The 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage - by David And Claudia Arp (Paperback)

About the Book

Dating doesn't have to be only a memory or just another boring evening at the movies. David and Claudia Arp have revolutionized dating by creating Couples' Nights Out--memory-making evenings built on key, marriage-enriching themes.

Book Synopsis

10 Great Dates revolutionizes dating by providing you with 10 innovative "Great Dates" based on marriage enriching themes guaranteed to energize your relationship with fun, friendship, and romance. Use the book alone for your great dates or along with the 10 Great Dates DVD.

From the Back Cover

Small groups of couples can learn important skills and revitalize their marriages with this fun and unique approach. 'You will love growing together while going out together.' -John Gray Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Remember back to your dating days---the excitement you felt? Now you can reclaim that same spark, connection, and creativity in your marriage through ten intentional, memory-making dates. This proven approach to relationship growth is low-key, purposeful, effective, easy, and fun, and will help you * Communicate better * Put the sizzle back in sex * Process anger and resolve conflicts * Develop spiritual intimacy * Appreciate your differences * Balance busy lifestyles * And much more! Enjoy your dates alone as a couple or start your own 10 Great Dates group in your church or community. You probably already know 5-6 couples who could benefit from time-out to build their marriage and enrich their relationship with 10 Great Dates. See 10 Great Dates DVD Curriculum for everything you need to lead this effective, husband-friendly and fun program.

About the Author

Claudia Arp and David Arp, MSW, share a passion for helping couples build great marriages through fun, relationship-building dates. The Arps introduced the dating concept for married couples years ago when dating wasn't cool. Today their 10 Great Dates^(R) brand of resources including books, DVD-based programs and seminars, are popular nationally and internationally.David and Claudia are the founders of Marriage Alive International, a ministry providing resources and training to empower churches and communities to build better marriages and families. In the 1990's they pioneered helping couples surmount the challenges of the empty next years and wrote the Gold Medallion Award-winning book, The Second Half of Marriage- one of over 30 books they have co-authored with over 1,000,000 books in print. The Arps have been featured in media like USA Today, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and Focus on the Family. Their television appearances include, NBC Today, CBS This Morning, PBS, and the 700 Club.When they are not writing or speaking you'll probably find them hiking trails in Northern Virginia where they live or in the Austrian Alps in Tyrol where they love to write and hike.Visit them at www.10greatdates.org.