In our special Christmas Eve episode, we sit across the table from Dionté Grey, father of two and aspiring pick-up basketball star, to talk about relationships, dating and marriage and how our different stages of life have shaped our perspectives on the subject. At the beginning, we share how we developed our views of marriage during our early childhood experiences (04:10) and how we’ve approached our relationships with our significant others (10:20). After the break, we take a closer look at both the positive ways the Church has discussed marriage, singleness and dating, as well as some of its missteps when talking about the subject (18:20). Then, we briefly discuss the history of dating and courtship in 19th, 20th and 21st century America (24:30) before asking whether the rise of technology has helped or hurt modern dating relationships (29:35). Lastly, we wonder what we want our future children to observe in our own marriage relationships (32:30).

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