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The Journal

Honest writing on marriage, household, and faith. Not theory. Not inspiration. The things we have lived, named, and built — so you can do the same.

The Marriage You Build
Is the Faith They Keep.

New research from 26,000 families confirms what Deuteronomy 6 has always said. The quality of your marriage is the single greatest predictor of whether your children keep the faith.
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Are You Drifting — or Are You Divided?

The difference between these two words isn't just semantic. It determines everything about what your marriage actually needs — and what it doesn't.
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The Competence Trap: Why Strong Marriages Go Silent

It isn't lack of love, faith, or effort that divides strong marriages. It's competence. The better you both are at functioning independently, the longer the structural gap between you stays invisible.
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What Is The Marriage Accord™? Not Therapy. Not a Program.

A private two-day experience for one couple — the couple that is still together but no longer moving as one. Four sessions. A foundation named, an agreement written, a vision declared for the first time.
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What Is The FAV Weekend™? Foundation. Agreement. Vision.

The FAV Weekend™ isn't a retreat or a conference. It's two days where couples build the three things every marriage needs and almost no one ever builds intentionally.
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Caleb & Carla Nelson

We Don't Teach What We Read. We Teach What We've Lived.

Twenty-seven years of marriage. Five kids. Multiple businesses built together — through cancer, financial loss, and every form of pressure that comes with nearly three decades of real life. The Journal is where we put in writing what we have spent our lives learning in the room.