Crawford Loritts and his wife, Karen, reminisce about their courtship and early years of marriage. The Lorittses encourage young couples to link arms with older couples to help them walk through the first years of marriage.

Every couple will have conflict. But it’s how they handle that conflict that makes all the difference. Jim Burns explains that fear is often hiding behind our defensiveness. But once you realize your fears, you can face them and handle conflict better.

The best thing a couple can do for their marriage is to pray together every day. The second best: laugh. Author and counselor Jim Burns encourages any couple who wants to win in marriage to laugh a lot.

Jim Burns explains why the early years of marriage are critical. Burns looks back on his own early years of marriage and the difficulties that arose from having a high-maintenance marriage.

Jen Weaver knows that marriage is a lot like dancing: One partner has to lead while the other has to follow. Otherwise, you’re only stepping on each other’s toes.

Author Jen Weaver made a vow to her husband on their wedding day that she would “try” to love, honor, and obey him. She soon realized how much she needed Jesus to be the third party in their union.

Milan and Kay Yerkovich tell couples how to connect to each other. Milan, an admitted task-oriented avoider, and Kay, an avowed vacillator, tell how they learned to understand and connect with one another.

Milan Yerkovich and his wife, Kay, explain the “what” and “how” of emotional attachment. They also explain how different people manage stress differently, and how each person’s style affects a marriage.

Milan Yerkovich and his wife, Kay, talk about their early years of marriage and the difficulty they had breaking out of old communication patterns. Kay also helps us understand emotional attachment.

At one point, D.A. and Elicia Horton had to file for bankruptcy which led them to repent of their greed. The Hortons reflect on what they would say to their younger selves about financial stewardship.

D.A. and Elicia Horton continued to battle in the early years of marriage. Becoming parents caused them to take a second look at their behavior and their priorities.

Authors D.A. and Elicia Horton have had wrestling matches occur in their relationship-first as a dating couple, and then later as newlyweds.

Elizabeth Oates reminds us that the family we grew up in marks us, but it doesn’t have to define us. Oates and Ron Deal talk about establishing new relational patterns in marriage.

Elizabeth Oates shares how growing up in a single-parent home, and then in a home with a stepfather, shaped her views on dating and marriage.

Elizabeth Oates recalls her troubled childhood marked by abuse and loneliness and tells how that emptiness eventually led her to a deep and abiding relationship with Christ.

Most conflict is caused by misplaced desire. Paul David Tripp calls it a “treasure problem.” There’s something you treasure more than your spouse or God.

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. That also applies in marriage. Paul David Tripp challenges husbands and wives to reframe their conflict and identify where their treasure is misplaced.

Don and Sally Meredith reveal what it was that led them to Little Rock to start a family ministry for couples, and explain how they were instrumental in bringing Dennis and Barbara together.