Marriage Myths Busted | Marriage Series Part 1

Marriage Myths Busted: Challenging What We've Been Told (Part 1) In this episode, Paige Loehr and Danielle Welch begin a two-part series on marriage by addressing two common messages often heard in Christian culture: "Marriage will be hard." The warning about the "slippery slope." While these ideas are often shared with good intentions, Paige raises an important question: What expectations are we creating when we repeat them? Too often, marriage is framed through the lens of caution, struggle, and the stories of couples who had to overcome major challenges. While redemption stories are powerful, Paige believes the church may need to reconsider who is shaping the narrative around marriage and what message we're reinforcing for the next generation. What if, instead of preparing couples to expect difficulty, we began encouraging them to expect goodness, health, and joy in their covenant? In this conversation, Paige and Danielle unpack how expectations influence relationships and why the church might need to shift the tone of its message—moving from a mindset of survival to one of faith, hope, and belief in what God designed marriage to be. This episode is an invitation to reconsider what we've been told and begin imagining a different story for marriage.