Publisher Description
Your marriage could be one of history’s great love stories! As newlyweds, it’s time to ensure that your marriage can meet the challenges it will face right around the corner. Cultivating good habits during these first twelve foundational months of your marriage and knowing what to focus on will set the stage for years to come.Robert and Bobbie and Mark and Susan know that there’s a big difference between preparation and actual experience. This is your guide to actually dealing with all the things that come after “I do.” In this unique flip-over format, the chapter topics are the same but one half is written by men for the husband, and the other half is written from a women’s perspective for the wife. As a couple, you’ll each progress through your part of the book and meet somewhere in the middle. Become an expert on what really makes your spouse happy, and enjoy the benefits of a great partnership. Take an honest look at the family you grew up in: its unwritten codes, how it has shaped you, and the ways it affects your relationship with your mate. Learn how to speak each other’s “language” and appreciate the qualities each of you brings to your marriage.You’ll also get an eye-opening look at communication skills, secrets for a great sex life, budget basics, dealing with in-laws, navigating tough times, and much more. Above all, you’ll cultivate a spiritual unity that draws the two of you closer to each other as you draw closer to God. Start reading, and make this first year together what it was meant to be: the most important year in your life.
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About the Authors
Susan DeVries has made a career out of being a wife, mother,
and supervising editor of every word her husband Mark has ever written. Over
the past twenty-plus years, Susan has partnered with Mark in providing
premarital counseling and leading marriage retreats and classes for couples.
Mark and Susan have three children and live in Tennessee.
Bobbie Wolgemuth is a Bible teacher
and the author or coauthor of several books, including Mom’s Bible: God’s Wisdom for Mothers and the four-book Gold
Medallion bestselling series Hymns for a Kid’s Heart with Joni Eareckson Tada.
She is also the coauthor of Couples of
the Bible with her husband, Robert. Married in 1970, the Wolgemuths have
two married daughters and five grandchildren. They live in central Florida.
Mark DeVries is pastor of youth and families at First
Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for nearly
twenty years. In addition to authoring several books, including Family-Based Youth Ministry and True Love Waits, he is founder of Youth
Ministry Architects, a strategic-planning service for churches facing
transitions in their youth ministries. He and his wife, Susan, live in
Nashville.
Robert Wolgemuth has been in the book publishing business for over forty years. A former president of Thomas Nelson Publishers, he is the founder of Wolgemuth & Associates, a literary agency representing the work of more than two hundred authors. The author of over twenty books, Robert is known as a relentless champion for the family, relationship building, and biblical truth. A 1969 graduate of Taylor University, he received an honorary doctorate in 2005.
About Joe Loesch
Joe Loesch is an award
winning author, voice actor, and spoken word producer. Born in St. Louis, he
moved to Los Angeles when he was twelve. He studied acting at the Pasadena
Playhouse and now lives in Nashville with his wife, Lori. He has been writing
Bible Stories for Kids and American history lessons for kids since 1995. The Bible
Stories for Kids series includes four original songs with each release. Loesch
is an experienced musician–singer and loves to perform his songs at his book
signings.