Abundant Marriage

In Episode 13, we are a little late posting this episode that was recorded in early September, but we cover what's been going on in life lately with our main topic transitioning to "the steep climbs of spiritual growth" and how we are approaching them currently in our marriage.

In this episode we are back after a LONGER hiatus (sorry!) and we are pumped to say that we made it to our one year wedding anniversary! Dive in with us as we review what's been going on the past couple of months and hear us reflect on the biggest things we've learned in our first year of marriage!

In episode 11, we are BACK after a long hiatus to give the update on why we we're away, dive deep into living by faith as a couple, and discuss how all this relates to showing up vulnerability and authentically. It's an episode where Zach maybe gets on his soap box a little too much, but where we hope you can resonate with the struggles we all go through trying to live for Christ in a world that sometimes contradicts those values.

In this special episode I take a few minutes to wish my wish my wife a Happy Birthday on April 10, 2019. Important call to action for all friends of the podcast inside! ;)

In episode 9 we are talking all about becoming a student of your spouse through the lense of studying each other's personalities. We have had so much fruit come from discovering the power of learning how to better recognize each other's personality traits on a day to day basis. Through learning how we can approach our differences with grace and love we've used them for our mutual benefit instead of our mutual destruction! We are pumped for this episode and hope you enjoy it!

In episode 8, we are diving deep on the importance of having real "community" around in a Christ-centered marriage. We talk about different types of community that are possible and examine what God asks us to focus on, no matter what. Using our own experiences, both with and without community, we also share some of our thoughts on how to find community if you are struggling to do so.

In episode 7, we talk all about our most recent communication breakdown and then breakdown what Christ-centered communication actually looks like! We hope that through the awkward pauses and real examples, that you can get something that can help you better understand how Christ wants us to communicate with each other! Enjoy.

In episode 6 of Abundant Marriage, we talk about God's formula for relationships versus the world's forumula for relationships. Trust us when we say we know from experience that there is a big difference!

In Episode 5 of Abundant Marriage, we discuss how shame shows up in marriage and what we can do about it! Sharing personal examples and discussing how to identify and properly handle shame, we had a lot of fun diving into this topic and hope it is helpful to listen to!

In the 4th episode of Abundant Marriage, we share our experiences with the power of prayer in our relationship! We discuss our personal histories with praying, what habits we are cultivating, and some of the fruits of making praying a focus in our marriage so far!

Welcome to Episode 3 of Abundant Marriage! Living in a culture that so often values being "in love" over doing the real work that love requires can be tricky. That's why, in this episode, we focus in on using the 5 "Love Languages" to consistently fill up each other's "love tanks" and set the framework to help build a relationship that lasts.

It's the second episode of "Abundant Marriage"...yay! In this episode... -We debut our freshly minted new "intro" to the podcast (plus a funny story related to that...) -Marriage Fail of the week is back! -We talk about all the feedback (+ and -) we got from episode one -We share a little bit more about our individual "faith" backgrounds --And a whole bunch more as we ramble (just a bit) our way through! Please give us your feedback again at meetthefrankes@gmail.com...that was so helpful for us. Thanks for listening!

Zach and Krystal Franke debut their first episode of their podcast, "Abundant Marriage" In this episode... -Why are we doing a podcast? -What is our mission behind Abundant Marriage and why did we choose "Abundance"? -Kicking off the New Year & Welcoming 2019 --Highlight our trip to West Virginia -Husband/Wife Fail of the Week -What is one way we are grateful for each other this week or something you want to say thank you for this week? -What does everyone want to see from this podcast? Email us at meetthefrankes@gmail.com with any feedback!