Aug 25, 2026 · 45 min · 14 segments
All the things you don't know you need to know in your first year of marriage. The book Newlywed is a great new resource and ideal gift for any young couple. Written by Pastor Mike Novotny, the book…
The chapters are, as I said, like, pragmatic, and like I was telling Mike before we got on, you can, uh, in a panic go and be like, "What's happening? This is what's happening," and go, just skip to the chapter you need.
But, um, I'll just read a couple of them b- 'cause I, I want you to get a feel of what this book is like.
It's like, um, "When your spouse and you are not on the same spiritual page," whole section on that.
Uh, "When he's trying to fix you and you can't figure out what she wants," [laughs] a whole chapter by itself.
Um, "When you feel like you do more chores." I love that you [laughs] there's a whole section on that, Mike.
[laughs]
I went to that one 'cause I was like, "That's gonna be good." Um, and then, you know, sex and money, when sex is harder than you expected, and stuff about intimacy.
Hmm.
And maybe it stood out for me because it's actually a part of where in, in our relationship I feel like we're still, uh, working on that, on being, um, really, it, the spiritual side of your personal walk.
Hmm.
And, and I'll let you elaborate and pull this apart, right? Uh, you have your personal walk, but you are also a couple, right?
Yeah.
And I meet a lot of couples as well who expect their spiritual journeys to be really synced and walking forward, right?
Hmm.
And in a way, you're married, you've become one, and you are a household together, so there's, there's truth in that.
Mm-hmm.
But there's also, when there's those moments when things are like, "Well, she's doing really well here, and I feel like I'm in a valley," right? Um, or, "I wish God would just help him get this, 'cause I get it, and it'd be a lot easier if we were on the same page," you know?
Right.
Yeah.
Um, so I guess going back to expectations, should we expect that our spouse and our, ourself are gonna be walking hand in hand through-
The chapters are, as I said, like, pragmatic, and like I was telling Mike before we got on, you can, uh, in a panic go and be like, "What's happening? This is what's happening," and go, just skip to the chapter you need.
But, um, I'll just read a couple of them b- 'cause I, I want you to get a feel of what this book is like.
It's like, um, "When your spouse and you are not on the same spiritual page," whole section on that.
Uh, "When he's trying to fix you and you can't figure out what she wants," [laughs] a whole chapter by itself.
Um, "When you feel like you do more chores." I love that you [laughs] there's a whole section on that, Mike.
[laughs]
I went to that one 'cause I was like, "That's gonna be good." Um, and then, you know, sex and money, when sex is harder than you expected, and stuff about intimacy.
Hmm.
And maybe it stood out for me because it's actually a part of where in, in our relationship I feel like we're still, uh, working on that, on being, um, really, it, the spiritual side of your personal walk.
Hmm.
And, and I'll let you elaborate and pull this apart, right? Uh, you have your personal walk, but you are also a couple, right?
Yeah.
And I meet a lot of couples as well who expect their spiritual journeys to be really synced and walking forward, right?
Hmm.
And in a way, you're married, you've become one, and you are a household together, so there's, there's truth in that.
Mm-hmm.
But there's also, when there's those moments when things are like, "Well, she's doing really well here, and I feel like I'm in a valley," right? Um, or, "I wish God would just help him get this, 'cause I get it, and it'd be a lot easier if we were on the same page," you know?
Right.
Yeah.
Um, so I guess going back to expectations, should we expect that our spouse and our, ourself are gonna be walking hand in hand through-
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