Marriage Champions

01:23  Work as a pastor.  Discernment counseling in churches. 05:36  Journey to marriage ministry - personal marriage, experience in church. 05:55  Building a strong church by strengthening marriages and families.  Why marriage isn't a priority in many churches.  Body of Christ is last hope for marriage. 23:56  Condition of marriage in churches and way forward. &...

00:57  Book wrote with father, Dr. Bill Harley - Let's Get Growing, Christian! 06:30  Background:  wife, mother, PhD in educational psychology, researcher, author, marriage counselor, creator of Four Gifts of Love Course. 15:42  Challenges facing marriages today:  Screwtape Letters and distractions.   28:51  The Four Gifts of Love:  Romantic love, long lasti...

00:36  Background and Interest in marriage. 14:07  Awakening a vision for strengthening marriages.  Key elements, practices of strong marriages - friendship, presence of Holy Spirit, Bible. 19:07  Creation of five week "Marriage in Christ" seminar. 24:05  Example of devotion time with spouse includes prayer, scripture, sharing. 27:09  Picture of marriage in Bible - co...

Episode #3 - Being an Effective Listener, Levels of Listening, Listening with the Heart, Understanding and Engaging Emotions, Role of Emotions, Marriage Intimacy through Trust and Openness 01:38  Personal marriage journey, joys and sorrows. 12:30  Understanding what we contribute to the pain in our marriages. 16:37  Learning to be an effective listener.  Levels of listening. 24...

Episode #2 - Online Marriage Mentor Training, Dealing with Emotions, Six Steps to Improve Marriage Satisfaction, Starting a Marriage Ministry in a Church  00:59  Background in business and interest in marriage ministry. 03:38  Lessons learned from own marriage challenges:  communication, emotions, etc. 15:12  Getting third party help.  Dealing with emotions. 19:54 &nb...

Episode #1 - Training up Marriage Mentors, Friends First Responders, Discernment Counseling, Keys to a Successful Marriage, Three Questions to Ask to Save a Marriage  01:37  Background studying and teaching Hebrew. 08:00  Created marriage ministry while pastoring a church. 09:44  Setting up marriage ministry utilizing lay leaders in church. 10:56  Use and benefit of premar...