Hey, this is Meredith. Today we have a story from the unfolding archives. If you've listened to this

podcast from the very beginning, then Joe Buchanan's name probably sounds familiar. His story was one of

the reasons we launched the unfolding, and he shares it in the very first episode. But today,

we're sharing the story of Joe and his lovely wife, Tara.

Because of what they've experienced in life, God has taught them a lot about fighting for a healthy marriage.

Joe and Tara are the hosts of the Behind Our Smiles podcast, which is another great offering from the Wow God podcast network.

Here is Joe and Tara's story.

Page 109 of the unfolding is the story of Joe and Tara

Buchanan. Once I said I do, I think that we both expected there to be all this way just falls

off. What it ends up doing, it ends up stirring things up. And I think one of the things that

that God taught me throughout our whole marriage

is we're never done with the healing process. God's story has been unfolding.

Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it.

Another page in the unfolding.

Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

We come into marriage with a lot of stuff, baggage, expectations,

when your spouse's baggage is harder than you expected, when marriage doesn't turn out quite the way

you hoped. How do you navigate that? Joe and Tara Buchanan came into their marriage with very

different backgrounds. Joe shares the story of his childhood in page one of the

unfolding. And if you haven't heard it, I highly recommend listening because it's one of the most

powerful stories of transformation you'll ever hear. And it will give you some background on some of

the challenges he faced in trying to have a healthy marriage. Tara's background was pretty much

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