Well, hey friend, welcome to Jav with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, and this is a listener-supported

podcast and outreach of authentic intimacy and ministry dedicated to helping people make sense of God and sex.

Well, it's fairly common to talk in the church about the challenges that can arise in

marriage, but I don't think we talk enough about how fun marriage can be. It can be really fun to have

shared jokes and stories, really there's a history to build upon because you know each other so well.

And it can be fun just trying new things together.

In fact, some of you might not know

that Mike and I love playing pickleball together.

That's kind of become our thing.

My guest today is Ted Cunningham, and even though he's not really into pickleball he did take his wife

semi- recently to a roller skating rink for a date night. Well Ted is a founding pastor of Woodland Hill's family church in Branson, Missouri. He's a comedian on the date night comedy tour and he's the author of several books all about marriage. He's a fun guy and he also has a lot of insight to share about why

laughter and fun is so great for marriages and not just for marriages but for

our lives in general. Hey this is a light-hearted episode

that I hope will inspire you to have more fun

and to learn to laugh a little bit more.

It's definitely something that I need to be reminded of.

So grab your coffee, get ready to laugh, and tune into my conversation with Ted Cunningham.

Well this is fun and it's going to be fun having a conversation with you about laughing in marriage and Ted I am not good at laughing

I'm not good at fun like let me just give people the context we're actually on a family life marriage

cruise and last night you gave a whole main session on the importance of fun and

laughter and marriage and my husband and I are just sitting there going we forgot how to do this.

And that was your request for this podcast to me was I'm not good at this let's see

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