Maintaining a Thriving Marriage in Midlife and Beyond
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
When the kids are grown and age starts to creep in, how do you love your spouse well? Larry McCall explores this often-overlooked season of marriage—a time of quieter homes, shifting schedules, and new realities like becoming grandparents, facing health challenges, or learning to slow down. Larry reminds us that marriage isn’t about personal happiness but about reflecting Christ’s love through selfless service, even in times of change or transition. You’ll learn how to grow closer, serve with purpose, mentor others, and finish well by leaving a legacy of faith, love, and Christ-centered devotion.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes you feel crazy in love with your spouse. |
| 0:05.2 | Other times your spouse might drive you crazy. |
| 0:08.2 | And sometimes it's both all at once. |
| 0:11.5 | Marriage is a wild ride, but it's a beautiful grand adventure as well. |
| 0:16.3 | So navigate all the ups and downs and in-betweens with crazy little thing called marriage, a podcast |
| 0:21.8 | from Focus on the Family. I'm Erin Smalley, and I co-host the podcast with my husband, Dr. Greg |
| 0:28.4 | Smalley. We sit down with amazing guests to talk about all things marriage, like how do we |
| 0:34.1 | stay connected or how do we continue growing as individuals or as a couple? |
| 0:39.3 | Each episode will help you tackle problems you may be facing or just help you make your relationship even sweeter. |
| 0:46.0 | Listen to crazy little thing called marriage and other podcasts from Focus on the Family at FocusOnthefamily.com slash podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | That's FocusOnThe Family.com slash podcast. That's Focus on the family.com |
| 0:56.5 | slash podcast. I think a lot of couples don't realize how the Lord wants our marriages to flourish. |
| 1:07.1 | God designed marriage to be a reflection of Christ and his love for his bride, the church. |
| 1:12.5 | And so he wants our marriages to be a beautiful living reenactment of the greatest love story ever. |
| 1:18.6 | That's Larry McCall. He's with us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:22.9 | He'll be sharing some thoughtful ways that you can strengthen your marriage in the second half of life together. |
| 1:28.6 | And we're so glad you're joining us. I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:31.8 | You know, John, this season of life doesn't get nearly the attention it should because there's still |
| 1:37.3 | rocks in the road. You know, you think of a married couple who's been married 20 years, 30 years. |
| 1:43.4 | They've got everything ironed out all those |
| 1:45.6 | bumps and wrinkles in the road right but there are other things that pop up like things can get a little |
| 1:51.6 | dry you can have to deal with in-laws elderly parents whatever it might be and things aren't |
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