Pittsburgh FamilyLife Affiliate staff member, Tim Tucker, interviews Scott and Catherine Mercer, part of our Pittsburgh FamilyLife team, and Tom and Pam Jones. Tom is an associate pastor and licensed professional counselor, and Pam is a real estate agent in the Pittsburgh area.

They discuss Dr. Gary Chapman's book "The Five Love Languages", and the importance of each spouse knowing what each other's love language is. ('Words of affirmation', 'Giving Gifts', 'Acts of Service', 'Quality Time', 'Physical Touch') Taking the 'Love Language Assessment' is a tool to find out your primary love language at "5Lovelanguage,com". Living with one another in an understandable way, being a student of the one God gave you as a spouse, makes the pathway a lot smoother and more pleasant in a marriage relationship!

FamilyLife has a lot of great ways to help marriages that are struggling, or just want their good marriages to become even better! One of the resources is this fall's FamilyLIfe "Weekend To Remember" marriage getaway here in the Pittsburgh area. The dates are November 13-15, 2026 at the Marriott North in Cranberry Township. God can use it to bring couples to a oneness with Himself and with each other! Please go to WeekendToRemember.com for more information, and use the group name 'weekendtogether' to receive a $100 discount on the registration fee.

To listen to other HHFF podcasts, please type in "Help and Hope for Families Radio" in the search bar of your smart phone or computer. For added helpful information and resources, please go to FamilyLife.com and also download the FamilyLife app! During the summer months, you can also listen to "Help and Hope for Families" on Pittsburgh's radio station WORD FM 101.5 or WORDFM.com each Sunday evening at 9:30 PM (Eastern).