# The Marriage Sanctuary

> A quiet, Christ-centered resource hub for Christian couples — devotionals, a 3-minute marriage check-in, a counseling directory, and an anonymous community for couples preparing, growing, or hurting.

The Marriage Sanctuary is a public, open-access Christian marriage ministry. There is no paywall and no sign-up required to read the resources, take the check-in, or browse the counseling directory. Content is doctrinally aligned with historic Christian orthodoxy and research is grounded in the Gottman Institute; every statistic is cited.

## Pathways

- [Preparing for marriage](/engaged): Premarital resources for engaged and newlywed couples.
- [A growing marriage](/growing): Practices and resources for couples wanting to keep moving toward each other.
- [A hurting marriage](/hurting): Help for couples in conflict, drift, or crisis — with counselor referrals.
- [Life stages](/stages): Season-specific guidance (pre-marital, expecting, parenting, empty-nesters, intimacy, special needs, and more).

## Core tools

- [Marriage Check-In](/checkin): 12-question, 7-dimension assessment. Personalized score, 7-day plan, and matched resources. Anonymous.
- [Devotional series](/devotionals): Guided 7-day and 30-day devotionals couples can read together.
- [Practices](/practices): Short primers on prayer together, sabbath, honest conversation, forgiveness, service, generosity, intimacy, and scripture together.
- [Counseling directory](/counseling): Vetted Christian counselors, filterable by location, format, and specialty.
- [Community](/community): Anonymous Q&A forum with threaded replies.
- [Library](/resources): Curated books, videos, podcasts, and quizzes.

## Blog

- [Blog](/blog): Bible-based, research-informed articles for engaged, growing, and hurting marriages. New posts publish twice weekly (Tue/Fri).

## Articles

- [Christian Marriage Help](/articles/christian-marriage-help): Long-form guide to getting help for your marriage.
- [Christian Couples Devotional](/articles/christian-couples-devotional): How to pick and use a devotional as a couple.
- [How to Pray With Your Spouse](/articles/how-to-pray-with-your-spouse): Practical, sourced guide to shared prayer.
- [What the Bible Says About Marriage](/articles/what-the-bible-says-about-marriage): Scriptural foundation for marriage.
- [Christian Marriage Counseling Guide](/articles/christian-marriage-counseling-guide): How Christian counseling works and how to find it.
- [Godly Husband, Godly Wife](/articles/godly-husband-godly-wife): Biblical framework for each spouse.
- [Christian Marriage After Infidelity](/articles/christian-marriage-after-infidelity): Rebuilding after betrayal.
- [Christian Marriage Assessment](/articles/christian-marriage-assessment): What a marriage assessment is and how to use it.

## About

- [About](/about): Mission, doctrinal alignment, and who runs the site.
- [Privacy](/privacy): Privacy hallmark — user-supplied names are never stored alongside user-authored content.

## Optional

- [Retreat resources](/retreat): Recorded talks and small-group materials from marriage retreats.
- [For ministers](/ministers): Resources and referral flows for ministers supporting couples.
- [Shepherds](/shepherds): Modular à la carte topical curriculum for couple-shepherd pairs.