Books

Becoming Married
Herbert Anderson & Robert Cottonfite
Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, KY; 1993
This book examines issues surrounding the process of forming the marriage bond, especially in the early years. Good for parents.

Fighting for Your Marriage (We Care Program)
PREP, Inc.
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program
800-366-0166
PREP is designed to teach couples skills for handling conflict and disagreements and protecting the great things of marriage in ways that research suggests can make a real difference in the future health of a couple’s relationship. Book & video tapes & audio tapes

Fun? But We’re Married
Lois Leiderman Davitz, PhD, & Joel R. Davitz, PhD
Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN
1-800-282-1865
Emphasizing the value of having fun together.

The Good Marriage: How & Why Love Lasts
Judith S. Wallerstein& Sandra Blakeslee
Houghton Mifflin Company, New York; 1995
800-733-1717
The authors take us inside the lives of fifty American couples and find that a good marriage still provides the best framework for enduring love and intimacy.

Incompatibility: Grounds for a Great Marriage
Chuck and Barb Snyder
Caster Publishers, Inc.
P.O. Box 1720
Sisters, OR 97759
The Snyders explain why there’s hope for marriages that seem hopeless because of differences in marriage partners. The book shows how differences enrich love.

Intimacy In Marriage
Brennan & Marie Hill
Twenty-Third Publications
P.O. Box 180
Mystic, CT 06355 
800-321-0411
Written for the sole purpose of strengthening marriages. It offers a time for married couples to share their insights and experiences on how to keep married life fulfilling and happy. Used by individual couples or in a group setting with other couples.

Making Love Last Forever
Gary Smalley
1996 Word Publishing, Dallas, TX
Author shows you how to stay in love through all the stages of life, from first attraction to life long commitment.

Marriage: A Covenant of Seasons
Mary van Balen Holt
Ligouri Publications
One Ligouri Drive
Ligouri, MO 63057-9999 
314-464-2500
It is a celebration of the seasons of marriage. She inspires and encourages all lovers - married one year or sixty-one years - to plant, sow, weed, water, prune, and protect as each season demands, to yield the bountiful harvest that only the covenant of marriage can realize.

Marriage Savers
Michael J. McManus
Zondervan Publishing House, 1993.
Grand Rapids, MI 49530
The author suggests ways for the Church to become pro-active role in saving struggling marriages.

Prayers for Married Couples
Renee Bartkowski
1989 Ligouri
One Ligouri Drive
Ligouri, MO 63057-9999
800-235-9521
Contains 75 prayers that express the hopes, the concerns, and the dreams of today’s married couples.

Promises To Keep: Developing the Skills of Marriage
Kathleen R. Fischer and Thomas N. Hart
1991 Paulist Press
997 MacArthur Boulevard
Mahwah, NJ 07430

Promising Again
Anderson, Hogue, McCarthy
Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville, KY; 1995
A book that will help couples who contemplate renewing or reevaluating their relationships.