Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Towards Isolation in Marriage

By Dennis Rainey

Book Overview

Countless married couples end up living alone--in the same house! Over twenty-eight years of conducting "Weekend to Remember" conferences have convinced Dennis and Barbara Rainey that isolation is the number-one problem in marriages today. But they believe it's possible to overcome'marital drift' and experience the miracle of oneness. THis book provides a positive, workable strategy for keeping your marriage vital and intimate. Included are proven principles and hands-on exercises to help you: ~ understand the cultural and personal forces that isolate you from your spouse ~ manage your schedules, workloads, roles, and responsibilities without losing sight of each other ~ allowe for (and enjoy_ individual differences while maintaining unity . . .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078521271X
• ISBN13: 9780785212713
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

"Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

Although my wife and I have just started reading this book it has already proved to be very insightful and extremely helpful in rebuilding a troubled relationship. I would definitely recommend this book for every couple to read, whether your newlyweds or been married for 40 years this book will help bring you closer to your spouse. For those marriages in crisis, please take the time to read this book together with your spouse it may just be the thing that can save your relationship.

Sound, Solid Advice

This volume is sound, solid advice for married couples. While most of the tips and insights here offer few ideas that are new to books on Christian marriage, the way in which they are arranged is refreshingly original. The authors are right on target when they claim that the greatest enemy facing marriages today is isolation. Other resources touch upon this danger, but this work focuses upon it. It's not a great book, but it's very good.

a must read for christian couples

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Rainey's style of writing is enjoyable to read. I was entertained and educated on the finer points of christian marriage and parenting. Excellent.