see where the lines are drawn and who is on which side! Check out our website at ouroutpost.org and feel free to drop us a line at hello@ouroutpost.org!