Gary Chapman has long been my favorite relationship author. Let's face it, marriage is hard work! It gets easier over the years but in the beginning it is quite difficult. How can it not be? You're taking two very different people who had different backgrounds and putting them together with no real instruction manual other than a few weeks of pre-marriage counseling and a big old party with cake. You wake up a few days later and wonder who this person is and what on earth you were thinking.
This latest book by Chapman is small enough to not be intimidating, yet still packed with all of the advice that he is known for.
Nine chapters and a little over 130 pages, this book includes subjects such as Leaving and Honoring your parents, sex, money, why marriage, and more. This would be a great book for a marriage small group, a marriage retreat, or even a book club. Every chapter ends with several questions for discussion or personal reflection.
Your marriage is worth it! Buy yourself a copy of this one, Valentine's Day is the perfect day to do something for your relationship.
About the book:
You can picture the perfect marriage in your mind, but re-creating it in reality doesn’t come easy. Trusted counselor and relationship expert Dr. Gary Chapman reasons that the most sought-after ingredient in any marriage is true oneness. In The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, he presents expert wisdom and common sense methods to establishing that true unity on emotional and practical levels. Discover the wit and insight that makes his worldwide presentations and marriage conferences so popular. Are you trying to change your spouse? Do you know what it means to really love someone? Do you feel ignored or even alone in your effort to improve your marriage? Dr. Chapman has answers and action steps on topics from expressing your emotions to managing your money, all in a format that will have you and your spouse talking and learning with every page.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DR. GARY CHAPMAN
As anyone who has attended one of his marriage conferences knows,
Dr. Gary Chapman’s expertise in marriage begins with the success and
failures he and his wife Karolyn have experienced in their marriage for
more than 45 years. He is just the man to turn
to for help on improving or healing our most important relationships.
His own life experiences, plus over thirty-five years of pastoring and
marriage counseling, led him to publish his first book in the Love
Language series, The Five Love Languages: How
to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Many of the millions of readers credit this continual New York Times bestseller with saving their marriages by showing them simple and practical ways to communicate love.
Since the success of his first book, Dr. Chapman has expanded his
Five Love Languages series with special editions that reach out
specifically to singles, men, and parents of teens and young children.
He is the author of numerous other books published by Moody Publishers/Northfield Publishing, including Anger,
The Family You’ve Always Wanted, The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted,
Desperate Marriages, God Speaks Your Love Language, How to Really Love
Your Adult Child, and Hope for the Separated. With Dr. Jennifer Thomas, he co-authored The Five Languages of Apology.
Dr. Chapman speaks to thousands of couples nationwide through his
weekend marriage conferences. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio
program, A Love Language Minute, and a Saturday morning program, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman,
both airing on more than 400 stations. Dr. Chapman and his wife have
two grown children and currently live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
where he serves as senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church.
Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton
College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees
from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed
postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina
and Duke University.
Visit the official website: http://www.
facebook: https://www.
twitter: https://twitter.com/
They even have small group curriculum available: http://experience.
This book was provided for review by FlyBy Promotions
This book was provided for review by FlyBy Promotions
No comments:
Post a Comment