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Marriage After God

Healing & Transformation In Marriage w/ Roy Wooten

Marriage After God

Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Aaron Smith interviews Roy Wooten of the Crucible Project, a ministry helping men heal, grow, and build meaningful community. Roy is also a husband of 37 years, and a grandfather. Roy shares his journey of marriage, personal transformation, and the lessons he’s learned about communication, vulnerability, and confession.  Together, he and Aaron discuss the power of communication, vulnerability, and confession in building a healthy relationship. Roy opens up about emotional triggers, the importance of creating safe spaces, and how men can find healing and transformation through community and grace.

Key Takeaways:

  • Marriage is a journey filled with both challenges and joy.
  • Communication and emotional awareness strengthen connection.
  • Vulnerability and confession bring healing and growth.
  • Men need safe spaces to process and avoid isolation.
  • The Crucible Project offers community and transformation.
  • Grace and redemption pave the way for authentic living.

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Keywords:

marriage, communication, vulnerability, healing, confession, men’s ministry, Crucible Project, emotional triggers, transformation, grace

Transcript

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0:00.0

And so the first 20 years, her wanting to help me felt like she was telling me you're not good enough.

0:06.3

You're not a good husband.

0:07.7

You're not Christian enough.

0:09.0

You're not a leader enough.

0:10.3

You're doing it wrong was a big message I heard.

0:13.1

And somewhere in there, my interpretation was that you're not worthy of love or you're not lovable kind of message from in her criticism made me really

0:23.1

take a hard look at. What is it that I need to do to be the kind of man that my wife

0:29.4

adores me, seeks out, wants to be around me, wants to give her heart to me, and wants to

0:36.0

trust me with her heart.

0:38.7

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Marriage After God podcast. I'm your host,

0:42.1

Aaron Smith. And today I'm thrilled to introduce to you Roy Wooten, executive director of the

0:47.1

Crucible Project, a Christ-centered ministry that's transformed over 8,200 men's lives through

0:53.1

retreats focused on radical honesty and God's

0:55.6

grace. Roy's a licensed counselor with over 25 years in family ministry, married to his wife Devereux

1:01.7

for 37 years, a dad to two adult kids, and a proud grandpa who's all about Stuart and God's

1:07.0

call on men's hearts. In our conversation, Roy opens up about his own journey,

1:11.6

from a pivotal 2009 retreat where God's grace moved from his head to every cell of his body,

1:17.7

to navigating marriages' ups and downs, like turning criticism into connection, and creating safe

1:22.8

spaces for vulnerability. We talk about breaking free from emotional minefields.

1:26.9

This was a really awesome

1:27.9

part of the conversation, by the way, and how confession is one of God's greatest gifts to bring true freedom.

1:33.6

My prayer is that this conversation will encourage and equip you to embrace honesty, grace,

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