Ave Explores
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Lighting a Fire within your kids with Damon and Melanie Owens
August 26th, 2020 | Season 6 | 52 mins 40 secs
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Damon and Melanie Owens, founders of Joyful Ever After Ministries, talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about finding healing within a marriage, especially when working through resentment and frustration. The couple also shares about raising their eight children in the faith, ultimately entrusting their hearts to the Lord and his will for their lives. The Owenses also offer insights into the ups and downs of married life, homeschooling, and finding balance at home.
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A Twitter Romance & a Covid-19 Wedding with Nick & Riley Sciarappa
August 21st, 2020 | Season 6 | 54 mins 7 secs
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Newlyweds Nick and Riley Sciarappa talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about meeting online and about their lives while dating and discerning marriage and what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown in trust throughout their engagement. The Sciarappas also share what it was like to plan a wedding in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Making Marriage Abundantly Joyful with Jackie Francois Angel & Bobby Angel
August 19th, 2020 | Season 6 | 59 mins 14 secs
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Jackie Francois Angel and Bobby Angel, authors, speakers, and parents of four, explain to host Katie Prejean McGrady that marriage must be rooted in friendship, attentiveness to the other’s needs, communication, and a dedication to prayer. The Angels say that marriage is meant to be abundantly joyful, established in a love of Christ that flows into family life.
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Finding Ways to be Generous with Beth and Dr. Edward Sri
August 12th, 2020 | Season 6 | 54 mins 27 secs
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Theologian Edward Sri and his wife Beth talk with host Katie Prejean McGrady about how marriage and parenting is meant to be centered in love of God and a couple’s call to mission— to generously love, serve, teach, and proclaim the Gospel. With stories of raising their eight kids (ranging in age from nineteen to four years old), the realities of balancing work, home, and travel, and how to find healing from past wounds, the Sris explain how generosity is the key to thriving within Catholic family life.