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How to Stay Married for 50 Years

By Joël Malm Published on April 9, 2025

In this 15-minute conversation, former missionary Rick Malm shares the lessons he’s learned over the last half-century of being a married man with his son, author and speaker Joel Malm.

His wife’s top tip? “Learn to cry out to God.”

Seriously, marriage is, as a wise person once said, “the hardest job you’ll ever love.” It takes a genuine kind of self-sacrifice, willingness to work through conflict in a healthy way, and supernatural ability to forgive to live in harmony with another person for 50 years.

Listen or watch for some of the best advice you’ll ever hear from one of the rare people who’s qualified by experience to give it.