Getting Ready for Marriage - by Jim Burns & Doug Fields (Paperback)

About the Book

Relationship experts Jim Burns and Doug Fields pour decades of experience into a refreshed, practical guide designed for today's engaged and newly married couples.

Book Synopsis

Everyone plans for a wedding. Few plan for a marriage.

A healthy marriage doesn't happen by accident. It grows from hundreds of everyday choices about things like how you spend money, handle conflict, and show up for each other when life gets hard.

In this real-life relationship roadmap, marriage experts Jim Burns and Doug Fields guide engaged and newly married couples through the conversations that matter most. This revised and updated edition, along with its accompanying workbook, is ideal for couples to read on their own, in a small group, or with a marriage mentor. You'll catch a shared vision for a thriving future as you learn how to:

• Communicate in ways that foster connection instead of frustration
• Develop a Christ-centered view of intimacy, sex, and commitment
• Build healthy boundaries with parents and in-laws
• Navigate disagreements as fellow travelers on the same journey
• Grow closer to God as you grow closer to each other

A beautiful wedding is just the beginning. The best gift is a marriage you'll be celebrating for years to come.

About the Author

Jim Burns is founder and president of HomeWord. He hosts the popular podcast HomeWord with Jim Burns and has over three million resources in print in twenty-five languages. Jim and his wife, Cathy, have three grown daughters and four grandchildren.

Doug Fields is senior director of HomeWord and the author or coauthor of more than fifty books. He has been a youth pastor for over forty years at both Mariners Church and Saddleback Church. He and his wife, Cathy, have been married for over forty years and have three children and ten grandchildren.