Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage [Paperback]

Dennis Rainey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 2003

Countless married Americans end up living alone-in the same house. Years of conducting FamilyLife conferences and counseling couples have convinced Dennis Rainey that isolation is the number one problem in marriages today. But Rainey is also convinced that it is possible to defeat "marital drift" and experience the miracle of oneness.

Staying Close provides couples with a positive, workable strategy for keeping their marriage vital and intimate. Couples will learn to:

• recognize the personal and cultural forces that isolate them
• manage the busyness of life without losing sight of each other
• grow closer during hard times rather than allow troubles to pull them apart
• "affair-proof" their relationship (or heal it after the fact)
• discover the secrets of a mutually rewarding sex life
• create a safe atmosphere for transparent communication

Previous Edition: 0-8499-3343-9

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (September 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785261680
• ISBN-13: 978-0785261681
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dennis Rainey is the President and CEO of FamilyLife, a subsidiary of Campus Crusade for Christ. He has authored or co-authored more than two dozen books including Pastoral Leadership for Manhood and Womanhood, Building Strong Families, and Staying Close. He is heard daily on his radio program FamilyLife Today and is an active national and international speaker. He and his wife Barbara have been married for thirty five years and have six grown children.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage, June 14, 2007

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J. F. Wilburn (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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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.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid advice, but nothing new, August 17, 2004

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Mark Youngkin (Pickerington, Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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Dennis and Barbara Rainey's book on how to avoid isolation in marriage is entertaining, and Scripturally based. That alone makes it better than most books written for the Christian market. But it's another version of the same marital advice you can find in a host of other books. It's not a bad place to start for new Christians or newlyweds. But if you have made a point of reading and attending conferences to keep your marriage strong, you'll find nothing groundbreaking here.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sound, Solid Advice, July 22, 2005

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David R. Bess (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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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.