The Redeemed Marriage Podcast

In working with couples, one of the things we hear over and over again is that communication is their biggest struggle. But when we slow that down and really look at it, it’s often not just about what’s being said—it’s about what’s not being said.

In this episode, we’re talking about the conversations we tend to avoid. The ones that feel risky, uncomfortable, or easier to just keep to ourselves. Whether it’s physical intimacy, finances, or that quiet, unsettling feeling that you’re starting to drift apart, these unspoken areas can slowly create distance in a marriage.

We’ve been there ourselves, and we know how tempting it is to stay silent just to keep the peace. But what we’ve learned is that silence doesn’t protect connection—it erodes it. The longer things go unspoken, the more room there is for resentment to grow and for disconnection to take root.

We also talk about the mental gymnastics so many of us do—rehearsing conversations in our heads, assuming the worst, and carrying things our spouse doesn’t even know exist. It’s exhausting, and it keeps us stuck.

Our hope in this conversation is to give you a different way forward. We’re sharing practical ways to approach hard topics with grace, curiosity, and honesty so that those conversations can actually bring you closer instead of pushing you apart.

You don’t have to stay stuck in the silence. There is a better way to be known, to be heard, and to reconnect with your spouse.'

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This week on the Redeemed Marriage podcast, we are coming to you from our retreat home in Atlanta after spending several powerful days with couples who traveled here from across the country. Weeks like this always remind us of something that so many marriages forget in the middle of the struggle: you are not the only couple fighting this battle.

When a marriage gets hard, it is easy to feel isolated. It is easy to believe that everyone else has it figured out while your relationship feels broken, tense, or distant. But sitting around the living room with couples this week reminded us again that so many people are carrying the same fears, the same frustrations, and the same quiet questions about whether their marriage can really change.

If your marriage feels heavy right now, we want this conversation to remind you of something important. You are not alone. Your spouse is not your enemy. And no situation is beyond God’s ability to redeem. We see it every week sitting across from couples who once believed their story was over.

There is always hope for redemption, and we are honored to be fighting for marriages alongside you.

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This week we’re sitting down to talk about something that can feel absolutely suffocating — shame and guilt.

During a recent Q&A, someone asked how you move forward when it feels like you have a scarlet “A” for adultery spray-painted across your chest. And that question hit home.

Even fifteen years after Heather’s confession, the enemy still tries to whisper lies. There are moments when the weight of the past feels heavy, and the temptation to slip back into shame is real. But we’ve learned something over the years — shame is not from the Lord.

In this episode, we talk honestly about what it looks like to rebuild a marriage after infidelity and how we’ve chosen to replace that “A” with an “F” for forgiven and an “R” for redeemed.

Rusty also shares vulnerably about his own battle — the lingering narrative of not being “good enough” as the betrayed spouse. Because healing isn’t just about the one who confessed. Both people wrestle. Both people have to fight for truth.

We talk about how we’ve rebuilt our home on a biblical foundation, why we refuse to put our marriage on cruise control, and the practical ways we take our thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10) when shame tries to creep back in.

If you’ve ever felt defined by your worst decision…
If you’ve ever believed you’re permanently marked by your past…
If you’re wondering whether true freedom is actually possible…

We want you to know this: you are not your worst day. In Christ, you are forgiven. You are redeemed. And healing is still available.

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In this episode, we’re talking about something that can make people uncomfortable pretty quickly: boundaries. Over the past few months, we’ve received a lot of questions about opposite-sex friendships, digital transparency, work relationships, and what healthy safeguards should actually look like in marriage. So we decided it was time to revisit why we believe in what some might call “extreme” boundaries.

If we’re honest, if we had these guardrails in place years ago, our story might have unfolded very differently. We’ve learned the hard way that boundaries aren’t about controlling each other — they’re about protecting the most valuable relationship we have.

We share some of the personal standards we live by now, from complete password transparency to why we don’t delete texts, avoid one-on-one lunches, or travel alone with someone of the opposite sex. We also talk about how the media we consume can slowly desensitize us to the sacredness of our covenant without us even realizing it.

This isn’t about creating a list of legalistic rules. It’s about having honest conversations and intentionally building a fortress around your marriage. Healthy boundaries don’t put walls between a husband and wife — they lock arms together and keep unnecessary risk on the outside.

If you want to protect what you love most, this conversation is for you.

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This month, we’ve had the privilege of praying for marriages every single day — reading names, lifting up stories, and standing in the gap for couples who are hurting, hoping, and hanging on. And as we’ve done that, it’s stirred something deeper in us about what prayer in marriage really is… and what it isn’t.

In this episode, we talk honestly about how easy it is to confuse worrying with praying. We think about the problem. We rehearse conversations in our heads. We stress. We analyze. But that’s not the same thing as bringing it before the Lord.

Prayer isn’t a negotiation. It’s not a way to convince God to take our side or fix our spouse. It’s not a spiritual wish list where we hope He delivers exactly what we ordered. Real prayer is alignment. It’s surrender. It’s allowing God to reshape our hearts until our desires begin to look more like His.

We share what bold faith actually looks like — the kind that asks for miracles without demanding them. The kind that believes God can restore what feels impossible, while still trusting Him if the answer comes differently than we hoped. That tension is something we’ve lived. We’ve prayed desperate prayers. We’ve asked for big miracles. And we’ve also had to surrender outcomes we couldn’t control.

If you’ve been praying for your spouse, praying for your marriage, or maybe just thinking about it more than actually talking to God about it, this conversation is for you.

Maybe the prayer that changes your marriage isn’t “Lord, fix them.”

Maybe it’s “Lord, change me.”

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