Married And Still Loving It: The Joys and Challenges of the Second Half - Softcover

Gary D Chapman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802412920 ISBN 13: 9780802412928

Publisher: Moody Press,U.S., 2016

Synopsis

Long marriages are a gift... but they aren't always easy

You know yourselves better. You've learned to cherish the small things. You're past keeping up with the Joneses.

And yet, anxieties over grown children, worries about money and health, and feelings of disappointment can challenge even the best marriages.

In Married and Still Loving It, renowned relationship expert Gary Chapman and Harold Myra, longtime CEO of Christianity Today International, offer wise counsel and practical insight on making your marriage thrive during the later years. Real couples share honestly about their joys and struggles, including Jerry and Dianna Jenkins and Ken and Joni Eareckson Tada, who talk movingly about their marital journeys.

Married and Still Loving It feels like a gathering of kindred spirits. It will inspire and equip you to embrace the adventures yet ahead, hand in hand with the one you love.

About this title

About the Author

GARY CHAPMAN--author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the #1 bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages series and director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc. Gary travels the world presenting seminars, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. For more information visit his website at www.5lovelanguages.com.

HAROLD MYRA served as the CEO of Christianity Today International for 32 years. Under his leadership, the organization grew from one magazine to a communications company with a dozen magazines, copublished books, and a major Internet ministry. Myra started his journalistic career with "Youth for Christ" magazine, which under his leadership became "Campus Life" magazine. Author of five novels, numerous children's and nonfiction books, and hundreds of magazine articles, Myra has taught writing and publishing at the Wheaton College Graduate School in Illinois. He holds honorary doctorates from several colleges, including Biola University in California and Gordon College in Massachusetts. Myra has received various awards, among them the prestigious Magazine Publisher's Award and the James Deforest Murch Award from the National Association of Evangelicals. The Evangelical Press Association presented him with its highest honor, the Joseph T. Bayly Award, for his triple career as an editor, author, and publishing executive. Harold and his wife, Jeanette, are the parents of six children and grandparents of five. They reside in Wheaton, Illinois.

From the Back Cover

Long marriages are a gift . . . but they aren't always easy.

You know yourselves better. You've learned to cherish the small things. You're past keeping up with the Joneses.

And yet, anxieties over grown children, worries about money and health, and feelings of disappointment can challenge even the best marriages.

In these pages, relationship expert Gary Chapman and Harold Myra offer wise and practical counsel on making your marriage thrive through the years. Real couples also share openly about their own marital journeys--the joys, struggles, failures, and comebacks.

Married and Still Loving It feels like a gathering of kindred spirits. It will inspire and equip you to embrace the adventures yet ahead, hand-in-hand with the one you love.

"This book is practical, easy-to-read, and will navigate you through real-life challenges to a marriage that is aging well."¿--Juli Slattery, president and cofounder, Authentic Intimacy

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0802412920
• ISBN 13: 9780802412928
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176