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YMC006:  A Conversation with Eli and Julie Byrd.

This episode contains the first ever YMC couple interview!  Join hosts Gene and Jon Abercrombie as they have a casual conversation with Jon’s long time friends Eli and Julie Byrd.  Eli and Julie share their backgrounds, reveal some of the challenges they have faced, discuss what it’s like going through seminary, and explain what they think God is revealing to them at this point in their marriage.  Also included in this episode is the first ever “Pressure Cooker Round” – a mixture of serious and lighthearted rapid-fire questions to close out the interview.  

Time Stamped Show Notes

[1:05] Gene and Jon introduce the first ever YMC Podcast interviewees – Eli and Julie Byrd!

[1:52] Interview officially begins.

[2:15] Julie and Eli share their backgrounds and their versions of how they became a couple.

[15:36] Eli and Julie reveal the hardest thing they’ve had to go through as a married couple.

[18:08] Eli and Julie explain how they “get back on the same page” when life gets too crazy.

[21:23] Eli and Julie share how they set aside time for each other with their busy schedules.

[25:10] Eli and Julie discuss what it’s like going through seminary while juggling all of life’s other demands.

[28:30] Julie and Eli share the main thing they think God is revealing to them at this point in their marriage.   

[31:48] Pressure Cooker Round:

1. Peanut butter – creamy or crunchy? [32:32]
2. How do you feel about bowties? [32:43]
3. Toilet paper – over or under? [32:47]
4. What is your favorite thing about each other? [33:00]
5. Who handles the finances in your marriage? [35:22]
6. Do you have regular date nights & what was your favorite? [36:48]
7. Who sucks the most at house chores? [38:06]
8. Who is the better dancer? [39:24]
9. Who takes up the majority of the real estate in the bed? [40:32]

[41:47] Gene reads this week’s YMC Scripture Spotlight, Micah 6:8.

[42:02] Eli issues the Marriage Challenge of the Week to the YMC Community – Dialogue daily, date weekly, and depart monthly.

[43:08] Eli leads the YMC Community in prayer.

[45:47] Gene and Jon share the YMC website address, social media outlets, and invite the YMC Community to subscribe to and leave a review about the YMC Podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

YMC Website and Social Media Outlets

Website www.yourmarriagecovenant.com

Facebook: @yourmarriagecovenant

Instagram: @yourmarriagecovenant

Twitter: @yourmarriagecov