About One Degree Marriage: a Christian Marriage Podcast
A Christian marriage podcast for couples who want to grow. Hosted by Nathaniel and Xan Sibley. A thriving marriage doesn't happen by accident... it's built one intentional choice at a time.
How do we stay connected when life feels busy and disconnected? What rhythms help us handle conflict with grace instead of frustration? How do we grow spiritually together? What does it look like to bring fun, intimacy, and purpose back into our marriage?
On the One Degree Marriage Podcast, Nathaniel and Xan get real about the everyday struggles and joys of marriage. With biblical wisdom and practical tools, we'll help you take small, one-degree shifts that lead to lasting transformation in your relationship.
Grab a seat on our cozy virtual couch and join the conversation. Then take one step today toward the Christ-centered, flourishing marriage you've been longing for.
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180: Who Gets the Final Say in Marriage? How to Decide Together
Where to eat tonight is easy. Whether to move, which church to call home, or how to school your kids is not, and those are the moments that reveal whether we actually have a healthy way of deciding together or have just been getting lucky.
This week we take on the question a lot of couples never say out loud: when you have prayed, talked it through, stayed kind, and still don't agree, who gets the final say? Building on our recent conversations about what it looks like to be a godly wife and a godly husband, we name three ditches couples drift into, then walk through the process we actually use for big decisions in our own marriage. We share real stories from choosing a seminary, moving to Wisconsin, and switching churches, and we get honest about where headship fits and where it absolutely does not.
12 Oct 2026
Feeling Disconnected From Your Spouse? 7 Simple Habits to Grow Closer (Replay)
Feeling more like roommates than teammates lately? Or maybe things are good, but you know there’s room to go deeper. In this replay of one of our most popular episodes (a rare solo one, since it’s just Xan this time), we walk through 7 practical habits that deeply connected couples actually practice. You don’t have to do all seven. Pick one or two to start this week and watch how those small, one-degree shifts add up.
These habits aren’t a checklist to crush. Our hope is that they encourage you to seek the Lord more deeply first, and then to seek deeper connection with your spouse.
Resources mentioned:
Free Weekly Marriage Meeting Template: onedegreemarriage.com/meeting
Weekly Marriage Meeting Journal: onedegreemarriage.com
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5 Oct 2026
177: What Ephesians 5 Actually Asks of Husbands
Most husbands have heard that they are the head of the home. Far fewer have been told what kind of head they are supposed to be, and that gap is where a lot of quiet disconnection in a marriage starts.
This week we sit down with Ephesians 5 and read it slowly, starting back at verse 18 where the whole thing is anchored: be filled with the Spirit. From there we work through what Paul actually asks of husbands, and it is not enforcement. Paul never tells a husband to make sure his wife submits. He spends three verses on wives and nine on husbands, and every one of those nine points the same direction: sacrificial love, modeled on a Jesus who washed feet and went to the cross. We look at what headship is not, four specific things Ephesians 5 asks husbands to do, and what all of it looks like on an ordinary Tuesday when nobody is watching. We also get honest about our own house, including where each of us is most tempted to lead by control instead of by serving.
If you listened to last week's episode on what Ephesians 5 asks of wives, this is the other half of that conversation.
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