More than Roommates

• Episode 151 - Four Marriage Trends You Can’t Ignore in 2025

  In this episode of More Than Roommates, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott unpack four marriage trends—crisis of resilience, digital disconnect, financial anxiety, and blurred lines between work and home—and offer practical ways to push back with biblical wisdom. We hope this episode helps you move from “roommates” to a joy-filled, God-honoring marriage. Scriptures:1 Cor 7:28John 16:33MT 7:24-27Col 3:231 Cor 10:31Jeremiah 17:5-8 Questions to Discuss:1. Where have we expected marriage to be “easy,” and how can we build grit (perseverance + hope) together this month?2. What are our top two phone/tech boundaries for date nights, evenings, and weekends? (Be specific: chargers, baskets, Focus modes, no-phone zones.)3. What’s driving our financial anxiety—math, lifestyle, or comparison? What’s one action we’ll take this week (budget meeting, cut a subscription, set a savings/giving goal)?4. How are our work/home lines blurred right now? Name one habit to protect family time (e.g., no email after 6pm, a daily shutdown ritual, office hours).Resources:Financial Peace university

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• Episode 150 - Your Words Build or Break (feat. Dave & Ann Wilson)

  FamilyLife Today hosts Dave & Ann Wilson join Scott & Gabrielle to talk about Ann’s new book, How to Speak Life to Your Husband When All You Want to Do Is Yell at Him—and why a wife’s voice carries unique power. We cover practical ways to shift from critique to encouragement, how prayer re-wires our minds, and how both spouses can speak truth in love without tearing each other down. Scriptures:Genesis 3Proverbs 18:21James 3:1-12Romans 12:2 Resources:Book – Ann Wilson, with Davd Wilson - How to Speak Life to Your Husband: When All You Want to Do Is Yell at HimDave & Ann’s podcast – FamilyLife TodayFollow Dave & Anne on Instagram Questions to Discuss:1. When you think about the tone of your home lately, do your words feel more like “life” or more like “boo”? Give specific examples—gently.2. What is one concrete way you can speak life to your spouse this week (phrase, text, public praise in front of the kids, written note, etc.)?3. How can you start (or restart) praying together in a way that’s realistic—time of day, length, and format (out loud, texted prayer, voicemail)?

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• Episode 149 - Breaking the Sex Recession at Home: Hope for Intimacy in Marriage

  In this episode of More Than Roommates, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott have a candid, biblical conversation about the “sexless marriage”—why it happens, how pornography, busyness, medical issues, and poor communication play a role, and what couples can do to rebuild connection. They offer practical steps so you can move from roommates back to one-flesh intimacy. Questions to Discuss: 1. In our season right now, does sex feel more like a thermometer (just reporting our temperature) or a thermostat (able to change it)? Why?2. When was the last time we each felt truly pursued and enjoyed by the other? What specific actions helped?3. What would make it safer for us to share desires, preferences, and fears about sex?4. How can we renew the covenant this week in a way that is tender, unhurried, and mutually honoring? Scriptures:Ephesians 4:271 Corinthians 7:3-5 Resources:Book - Secrets of Sex and Marriage: 8 Surprises That Make All the Difference by Shaunti Feldhahn & Michael SytsmaArticle – The Sex RecessionBook – Reconnected – Greg & Erin SmalleyMore Than Roommates Interviews with Juli Slattery – Surrendered Sexuality & Sexual Abuse

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• Episode 148 - One Wallet, One Flesh: Why Joint Finances Build Trust

  Many couples treat money like “yours” and “mine,” but Scripture calls us to live as “one flesh”—and that includes our finances. In this episode Derek, Garielle, and Scott talk about joint accounts, transparency, and simple rhythms that move you from roommates to true financial intimacy. Scriptures:Genesis 2:24Psalm 24:1Psalm 50:10 Questions to Discuss:1. Do you and your spouse share food?2. Why does it matter whether you merge your bank accounts or not?3. When you hear “one flesh financially,” what excites you and what scares you? Why?4. If you keep (or want) separate accounts, what heart-level reasons are driving that (control, fear, secrecy, past hurt, convenience)?5. What weekly or bi-weekly money rhythm would help us communicate (budget review, giving/prayer, upcoming expenses, savings goals)? Resources:Watermark - Moneywise Ministry ResourcesRamsey - Financial Peace University

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• Episode 147 - Marriage Isn’t Just Hard—Finding Gladness Together

  Marriage is often described as hard—but it’s also one of God’s greatest gifts of joy. In this episode, Derek, Gabrielle, and Scott share biblical wisdom, stories, and practical ways to cultivate gladness, gratitude, and fun in your marriage.Scriptures:1 Cor 7:28John 16:33MT 7:24-27John 10:10 Discussion Questions:1. What small things bring joy and laughter into your marriage right now?2. Are there habits you’ve let go of (like creative dates or playful traditions) that you want to bring back?3. How can you speak more positively about your marriage to others—without ignoring the hard parts?4. What’s one practical step you can take this week to pursue gladness together?Resources:Book - Anatomy of an Affair: How Affairs, Attractions, and Addictions Develop, and How to Guard Your Marriage Against Them, by Dave CarderBook – The Ready or Knot Prayer Guide, by Scott Kedersha

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