Dr. Laura Stafford, SMC Director, with co-author Prabu David has published “A Relational Approach to Religion and Spirituality in Marriage The Role of Couples’ Religious Communication in Marital Satisfaction” in recent issue of Journal of Family Issues. Using a relational model of religion and spirituality in marriage, the study examined the role of individual relationship with God, couple’s joint religious communication, and forgiveness as predictors of marital satisfaction. Here is the direct link to this article http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/36/2/232.abstract