Your children are gone or leaving soon. It's time to focus once again on your own future and especially on your marriage. What's in store for the second half? David and Claudia Arp provide answers and practical help in this groundbreaking book. Drawing on their national survey of hundreds of 'second-half' couples, the Arps reveal eight marital challenges every long-term marriage faces, and they offer strategies and exercises for meeting each of them. The Second Half of Marriage will challenge you to create a vision for the rest of your life together -- and inspire you to make that vision a reality.
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...should be required reading for every couple in the second half. We highly recommend this curriculum in our mentoring program." -- Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, co-directors of the Center for Relationship Development, Seattle Pacific University, and authors of Becoming Soul Mates
...the second half of marriage can truly be the happiest time of our lives...and this groundbreaking book is the user's guide." -- Diane Sollee, MSW, director, The Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couple Education, and director, the Smart Marriages Conference
Claudia and David Arp offer great practical, engaging resources for building all the best stuff into your marriage. -- Scott Stanley, Ph.D., co-founder of PREP and coauthor of Fighting for Your Marriage and A Living Promise
The Second Half of Marriage is full of rich insights into marriage in later life and the many challenges and hopes it offers. -- John Gottman, Ph.D., marital researcher and author of Why Marriages Succeed or Fail --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
...the second half of marriage can truly be the happiest time of our lives...and this groundbreaking book is the user's guide." -- Diane Sollee, MSW, director, The Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couple Education, and director, the Smart Marriages Conference
Claudia and David Arp offer great practical, engaging resources for building all the best stuff into your marriage. -- Scott Stanley, Ph.D., co-founder of PREP and coauthor of Fighting for Your Marriage and A Living Promise
The Second Half of Marriage is full of rich insights into marriage in later life and the many challenges and hopes it offers. -- John Gottman, Ph.D., marital researcher and author of Why Marriages Succeed or Fail --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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The kids are gone or leaving soon. Where do you go from here? As baby boomers join other second halfers, David and Claudia Arp provide answers and practical help in this groundbreaking book. Drawing on their national survey of hundreds of second half couples, the Arps reveal eight marital challenges every long-term marriage faces, and offer strategies and exercises for meeting each of them. The second half of marriage can be a time when partners renew their love for each other and reinvent their marriage. This book is perfect for small groups, and for every couple who wants to make the rest of their marriage the best. Now in softcover with discussion guide.
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I read this book when it first came out some time ago and wrote a very strong recommendation for the book for the publisher to use. It's an excellent book. It's well written, flowing, and well targeted at the issues that affect couples moving into the second half of life together. If you are moving into that time of life or know someone who is, I highly recommend this book. Scott Stanley University of Denver
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The Arps must have been secretly watching our home when they wrote this book. Their comments on the changes in relationships and priorities were right on the mark. My wife and I have applied several of their "challenges" and the positive difference has been very noticeable. I enjoyed the book so much, it's become the background for a popular class I teach to "empty nesters" in our church.If your "nest" is empty now, or will be in the near future, you owe it to yourself and your marriage to read "The Second Half of Marriage". I doubt there is a better book on the subject available today.
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This is a well written, informative book on the biblical view of what a marriage can be if the couple is willing to work together to benefit the other. I found it challenging me to be a better spouse and to learn to live the companionship marriage. I would recommend this book to every couple who wants to enjoy their later years together.
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- To Understand Each Other by Paul Tournier on page 177, and Back Matter
- Marriage Enrichment in the Church by David Robert Mace on page 179, and Back Matter
- Seeds of Hope: A Henri Nouwen Reader by Henri Nouwen on page 174, and Back Matter
- How to Have a Happy Marriage: A Step-By-Step Guide to an Enriched Relationship by David R. Mace in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David and Claudia Arp in Front Matter, page 141, and page 142
- Second Half of Marriage Participant's Guide, The by David and Claudia Arp in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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