We made a decision that felt really radical.

It doesn't feel so radical to me because we've been doing it now over 15 years, but we decided we were going to spend two hours a day,

not co-managing our household, not co-parenting our family, not co-working in our ministry.

We were going to spend two hours a day wearing only the hat of a woman or man, a friend, of spouse.

We decided to do it from like 9 to 11 every night. No email, no laundry, no dishes, no kids, no work, talk, no nothing.

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Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Erin Eddy. And I'm Alyssa Morgan. Have you ever felt disconnected from

your spouse or someone you're close to? Maybe your schedules are getting more and more busy every day.

Or your kids distract you from paying attention to the other person. Well, today we're talking to Beth

and Todd Guggenberger, a married couple who decided years ago to set aside two hours of their

night working on growing their marriage. Beth and Todd have an incredible story and work on what they call a commissional marriage

while being parents to 11 children.

They are also the founders and leaders of back-to-back ministries, an international orphan

care organization they started in Mexico, which will have a link in the show notes.

We're so excited to hear their story and spend time with him on this episode of God

hears her.

Erin, have you heard the term commissional marriage?

Hmm.

I have heard it that I'm not extremely familiar with it.

I don't think I've had a conversation on it.

Yeah, it could be sound a little weird.

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