Marriage For Millennials: The Podcast

Sam and Ro discuss flock fear from a member perspective. Topics Include: Create The Itch, Don’t Scratch It Scripture vs Your Feelings: “I Feel it in my spirit” Giving -because you’re a good steward vs you got a "good word/performance" Selective Church Membership? Bivocational Pastoring Accurate Fear of the Flock Encouraging Your Pastor

Sam and Ro discuss uprooting your upbringing. Topics Include: Who Says Parents Can't Be Critiqued? Parents Are Key -honor your parents -parents lay the foundation Upbringing Peers -peers influence you more -being able to let chapters close with friendship traditions Upbringing Matters In Relationships -upbringing shapes your expectations Singles -weeding out upbringings while dating Other things upbringing affect -politeness over genuineness -being so organized that spontaneity is sacrifice -so much focus on logic that emotional connection is lost Uprooting upbringing -imperfect parents and peers mean transferred imperfections so what do you do about it Truth Over Tradition: don’t choose culture over Christ -don’t choose culture over Christ Being Mindful Of Your Impact On The Next Generations Upbringing

Sam and Ro discuss contentment vs ambition. Topics Include: Contentment vs. Happiness Contentment Is More About Your Heart Than Your Circumstance Contentment Is Not Void Of Ambition -Christians feel like being content means being broke (let's discuss) Ambition Vs. God's Sovereignty Contentment In The Home

Sam and Ro discuss infidelity. Topics Include: Fornication vs. Adultery Playing House Work Spouses Adult Entertainment Secret Texting Intimacy With Your Spouse

Sam and Ro discuss being fruitful over busy in Christian social influencer culture.

Sam and Ro discuss The Dangers of Idolizing The Five Love Languages. Topics include: What are the five love languages? How We Felt About Them Initially/Change of Heart That We Want To express with you Its Easy To Love Those That Love You (Matthew 5:46) That Sounds Like A Personal Problem Idolize Me Culture Sanctification Timeline: God’s or Yours? Compatibility

Sam and Ro do their first podcast of the year titled “God Vs. Your Vision Board” to kick off 2019. Topics include: Let Your Yes Be Your Yes & Your No Be Your No It’s Cut Off Season! (Insert Sarcasm Here) Law of Attraction vs. God’s Sovereignty The True Art To Moving In Silence Changing Anytime

Sam and Ro expand on secular song "Thank U, Next" by Ariana Grande Topics Include: If You Knew Who You Spouse Would Be From The Beginning of Time, Would You Change Your Past Relationships or Experiences? Lessons From Our Exes? -who deserves the thanks? -when God gives us over to our unwise desires -should partners be used as education Casual Dating -do millennials truly enjoy it? -how enjoyable is casual intimacy? How Do Christian Courtships Differ From Casual/Serial Dating? -dating is for how, courtship is for who Intentional Questions To Prevent The Dating Grey Area

Sam and Ro discuss the process of choosing a new church. Topics include: Setting The Foundation of Your Marriage With God The Church Search: What Should You Know About The Church You Want To Join? -making sure it is a good fit for you, teaching, discipling, leadership -is it wrong to ask for your church's financial reports? The Church Hurt -getting past church hurt (previous and present) -why do we look at church/Christians as a no hurt zone? Community -what does church community look like for you? -overcoming anxiety with joining a new church

Sam and Ro continue their leaving and cleaving podcast by discussing how new marriage priorities impact friendships and social groups. Topics Include: Is It Necessary For Your Friends To Get Along With Your Spouse? What If You Spouse Doesn't Care For Your Friends? -do you have to end a friendship just because your spouse doesn't like them? We Can't Kick It The Way We Used To -opposite sex friendships What To Do When You Are At Conflict With Your Friend's Spouse...Or Your Spouse's Friend -some things just won't work if Christ isn't in the center -you won't understand Christ's guidelines for conflict Using "Choosing Your Spouse In Conflict" As An Excuse Not To Reconcile -faux forgiveness -why dissolving a friendship is the easy way out and not necessarily the Godly way out -why apologies are cowardly -what is true reconciliation -is reconciliation a requirement

Sam and Ro discuss what leaving and cleaving looks like, as well as the feelings that come with starting your own family. Topics Include: Symbolism of Marriage for Husband & Wife Imposter Syndrome -are you qualified for this new role? Anger -going another way than your parents Sadness -missing your parents Happiness -the joys of starting a family

Sam and Ro discuss money, as it is the foundation of many things and can be a sensitive point in marriage if not controlled. They also answer the question they have recently been asked the most: how did you pay off your home? Topics Include: Money is one of the top leading things for divorce? Joint Account Experience To Split or Not To Split (Bills) Paying Off Our Home Reasons Why You Are Having Trouble With Money Being A Steward Over God’s Blessings

Check out our new podcast titled: "Physical Expectations In Marriage? Why Don’t Pastor’s Talk About Gluttony?” Some key points: God Gives Us Food As A Gift/Pleasure Why The Church Doesn’t Talk About Gluttony? Body Shaming vs. Accountability Exercise Is An Excuse? Using Being A Church Leader or A “Good Mom or Dad” As An Excuse? Grace In Physical Expectations

Rochelle & Samuel Discuss Gender Roles & Grace Topics Include: 1. Equal Worth vs. Equal Roles 2. Why Do Women View Family As An Attack on Their Strength 3. Melting Masculinity: Why Don't Men Want To Lead Anymore? 4. Bills: To Split Or Not To Split?

Sam & Ro talk about the structure of God, Family & Friends in your household. Topics include how to create a devotional schedule and pray in front of your spouse, how to establish boundaries in family and friendships, how to resolve conflict in other relationships and endure long suffering with others.

Sam & Rochelle are back after a short break of wedding planning and getting married.

Happy Valentines Day! If you celebrate it, we hope that you have a great day according to your means, and we hope that you enjoy this podcast. Topics Include: 1. Contently Pursuing God -what is true happiness? 2. Pleasure vs. Happiness -sometimes when we say we want happiness we are really saying “I want what pleasures me” 3. Happiness Is An Emotion -what happens when you’re not happy? 4. Happiness Requires Sacrificing -so many times you watch relationship content and it’s all about what you can do to make your significant other happy as opposed to what you can sacrifice to make them happy. & more.

Sam and Ro announce a new chapter in their lives and what it means for them.

Sam and Ro talk about the cross-genre trend in music, specifically the Christian community.

About a year ago, I started the MFM Podcast with the debut podcast titled "Traveling While Celibate". Sam and I had just come from Puerto Rico for his 30th birthday and after over 2 years of abstinence (now about 3 years), I wanted to shed some light on how Sam and I travel while being a couple practicing celibacy. Since then, our opinions on the topic have changed a little. From having conversations with our community of friends (which included some reproving)and becoming more wise, we decided to do this podcast over. The first time the podcast was just me, this time I've brought Sam to get his opinion as well. Take a listen: #MFMThePodcast #TwoPsWithAPod