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JOSH + KATIE WALTERS

Josh and Katie Walters lead a non-profit called Francis + Benedict, are on staff at Seacoast Church, and are parents of seven kids. They live in Charleston, South Carolina. Josh and Katie have experienced the mercy of God in their marriage and see His hand of faithfulness over every area of their life. It’s their mission to bring Hope to the Hopeless and see people walk in Abundant life.

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Josh and Katie began regularly sharing about marriage almost 10 years ago when they told their personal and vulnerable story on the Seacoast stage in front of thousands of people. In 2008, following a season of brokenness, God began restoring them in miraculous ways. Josh and Katie both have Masters in Counseling and communicate in an open, authentic, and raw way.

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New Marriage, Same Couple: Don’t Let Your Worst Days Be Your Last Days

Josh & Katie Walters

“For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health.” We say those words and mean them. Until we don’t. This is a book about creating a different, better, new kind of marriage with the exact same person—no matter how dire the circumstances—with vision, commitment, and hope in the Lord.

Remember those early days of love? When your heart felt all fluttery, and you saw your person through rose-colored glasses? They could do no wrong. You were going to have the most beautiful life with big adventures and lots of sex. Of course, everyone says marriage is work, you knew that. But that was okay; you could get through anything together. It was going to be great.

Until it wasn’t.

Something happened. Or maybe nothing happened. Maybe it was one big something, or a lot of little somethings over many years that landed you in a marriage you hardly recognize. For Josh and Katie Walters, it was a big something: infidelity. Now they counsel couples who find themselves exactly where they were: lost, hopeless, and unsure of how to fix their marriage.

This book lays out the principles Josh and Katie learned in that season when God healed and restored their marriage. This process is broken into four parts and is an acronym for the word STAY:

  • S—start with you. (Discovering that when one person changes, the entire relationship changes.)
  • T—take quitting off the table. (Bringing your whole self to the solution and not checking out mentally and emotionally.)
  • A—allow others to be a part of your journey. (Trusting the right people, in the right ways, at the right time.)
  • Y—yield to vision. (Looking past what is and imagining what could be.)

New Marriage, Same Couple is a book about hope. It’s about how to create a brand-new marriage with your spouse, whether you’ve been married for a short time, or for decades.

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  • Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
  • Jesus, search me and know me. What are you asking of me? This can be one of the most transformative questions on your path to Covenant abundance!
  • What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
  • “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” — Proverbs 11:14

Sometimes the bravest next step in a marriage crisis is simply this:

Slow down. Get wise counsel. And take the next faithful step.

There can be an abundant story on the other side of this chapter. 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️

What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference!

We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build.

Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together.

We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage.

And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well.

But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.

To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on!

And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family.

We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁

Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church.

The best is yet to come! 🤍
Beacon Church, we are missing you already! 🍂❤️ What a gift to spend last weekend with the incredible couples and church family at @beacon.church for their New Marriage, Same Couple marriage conference! We laughed, got honest, opened God’s Word, and made room to believe that the marriages we’re living can become the marriages God is inviting us to build. Together we talked about what it looks like to start with me, take quitting off the table, allow others in, and yield to a greater vision for our marriages. Not just staying married, but growing into something beautiful together. We spent time with parents talking about protecting connection while raising kids, making room for play, and remembering that we don’t have to wait for an easier season to have a thriving marriage. And Sunday morning, we opened Mark 1 and studied the way Jesus modeled boundaries that bless. Boundaries aren’t meant to help us love people less. Healthy, biblical boundaries actually give us the freedom to love people well. But more than anything, we left reminded that God is still in the business of redeeming stories, restoring hope, and doing immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine. To every couple who showed up, leaned in, laughed with us, and courageously made room for God to work in your marriage: THANK YOU. We are cheering you on! And to the incredible team at Beacon, thank you for loving your people so intentionally and welcoming us like family. We fell in love with your church, your people, and of course there is no place like New York in the fall! 🍁 Already missing these incredible couples and can’t wait to stay connected and watch all God continues to do in and through your church. The best is yet to come! 🤍
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What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍

We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story.

So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work.

We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him.

Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
What a gift to spend the weekend with so many incredible couples who are going after Jesus and choosing to intentionally invest in their marriages. 🤍 We never take it lightly when couples make space to slow down, have the real conversations, laugh together, dream again, and invite Jesus into every part of their story. So grateful for Pastor Randy and Cheryl and the beautiful environment they created @summerville_baptist Marriage Retreat for honesty, connection, and real life change. There is something powerful about a church that believes strong marriages are worth fighting for, and then creates space for couples to actually do the work. We left reminded all over again: God created covenant. He is still writing stories. And no matter what season your marriage is in, there is always an invitation to take the next faithful step toward one another and toward Him. Thank you, Summerville Baptist and our new friends, for letting us be a small part of what God is doing in your marriages and families. We are grateful and cheering you on!
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“Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” — Proverbs 11:14 Sometimes the bravest next step in a marriage crisis is simply this: Slow down. Get wise counsel. And take the next faithful step. There can be an abundant story on the other side of this chapter. 🤍
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