When my husband and I got married four years ago, even though we are both middle-aged and had both been married previously, we went through a twelve-week marriage class before we got married. We believe that it has made the difference between starting into a...

Lovingly and Orderly: A Sons Lament by Theodore Shorter, Jr. is a very poignant story which will seem familiar to many. Pauline Shorter was the matriarch of her family. She raised 3 girls and 2 boys in west Chicago, a place regulated for all “colored”...

Storyteller, actor, and American Civil Celebrant Gerald Fierst has created a book about weddings, but it's not about how to buy gowns and flowers, arrange for the reception, and where to place the candles. The Heart of the Wedding puts the magic back in a...

Navigating Marital Abandonment written by Elizabeth Durkee is a soulful, emotional and personal journey that Beth has experienced first-hand and shares with other people also going through the same difficult situation. Beth speaks about the intense emotional hurt that is caused by an extra-marital...

Love and Marriage Perspectives by Vince Brendan Vincents is a well-written and informative book that will help take the married couple, or those contemplating marriage, to what will be a healthy and prosperous life together. Everybody looks for that perfect partner to have a perfect...

In From Heartbreak to Heart's Desire: Developing A Healthy GPS, author Dawn Maslar contends that a broken GPS (Guy Picking System) is analogous to a broken GPS system in a car. If the GPS is malfunctioning, you will never arrive at your destination. If your...

Love and War by John and Stasi Eldredge is a book not only for married couples but for those planning marriage. As the authors state, many young adults who get married today bring a lot of excess baggage into the marriage. John and Staci relate...

With this book the title says it all: Pleasing Your Partner: A Spiritual Guide to H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S. Toneal M. Jackson and her husband have been married almost ten years. For many of us that does not seem like a long time, and yet in that short...

I like the way the introduction to this book begins..."Pretend we are close friends and we are meeting for coffee. We sit at an outdoor cafe and visit all the while with a closeness that comes with knowing a friend's heart." Then in chapter 1...

From The ZEN GAME title I thought this book would be about the power of meditation and the values of Buddh's Eight Fold Path. However, the subtitle is more accurate; it is "How to Win at the Game of Life Without Selling Your Soul." Nancy Pristine...