30 Days to Taming Your Tongue
Words can harm, even unintentionally. Our guest, Deborah Smith Pegues, author of 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue, reveals how to get our tongues under control so that our words can heal instead of hurt.
Commitment & Happily Ever After
Willie and Elaine Oliver, directors of the Department of Family Ministries at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, MD, join hosts Mike and Gayle Tucker on this episode of Mad About Marriage. The Olivers help define marriage commitment, discuss the challenges of marriage, and share their understanding of living happily ever after.
When Your Spouse Doesn’t Believe
How can you manage to make a marriage work when one spouse is a believer and the other is not? Or when one partner is more religious than another? Author Nancy Kennedy walks through this relationship hurdle, offering tips on how to alleviate the stress in this area.
When There’s A Lot to Overcome
Former professional baseball star and current Christian radio host Frank Pastore shares his journey from atheism to finding God’s love. Pastore describes his transformation in his book, Shattered, providing a meaningful understanding of what it means to be a Christian.
Ready to Win Over Anxiety
Hosts Mike and Gayle Tucker welcome Dr. Thelma Wells, author of Ready to Win Over Worry and Anxiety. Wells discusses how to overcome anxiety, a biological response to fear. According to Wells, a key step in defeating anxiety and worry is to know that you are loved.
Intimacy and Desire
Hosts Mike and Gayle Tucker are joined by Dr. David Schnarch, a licensed clinical psychologist, director of the Marriage and Family Health Center in Evergreen, Colorado, and author. Dr. Schnarch answers common questions on intimacy in a marriage and the relationship between spirituality and sex.
Smart Moves
Dr. Carla Hannaford speaks about the benefits of movement and activity from before birth to the end of life. Hannaford shares information from her book, Smart Moves, that shows the effects of movement and relaxation on brain functioning and development. David Garcia and Sandra Rocha from the Learning Gym contribute to the discussion on movement and overall health.
Are People Messed Up?
Elizabeth Brown, author of Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People, reveals how to make relationships work with difficult people and challenging situations. Special cooking segment: Vegetarian cookbook author and instructor Debi Pedersen cooks with Mike and Gayle.
How To Get Past Guilt
On this episode of Mad About Marriage Joe Beam, author of Getting Past Guilt and founder of LovePath, discusses how to deal with guilt in a healthy way.
When You’re Not Born Religious
Dave Schmelzer, author of Not the Religious Type, shares how he went from being an atheist to becoming a man of great faith. He’s created a place where faith can blossom in the very secular, skeptical world of Harvard University.