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Articles by Ryan and Heather Carboneau

Ryan & Heather Carboneau believe in the redeeming grace of Jesus Christ and the life-changing power of relationships. They are a deep and authentic couple who have been trained in Spiritual Direction by Dr. Larry Crabb. The Carboneaus live and breathe to have ‘conversations that matter’. They also believe in making their mess, their ministry. Ryan and Heather have served as missionaries for 6 years, pre-marital counselors for 8 years, and as executive assistants for many different organizations. Ryan is an ordained pastor and is currently working on his PhD in Professional Counseling and Heather is a stylist and currently travels as the relationship coordinator with the Extraordinary Women conference team. They have been married for 13 years and reside in Forest, VA with their two daughters, Faith and Eden

Come Clean

Everyone has a past. EVERYONE! And we all bring that baggage into our marriage relationships, whether we want to or not. I have become absolutely convinced that brutal, gut-level honesty within marriage relationships is vital. I use the words “have become” because I have not always been a strong supporter of telling the truth to…

The Sacred Search

One of our writers, Ryan Carboneau explores singleness in an interview with author, Gary Thomas, of Sacred Marriage and The Sacred Search: What if it’s not about who you marry, but why? Ryan: Gary, thank you for taking the time to sit down with me and talk about your new book. You are probably best known for…

I Want That

My wife and I sat across our large kitchen table from a bright, young newlywed couple several months ago. They had asked us to do their pre-marital counseling many months before and we wanted to sit down with them after their first three months of marital bliss to ask them how things were going. We…