MARRIAGE RESOURCES
STRENTHGENING MARRIAGES. RESTORING HOPE. GROWING TOGETHER IN CHRIST.
At Way of the Lord, we believe marriage is a gift from God and a sacred covenant designed to reflect His love, faithfulness, humility, forgiveness, and joy.
Every marriage needs encouragement. Some couples are doing well and simply want to keep growing. Some are engaged or preparing for marriage. Some are tired, stuck, or disconnected. Others may be walking through deep pain, broken trust, or crisis.
Wherever you are, we want you to know this: you are not alone, and there is hope.
Below are several biblically grounded resources, retreats, intensives, online courses, and counseling options that may help you take a meaningful next step toward deeper connection with God and one another.
For Couples Who Want to Grow, Reconnect, or Be Refreshed
The Ultimate Marriage Retreat
October 2–4, 2026 | The Wilderness Fellowship | Frederic, WI
The Ultimate Marriage Retreat is an in-person weekend retreat led by Jon & Amy Claussen of GoFam Ministries at The Wilderness Fellowship in Frederic, Wisconsin, about 1.5 hours from Blaine for an easy weekend getaway. The retreat begins Friday evening and concludes Sunday around midday.
This retreat is designed for married, engaged, and soon-to-be engaged couples who want to strengthen their relationship, reconnect with God’s design for marriage, and receive fresh vision for what their marriage can become.
The weekend includes teaching, worship, prayer, application time, couple-focused conversations, and opportunities for optional prayer ministry. Jon and Amy's teaching centers around Father’s original design and culture for marriage, uses a Biblical "plumb line” to build the ultimate marriage, and explores heaven’s bigger vision—far deeper and more transformative than typical views.
Best for:
Couples who want an in-person retreat experience, fresh encouragement, spiritual renewal, and practical next steps for growth.
Cost & lodging:
The retreat sessions are offered by suggested donation. Meals and lodging are separate. On-site Prayer Cabins may be available through The Wilderness Fellowship, but they fill quickly. Nearby lodging is also available in Frederic, Siren, and Grantsburg.
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For Couples Who Want an At-Home, Flexible Option
Love After Marriage eCourse
Self-paced online course | Nothing Hidden Ministries
Love After Marriage is a biblically grounded marriage resource from Nothing Hidden Ministries, led by Barry & Lori Byrne. The eCourse is a 12-session, on-demand online course designed to help couples grow in spiritual, emotional, and sexual oneness.
The course helps couples experience the deep spiritual, emotional, and sexual oneness God designed for marriage—addressing blockages, communication, conflict resolution, reconciliation, and godly sexuality through biblical teachings and Holy Spirit-led tools and is great for any stage of marriage, with many testimonies of saved/renewed relationships.
Best for:
Busy couples, couples with young kids, couples who prefer to work through material privately at home, or couples who want a follow-up resource after a retreat or counseling season.
Cost:
Currently listed at $149 per couple for 12 sessions and 10 hours of video content with perpetual access and no expiration.
Website button: Start the Love After Marriage eCourse
Love After Marriage Crash Course [FREE]
Free introductory online resource
The Love After Marriage Crash Course is a free, sneak-peak, low-commitment introduction to some of the tools, teachings, and insights from Love After Marriage (including a PDF Tool Booklet). It is a helpful way to explore the material before committing to the full eCourse. The next live LAM intensive will be next Fall in MN, but these online versions make it accessible anytime from home—ideal for busy couples or as a follow-up to an in-person retreat.
Best for:
Couples who want to take one small step, preview the material, or begin a conversation about strengthening their marriage.
Website button: Try the Free Crash Course
For Couples Who Want an In-Person Intensive
Love After Marriage Intensive
Future local intensive anticipated | Details TBD
Love After Marriage also offers in-person intensive workshops that provide a deeper, more immersive experience than the online course. These intensives are designed to help couples experience breakthrough, connection, healing, and practical growth in a focused setting. Nothing Hidden describes the intensive format as an accelerated version of the full Love After Marriage course.
We anticipate a local Love After Marriage intensive may be available in Minnesota in the future. More details will be shared when they become available.
Best for:
Couples who want a more immersive, in-person experience with guided teaching, exercises, and ministry.
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For Couples in Crisis or Deep Pain
Hope Restored
Marriage intensives from Focus on the Family
Hope Restored is a faith-based marriage intensive program from Focus on the Family designed for couples who need significant help, focused care, and a structured environment for healing.
These 3-, 4-, or 5-day intensives combine licensed Christian counseling with biblical principles in a private, retreat-like setting. Couples work with trained therapists to address destructive communication patterns, emotional wounds, conflict cycles, broken trust, and disconnection. Since 2003, over 13,000 couples have attended, with the organization reporting strong long-term outcomes including high satisfaction rates and many marriages restored. The program includes pre-intensive consultation, the intensive itself, and ongoing aftercare support to help couples maintain progress at home. It is positioned as a focused, hope-giving alternative to traditional weekly counseling for Christian couples seeking rapid, spiritually grounded restoration.
Best for:
Couples facing serious disconnection, repeated conflict, betrayal, crisis, or possible separation/divorce.
Important note:
If there is abuse, coercion, intimidation, violence, threats, or ongoing danger in the relationship, please seek immediate help and safety. Marriage resources and intensives should never be used to pressure someone to remain in an unsafe situation. In those cases, pastoral care, professional counseling, safety planning, and appropriate authorities may all be necessary.
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Christian Marriage & Individual Counseling Options
Retreats, courses, and intensives can be powerful, but ongoing counseling is also one of the most important steps many couples can take. A trained Christian counselor can help couples work through communication patterns, conflict, emotional wounds, trauma, intimacy, parenting stress, betrayal, forgiveness, and spiritual health in a more personalized way.
Here are a few Christian marriage counseling options that may be helpful. Please click the link below to contact each provider directly regarding availability, fit, cost, and insurance coverage.
Minnesota Renewal Center
Door of Hope Ministries
Need Help Knowing Where to Start?
Sometimes the hardest step is simply knowing what kind of help you need.
A retreat may be a great fit if you are doing okay but want to reconnect and grow.
An online course may be a good fit if you need flexibility and want to work through material at home.
Counseling may be the right step if you need ongoing guidance, support, and personalized care.
A marriage intensive may be wise if your marriage is in crisis or you feel stuck after trying other options.
If you would like help discerning a next step, please reach out to the church office or one of our elders. We would be honored to pray with you, listen, and help point you toward support.
You do not have to wait until your marriage is in crisis to invest in it.
And if your marriage is already in crisis, it is not too late to reach out for help.