Marriage Dynamics and the Dynamic Marriage Uncovered Podcast is proud to introduce you to Mark Daniel. There’s no doubt, Mark Daniel loves God. Everything he has done and continues to do in his professional and personal life, points to a passionate and servant-like leadership unmatched by most. Even after losing his wife, he continues to share and teach what a successful marriage should look like. This episode will challenge husbands specifically on how to follow Christ first while being the bes...
Apr 17, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Andy and Laura Sink have been married for thirty-two years and live in Birmingham, Alabama. They have three adult children and one grandson, and are active members of Redeemer Community Church where they are leaders in marriage ministry. They are extremely passionate about helping married couples, and together they have been been facilitators of the Dynamic Marriage curriculum since 2012. Andy serves on several local charitable boards including Restoration Academy while Laura is active in severa...
Feb 27, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Avon and Valorie Banks have devoted over thirty years to serving God's people, focusing on strengthening marriages and families. Both are U.S. Army veterans and became certified marriage facilitators in 2006. They founded a Marriage Ministry that utilizes Christ-centered teachings, coaching, and retreats to assist hundreds of couples in building healthier marriages. The Banks have been recognized with various credentials, including being ordained ministers (Avon becoming an ordained bishop in 20...
Jan 29, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Marriage Dynamics is excited to host Master Facilitators, Rich and Patty Green. Rich is Campus Pastor of Compass Christian Church in Colleyville, Texas, and his wife Patty is Memory Care Director and a published author. The Green's leadership (in person) as well as online, continues to have exceptional influence on couples around the country. You'll be enlightened, encouraged and inspired by this episode. The future of Marriage Dynamics looks bright and hopeful for 2025, especially with the Mast...
Dec 24, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 36
This California couple met at a church gathering, with a heart full of passion to make their lives significant, not only to God and to each other - but eventually to help other couples. Meet Chris and Christine Patterson who have an ultimate desire to teach couples through integrity and to also facilitate MDI’s courses. They have seen and experience amazing miracles as they have co-led Dynamic Marriage workshops since 2009. Find out how couples can easily be qualified to facilitate MDI’s worksho...
Nov 30, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Zackery and Emma Matovu met online through a Facebook church page and this virtual connection was solidified early on with their aligned values of faith. Their story isn't perfect, but it's encouraging for all couples who come into a marriage after a divorce. This blended family has given God all the glory for their passion to not only build their marriage, but to help other couples through courses from MDI. Zackery and Emma are now Dynamic Marriage Facilitators, using the full-proof method of M...
Nov 01, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Philip and Jan Nichols have been leading Dynamic Marriage classes since 1997. Their passion for mentoring and teaching couples to be healthy and thriving is the very core of their lives as Master Facilitators. Both Philip and Jan hail from Texas, finding their way to Lubbock Christian College in the years 1972-1977. Philip served church families in Alvin, Dallas and Lewisville, retiring from Garden Ridge Church of Christ in Lewisville after forty-one years. Jan worked in a variety of jobs but al...
Oct 11, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 33
MDI is launching a TWO-DAY (Friday and Saturday) marriage workshop created for engaged and newly married couples called " A New Foundation ." The intent is to offer a proactive approach to help couples establish a healthy marriage and develop skills for better relationships in contrast to "A New Beginning" which is designed for couples in crisis. Demetrius and Cher Williams have been collaborating with us to create this holistic program and will be our workshop leaders for "ANF." Our launch for ...
Aug 07, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Covey and Katie Wise have been married twenty-four years. They have five children and use their experiences from marriage and parenting to encourage couples and young families to draw closer to God and to each other. Covey has served as an evangelist for Monroeville Christian Church for the past eleven years. Their entire family is actively involved in various church ministries of this growing and thriving congregation in southwest PA. About seven years ago, they learned about Marriage Dynamics ...
Jul 17, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 31
When it comes to mixing two families together, much wisdom comes from this episode's couple in how they were able to slowly work at making sure their children developed a relationship with their newly grafted-in family member. A blended marriage (or a "CrockPot marriage" as Ken so quickly reminds us) takes time. Tanna and Ken's compelling story shows strength, vulnerability in weakness, intuition and sincere determination when it comes to a second marriage for both. Lots of mistakes, lots of tea...
Jun 05, 2024•36 min
As the Ministry Marketing Director, Celeste LaReau brings years of nonprofit experience to Marriage Dynamics Institute. She has many talents and strengths. But her ability to relate to people makes her exceptional within her role at MDI. One of her primary responsibilities is to share information and convey the value of our marriage resources to couples prior to intake and registration. She builds relationship with her callers whether speaking with couples in crisis or couples in search of marri...
May 07, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Jason and Becky Kridner didn't know if they were going to make it past thirteen years of marriage until they found Dynamic Marriage. After being a part of a Dynamic Marriage training weekend, they knew immediately that the wanted to heal first, then help other marriages to heal and thrive too. The Kridners have been leading Dynamic Marriage workshops now for fifteen years. This couple enjoys a flourishing marriage that they've worked hard on and continue to do so. Jason says, "It's less about in...
Mar 08, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Pastor Mike and Connie Hammer know the power of healthy families and the outcome that it produces in their church and community. They pastor a thriving church in Dillsburg, PA (Celebration Church) and have committed to teaching and counseling couples of all ages in not only their married journey, but also their walk with Christ. Marriage Dynamics Institute's core value is to support marriage and family to thrive in a desperate culture. Pastor Mike and Connie's expressed desire is to encourage ev...
Feb 14, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 27
A vulnverable and honest conversation, as well as a glimpse into Marriage Dynamics' solid mission is what this episode is about. MDI's CEO, Deb Timson, gives great hope and insight from 2023 with abundance of expectation going forward into 2024. For end-of-year giving or even becoming a partner into 2024, know that you are helping hundreds of couples flourish into the new year. Text to give: 615-209-9665. Also, get on www.marriagedynamics.com to donate. You can also call 800-650-9995. We thank y...
Dec 30, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Pastor Alan and Donna Bosmeny from Parrish, Florida bring decades of servant leadership and hope to marriages and relationships, with their love for God and influence. Their fifty-plus years together doesn't come with perfection, but continues to thrive even during some of their most difficult challenges. Their story of pastoring and pioneering churches, all while raising a family, launched the creative mature years they experience now. Alan and Donna find it quite fulfilling to continue to help...
Dec 19, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Surviving infidelity is one of the hardest journeys in any marriage. This episode features the true story of ultimate betrayal and how Tracy and Kathy were able to overcome the worst odds. Thanks to MDI, they were able to use the tools needed for recovery, giving hope for their future. Your marriage can survive an affair. Healing from infidelity is hard, painful work; both of you must be committed to repairing the damage, rebuilding trust, and reconnecting. The unfaithful spouse must be willing ...
Nov 01, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 24
D ave and Mary Gothi's first marriages sadly ended in divorce. But God, through His goodness and grace, brought healing to Dave and Mary and then brought them together and helped them build a wonderful, fulfilling, and meaningful marriage. Dave and Mary, through the ministry they founded, The Significant Marriage, now mentor and coach couples, lead marriage seminars and workshops across the U.S. and in numerous places around the world. www.TheSignificantMarriage.com But what makes this episode s...
Jul 27, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Recardo Reyes is a proud father of four daughters and nine grandchildren. An ex-gang member and recovered addict of eighteen years, Recardo has served as a missionary for five years in Mexico, as well as a pulpit preacher for seven years in Texas. He is currently working with Kings Crossing Prison Ministry in Corpus Christi, ministering to those incarcerated in the Coastal Bend Area and specifically helping those who are struggling with addictions in the City of Corpus Christi. This episode will...
Jun 09, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This extraordinary couple, Shannan and Xavier Fowler, have quickly learned the way to lead in everything they do, and that is with extreme, exceptional love. Shannan is a classically trained opera singer who has had the immense pleasure of singing at Carnegie Hall, England, Scotland, Japan and all over the USA. She is described by most people who meet her as "Sunshine." Additionally, she is a stay at home mom of three who has the joy of welcoming her children home each day with love. Xavier is a...
May 03, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Donald A. Lichi, PhD is a licensed psychologist and currently serves as the Vice President of Emerge Counseling Services in Akron, OH. He is today's special expert and guest on this episode, with SO many take-a-ways and points, that you'll want to listen over and over again. His "Pray, Lay & Play" concept gives such basic hope, yet is so rich in layers as it has given couples, world-wide, the formula that works! Dr. Don Lichi speaks at numerous conferences and workshops on pastoral health, C...
Apr 14, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 20
One of the pastors of Anderson Community Church in Anderson, California, Anthony Hammer, boldly shares how Marriage Dynamics has given such hope to the married couples in that congregation. A favorite line in this episode is: "We've ruined perfectly good divorces!" This is such a great expression of how Marriage Dynamics continues to change couples' lives and relationships. This episode is an edited version of a sermon that Pastor Hammer spoke online on August 7, 2022. The church continues to gr...
Mar 13, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 19
It's National Marriage Week, Feb. 7th-14th! On this episode, Paul and Joyce Ciotta entered into their new marriage covenant together after losing both of their spouses to cancer. While never forgetting or walking away from the history of their past loves, they both have great wisdom and counsel on what it took to love again. Both share candidly and honestly on the power of prayer and the choice to create new memories as God uses them in their ministries today. Paul is a Chaplain for America's Ke...
Feb 08, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Is your marriage worth fighting for? If you have doubts, this episode with Vincent and Barbara Allen will give you great insight, hope and inspiration on what matters most. The Allens serve as ministers at The Well Church, Rock Hill, SC and are marriage counselors for F.I.G.H.T. Marriage Ministry as well as qualified facilitators for Marriage Dynamics Institute. Many married couples get caught up in the trend of putting their children ahead or over their spouse. As you listen to Barbara and Vinc...
Jan 19, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 17
President and Founder of the San Antonio Marriage Initiative, Carl Caton , seeks to be a presence connecting and uniting people across the San Antonio community with the shared vision to serve marriages. They bring together authors, researchers, counselors, pastors, podcasters, marriage leaders and more. In addition they maintain a faithful presence in their community to elevate available resources for couples that highlight the value, importance, and hope that is available for all marriages. Pr...
Dec 14, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Since financial compatibility is rarely discussed before a couple makes a long-term commitment, it has become one of the most difficult hurdles in a marriage. Money is known to be the number one issue married couples argue about, with more than a third blaming finances for the stress they experience in their relationship. This season, with the year’s high inflation and rising costs, the holidays may not feel so “merry & bright” for many. Senior Director of Winshape Marriage , Julie Munz Baum...
Nov 11, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Authors, Speakers and Marriage Strategists, Billy & Yolanda Jackson, are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to “real life” marriage and family situations. They launched Live in Peace Ministries in 2016, and together they host seminars, workshops, conferences and retreats to equip and encourage married couples on their journey. Their mission is to help them build a legacy of love through stronger marriages. They believe that changing the world is possible one couple at a time through t...
Oct 06, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Working with Marriage Dynamics Institute in Franklin, TN since 1998, Owen and Lauren Mitchell have been privileged to invest in thousands of married couples and love what they do. In addition to leading Facilitator Training Seminars to equip couples to lead Dynamic Marriage & United enrichment classes, they travel the country leading ReConnect Weekend retreats. They know everyone has a story so they teach, equip, support, and encourage couples to make their story the best it can be. Owen is ...
Aug 31, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Dr. Ramon Presson talks on this episode about understanding conflict resolution in conversation with your spouse, by encouraging couples to restore their relationship while getting rid of critical comments and accusations "Present your thoughts gently; stick to one topic, and stay in the present," emphasizing the "two minute drill." Dr. Presson has been in practice since 1987, helping couples untangle their knots, improve their communication, resolve issues, rebuild trust, and restore closeness....
Aug 04, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Dr. Linda Mintle, known as the “Relationship Doctor”, is our special guest for our series highlighting experts and professionals in the field of Marriage and Family. For more information on Dr. Mintle — www.drlindamintle.com See also www.savemymarriage.com for couples who need immediate help.
Jul 07, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Aaron & Gwen Warwick's story is one that was definitely not “love at first sight” (in fact they were both suspicious of the other after that first encounter on the basketball court), but they eventually became good friends and started dating, and the rest is history! The couple has lived in Wichita, Kansas for the past 12 years, where Aaron pastors St Mary Orthodox Christian Church, and Gwen works as a nurse practitioner in cardio-thoracic surgery at Wesley Medical Center. They have four kid...
May 09, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 10
