"We are here to equip couples to build a more connected, aligned and purpose-filled marriages."

Hi, we're Josh and Grace Babcock.

A few months into our first year of marriage, Josh wanted to find time to talk about our future—mainly finances. So we scheduled what we called a "Sex and Finances" marriage retreat.

We left that weekend with a rough draft of our mission statement, shared values, and a big dream: DINKOTR (Double Income, No Kids, On The Road). We'd also outlined a few smaller goals that would help us truly make this dream happen.

A few months later, we wanted to figure out a way to connect each week. So we created weekly check-in cards with our weekly tasks/goals on the front and two questions on the back—what we like to call working toward a "PhD in knowing your spouse's heart." Once a month, the cards also prompted us to discuss our sex and finances.

Long story short, we lived out DINKOTR and grew tremendously that year just by putting simple structure into our marriage: weekly check-ins, living on mission and having a yearly marriage retreat (our favorite weekend of the year).

We started to slowly realize that not everyone lived this way and we wanted to change that. Grace and I decided to test this structure with the married couples in our small group and presented SimpliYoked for the first time to our 10 gracious friends. They encouraged us to share it with other couples, so we ran another class at our church – and now, we're taking SimpliYoked to the world!

We believe you fell in love for a reason, got married for a reason, and most importantly, God has you together for a reason. Marriage is the greatest team you'll ever be part of and it's meant to make you more into the image of God. So get vulnerable, laugh until it hurts, fall on your face together, dream together, cry naked in the shower together, and run (maybe even sprint) together towards God.