BURNING THE OLD MAP: WHY YOU NEED TO BE AT COUPLES CAMP 2026

If you and your spouse are feeling stuck, if you feel a transition coming, or if you just want to make sure your foundation is rock solid for when the “Now What?” eventually comes, you cannot afford to miss this weekend.

A lot of people treat their wedding day like a finish line. You get the ring, eat the cake, and assume you can just set the cruise control. But if you’ve been married for more than twenty minutes (and paying attention), you know that’s a lie.

Marriage isn't a destination. It’s a living, breathing, shifting thing.

Inevitably, you hit moments where the landscape completely changes without your permission. You have a baby and are suddenly drowning in exhaustion. The kids finally move out and the house is uncomfortably quiet. Someone loses a parent, or a job, or maybe you just wake up one Tuesday realizing you feel like disconnected roommates.

You look at your spouse, look at the new terrain, and think: Now what?

When you hit a "Now What?" moment, culture wants you to panic. It tells you to withdraw, isolate, or just wave the white flag and quit. Culture tells you to look at the new reality and say, "I didn't sign up for this."

Couples Camp is where we learn a better answer. It’s where we learn how to fight back.

I love this weekend because it isn't some stuffy marriage seminar with fluorescent lights, nametags, and trust falls. It's dirt, woodsmoke, cheap wine in the woods, and raw honesty. You’ll also laugh, hard; and experience one of the best date weekends you’ll have. It’s a place to step out of the chaos of your daily life, sit by a fire, and get real about the battle you’re in, or maybe celebrate the fact that you’re crushing it right now.

This year, we are diving headfirst into the wilderness of the "Now What?"

We're going to tackle what happens when you get stuck. Usually, we get lost because we try to navigate a new, difficult season using an old map. You can't navigate the trenches of parenting, grief, or shifting identities using the same map you had when you were carefree newlyweds. And you can’t appreciate how far you come or how good things are if you don’t assess where you are.

If you and your spouse are feeling stuck, if you feel a transition coming, or if you just want to make sure your foundation is rock solid for when the “Now What?” eventually comes, you cannot afford to miss this weekend.