Mature your faith, grow your relationships and lead at a higher level with these time-tested principles from psychology and the Bible. This Biblical psychology book will guide you on the journey!

All too often, the Bible and psychology are presented as being at odds with one another. Sadly, this leaves Christ-followers with limited opportunities for growth. This book is different because it is pro-Bible, pro-psychology, and pro-you!

Biblical Psychology

Each chapter begins by examining a fundamental counseling theory and shows how key concepts align with a Biblical world view. Next, specific applications help readers put God's word into action. Each idea is easy to understand and written in coffee shop, casual language. This book is perfect for pastors, Christian counselors, and everyone looking to improve their lives!

Christianity and Relationships

Christianity is all about relationships. Coffee Shop Conversations: Psychology and the Bible provides practical tools for developing close, healthy, safe, and secure attachments. Readers will better understand Christianity and mental health by learning how critical principles from psychology align with Biblical principles. 

Christianity and Self-help

Christianity and self-help can, indeed, go hand in hand. Instead of waiting for positive change to happen, take a proactive approach. Coffee Shop Conversations: Psychology and the Bible will help you:

• Build secure attachments
  
• Set healthy boundaries
  
• Improve your thought life
  
• Recover from setbacks
  
• Connect closely
  
• Manage stress
  
• Feel happier

No matter where you are at in your growth journey, there is something in this book for you.

Pick up Coffee Shop Conversations: Psychology and the Bible, and learn how to live, love, and lead more effectively than ever before! This Biblical psychology book contains sound wisdom and time-tested, Christian relationship advice.

Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions to further guide you in implementing positive life change. So, don't wait. Discover how the Bible and psychology work together and get started on your growth journey today! 

Transform your relationship from dull and bland to passionate, inspired, and connected. 131 Creative Conversations for Couples is packed with good relationship questions and will guide you on the journey!

Warning: If you enjoy dull dates, this book is not for you. However, if you long to laugh, connect, and engage on a deeper level, then this couples questions book may be exactly what you need!

Good Relationship Questions to Ask

These creative relationship questions will help you connect and grow as a couple. Some of the couple's questions are purely fun and liven up the mood. Other conversation starters encourage you to dream about the future. There are also spiritual questions to help you grow your faith.

Whether you are newly dating or nearing your golden anniversary, this book of questions for couples is for you!

Date Conversation Ideas

Before Jenny and I married, we kept a creative conversation starters book in our car. The two of us worked through these relationship questions–one by one–at coffee shops, while relaxing on the beach, and during dinner dates. Now, I am honored to pass on a new conversation starters book to you. You'll find creative date conversation ideas to keep you talking and help you get to know one another on a deeper level.

How to Use this Couples Questions Book

• Download this book on your phone and never have a boring date again. These date conversation ideas are sure to keep you talking, laughing, and engaged!
• Keep a copy on your coffee table, and stir up inspiring conversations at home.
• Ask these relationship questions on road trips, dinner dates, or go through the questions around a summer bonfire!

These creative, Christ-honoring questions are sure to lead to an abundance of happy memories!

Creative Conversation Starters Include:

• Imagine you could send a letter back in time to your younger self. What would your message say, and to which year would you send it?
• What are you currently doing to nurture yourself spiritually? Are there spiritual activities that you did in the past that you miss?
• Would you rather be unable to have children at all or only be able to birth quadruplets? Why?

131 Creative Conversations for Couples is a part of a conversation starter books series designed to help you speak your partner's love language and deepen your relationship.

Other books in The Creative Conversation Starters Series include:

• 131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
• 131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
• 131 Creative Conversations for Families
• 131 Conversations That Engage Kids
• 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success

131 Creative Conversations for Couples is packed with excellent questions for Christian couples who are not yet married. It also contains thought-provoking relationship questions for couples who have been connected for decades.

Christian Relationship Questions

If you enjoyed The 5 Love Languages or 101 Questions for Couples, then you will love 131 Creative Conversations for Couples. Don't wait to connect.

Transform your relationship from ordinary to extraordinary as you connect on a deeper level than ever before. This couple's questions book will guide you on the journey!

Christian Dating Questions

Don't marry a stranger! With the overall divorce rate hovering around 50 percent, there is no doubt that relationships can be complicated. These Christian dating questions are for couples who want to defy the odds by building a strong foundation before marriage. They will help you foster a sense of intimacy (or into-me-see) by exploring your partner's inner world. Get ready to dive deep without the R-rated questions, questions that cause you to blush, or conversations starters that stay at a surface level. This aim of couples questions book is to be both helpful and wholesome. 
In addition to creative conversation starters, you will also discover:

• The seven destructive habits of miserable couples.
• The seven joyful habits of happy couples.
• The seven most important habits for after you tie-the-knot.
• Discover these habits before marriage so that your relationship can thrive. 

Conversation Starters for Couples include:

• After marriage, what spiritual activities will you participate in as a couple?
• How do you think that married life will differ from your single life?
• If you could travel back in time and relive a part of your relationship, what would it be? What things would you do differently, and what would you keep the same?
• Imaging a well-known Hollywood producer wants to make a movie about your relationship, and you get to choose the actors. Whom would you select to star as you and your partner? Why?

Christian Relationship Questions

Before marriage, my wife, Jenny, and I went through a number of couples questions book. We learned about each other and had a blast in the process. Today, we are excited to continue the conversation with this new conversation starters book. These conversation starters for couples are perfect to ask,

• Over morning coffee
• On road trips
• During dinner dates
• At summer bonfires
• While on a beachside stroll 
• Any time there is a lull in the conversation

Warning: If you hope to casually coast through your relationship, then this book is not for you. However, if you are searching for a Christian dating book that will help you know your future spouse before marriage, then this may be exactly what you need. The combination of fun, funny, serious, and necessary conversations is sure to help you understand your partner like never before!

Don't wait! Take action with these important and necessary Christian relationship questions.

This premarital book for Christians is perfect for:

• Dating couples,
  
• Engaged couples,
  
• Premarital classes,
  
• Everyone who wants to lay the foundation for a lasting relationship!

131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage is part of a Creative Conversation Starters Series, which includes:

Inspire your kids to pause their electronics, grow their social skills, and develop lifelong friendships. These fun conversation starters for kids will guide you on the journey!

Creative Kids Questions

Face-to-face conversations are increasingly rare in our fast-paced, high-tech society. Help your children build social skills, grow their relationships, and connect like never before with these creative kids' questions. In addition, parents will gain new ideas to help their children grow.

Conversation Skills for Kids

• First, discover why conversations matter and learn why connecting with your kids is essential for their growth.
• After that, learn five simple strategies for teaching kids social skills.
• Then, dive into the 131 creative kids' questions.
• Finally, we'll examine creative ways to encourage ongoing change in kids' lives.

Kids Talking Book

In this kids talking book, your child will dive into 131 creative conversation starters that build social skills. This creative questions book is sure to get your family talking! It's for kids who long to create face-to-face connections that develop into life-long friendships. It is also for parents, foster parents, teachers, coaches, youth pastors, mentors, and everyone who wants to help their children to connect in an increasingly disconnected world!

Creative Kids Questions Include:

• If the zoo offered to let you keep one exotic animal as a pet, which animal would you take home with you?
• If you were the principal of your school for a day, what is one school rule that you would change?
• No two snowflakes are exactly alike. No two people are the same, either. What is something that makes you unique?

★★★ A Social-Emotional Book for Kids ★★★

Use these questions to:

• Stir-up fascinating dinner conversations.
• Keep your kids entertained on rainy days.
• Speak your children's love language.
• As creative kids car activities during road trips.
• These fun conversation starters for kids are perfect for camping trips and summer bonfires!

These creative kids questions are part of a conversation starters books series which includes:

• 131 Creative Conversations for Couples
• 131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
• 131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
• 131 Creative Conversations for Families
• 131 Connecting Conversations for Parents and Teens
• 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success
• 131 Holiday Conversations

★★★ Great Conversations Starters for Tweens Too! ★★★

These conversation starters are perfect for kids and tweens alike. If your middle schooler is disengaged, then this book is for you. Use these conversation starters for tweens to stir up fun, funny, and engaging conversations. Then, watch your communication and connection grow!

A Book for Teaching Kids Social Skills

Don't just hope your kids engage. Take a proactive approach! This social-emotional book for kids will help you connect with your kids on a deeper level.

Grow your marriage, team-up with your spouse, and create a happy, blended family home! This conversation starters book for stepfamily success will guide you on the journey.

Stepfamily Challenges

Stepfamilies face difficulties that traditional families never know. These challenges increased disconnect between spouses, unique heartache, and a significantly higher rate of divorce. Nevertheless, stepfamily success is possible. This book is for parents who long to defy the odds and build a joy-filled home.

In this book, you will discover:

• The four unique obstacles that all stepfamilies face.
  
• The single most crucial ingredient for stepfamily success.
  
• Three specific actions you can take to connect with your spouse and team-up on the journey ahead.

Then, take action, with 131 creative conversation starters that foster connection, teamwork, and joy. This book is not filled with idealized theories that do not work in real life. Instead, it is written by a husband and wife well acquainted with the challenges and delights of stepfamily life.

Jenny and I are firm believers that God loves stepfamilies! We know that regardless of past and current messes, God is willing and able to transform your family into His masterpiece!

Stepfamily Conversation Starters Include:

• Statics report that 66% of remarried couples break up when children are involved. What are some of the steps that you and your spouse will take to be in the 44% of couples who defy these odds
  
• Imagine that you have the ability to assign each family member a superpower. What extraordinary ability would you give to each person, and why?
  
• Imagine you have the ability to peer ten years into the future and preview the life of your stepfamily. Describe what you see−or hope that you see−ten years from now.

If you enjoyed The Smart Stepfamily then you will love 131 Connecting Conversations for Parents and Teens. Don't wait and hope change happens. Take action by scrolling to the top of this page and clicking "Buy now." Then, be a stepfamily who defies the odds and connect more closely than ever before!

This questions book is part of the Creative Conversation Starters series, which includes:
131 Creative Conversations for Couples
131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
131 Creative Conversations for Families
131 Conversations that Engage Kids

Engage your teenagers and connect like never before! This questions book for teens and parents is packed with creative conversation starters that will guide you on the journey. 

Parents and Teenagers

Parents and teens are often disconnected and at odds with one another. Fortunately, this doesn't have to be the case. In 131 Connecting Conversations for parents and Teens, parents will discover why proactively connecting with their teenager matters, and how connecting equips teens and tweens to live healthier, happier, more joy-filled lives. 

Practical parenting ideas include:

• Simple strategies for arguing less and connecting more.
• Practical tools for increasing empathy and understanding.
• Tactics for helping your teenager grow from his or her mistakes.
• A powerful secret for helping teens and tweens build lasting relationships.

Creative Conversation Starters

Next, put these dynamic relationship-building tools into action with the creative conversation starters in this book. Lastly, parents will discover practical steps for keeping their teenagers engaged in face-to-face conversations in our increasingly virtual world. This is important because the recent increase in electronics use has led to a decline in face-to-face conversations and has led to an overall rise in teenage mental health issues. Fortunately, there is much that parents can do to combat this trend. In this creative parenting book, you will find hope and specific action steps for positively parenting young adults.

Christian parenting

These conversation starters are founded on Biblical principles and reinforce essential values. Some conversation starters are faith-based. Others are fun and funny. All of them promote connection and growth.

Don't merely read about positive parenting strategies. Instead, take action with this Christian parenting book that provides practical strategies for parenting teens and parenting tweens. 

131 Connecting Conversations for Parents and Teens, is more than just another parenting book. Take action by scrolling to the top of this page and clicking "buy now." Then, connect with your teenager or tweenager more closely than ever before!

This questions book is part of a creative conversation starters books series that includes:

• 131 Creative Conversations for Couples
• 131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
• 131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
• 131 Creative Conversations for Families
• 131 Connecting Conversations for Parents and Teens
• 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success

Transform your relationship from bland to vibrant, passionate, and connected. These fun conversation starters for couples will guide you on the journey!

Warning: If you enjoy dull dates, then this book is not for you! However, if you are looking for fun conversations that help you grow, then you will love this book of Christian relationship questions!

Christian Relationship Questions

Some conversation starter books contain R-rated questions that cause readers to blush. Others have relationship questions that are too shallow. This dating book is different because it offers a healthy mix of deep and fun conversation starters. It also keeps the questions wholesome. Whether you are newly dating or approaching your golden anniversary, these relationship questions will draw you closer than ever before.

More than Another Dating Questions Book

When my wife, Jenny, and I started dating--over a decade ago--we kept a fun conversations starters book nearby. Doing this led to many engaging conversations. Today, I am thrilled to pass on a new relationship questions book. I hope these creative questions lead to many happy memories!

Engaging Conversations for Couples

To get the most out of this conversations starters book, go through these fun relationship questions:

• On road-trips
• Around summer bonfires
• During dinner dates
• Over morning coffee
• On pick-knicks
• Whenever there is a lull in the conversation

Creative Conversations for Couples Include:

• Imagine that you have the opportunity to grant your partner a superpower. What superhuman ability would you bestow upon him or her, and why?
• Imagine that you are asked to advise a newly dating couple. What words of wisdom would you share, and why?
• As a child, what did you imagine it would be like to fall in love?
• What Biblical passage inspires you the most? Why do these verses mean so much to you, personally?

The Conversation Starters Book Series

This book is a part of a conversation starters book series that includes:

• 131 Creative Conversations for Couples
• 131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
• 131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
• 131 Creative Conversations for Families
• 131 Creative Conversations for Kids
• 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success
• 131 Holiday Conversations
  

Don't wait for change to happen. Use these creative questions for couples to deepen your relationship. Then, get to know one another better than ever before. If you enjoyed 101 Conversation Starters for Couples, or Questions for Couples, then you will love 131 Engaging Conversation Conversations for Couples!

Act now by scrolling to the top of this page and clicking "Buy Now." Then, use these creative conversation starters to grow closer to your loved one than ever before!

Break out of the hectic rush and reclaim wonder! These fun conversation starters for couples and families will help you connect with your loved ones and enjoy the holidays to their fullest!

Holiday Questions for Couples and Families

People are busier than ever, which causes time to feel like it flys by. Happily, this doesn't have to happen to you. Break out of the hustle-and-bustle instead. First, discover five key principles for connecting with your loved ones closely. Then, use the engaging questions that follow to put these fundamental principles into action. Whether you are dating, engaged, or raising a family, this book is sure to spark an abundance of laughter, connection, and holiday joy. This holiday questions book hones in on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentine's, and Easter.

Creative Conversation Starters Include:

• Imagine you have the opportunity to spend Christmas in any part of the world. Where would you go, what would you do, and whom would you take with you?
• If you could travel back in time and change one event from the past year, what would it be, and why?
• Psalm 118:1 says, "Give thanks to the Lord for he is good." How has God shown you His goodness this year?
• In your opinion, is love more of a feeling or more of an action, and why? Begin your answer by assigning a percentage to each. For example, "I think love is 60 percent feelings and 40 percent action because..."

Don't allow the Holidays to fly by. Connect with your loved ones and grow your holiday wonder instead. Simply scroll back up to the top of this page and click, "Buy now!" This creative conversation starter book will guide you every step of the way!

Other books in The Creative Conversation Starters Series include:

• 131 Creative Conversations for Couples
• 131 Engaging Conversations for Couples
• 131 Necessary Conversations Before Marriage
• 131 Creative Conversations for Families
• 131 Conversations That Engage Kids
• 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success

Inspire your kids to bust stress, be happy, and achieve their goals. These positive coping skills will help your child excel, and this positive parenting book will guide you on the journey!

Stress Management for Kids

Today, kids are more stressed than ever. Fortunately, stress relief for kids is possible! These coping skills help kids avoid toxic stress, manage their frustrations, and feel happier. Positive coping skills are necessary because studies show that kids who can self-regulate have a higher chance of excelling in virtually every area of life. 

This kids personal growth book is ideal for parents, teachers, coaches, and anyone who longs to help kids succeed. In addition to providing an abundance of stress-busting and mood-boosting skills, it also offers valuable insights into why coping skills work.

Coping Skills for Kids Include:

• Eleven ways kids can boost their mood by changing their thoughts. 
  
• Six strategies that encourage children to express how they feel.
  
• Eight practices for inspiring children to draw strength from their faith.
  
• Five ways kids can elevate their mood through gratitude.
  
• Seven tactics that help children become fully present.
  
• Five ideas for using temperature changes to help kids self-regulate.

Anxiety Relief for Kids

Stress and anxiety problems are real. Children are far too valuable to wait and hope their situation improves. Take action by learning the creative parenting ideas and positive coping skills in this book. Then, inspire your kids to bust stress, be happier, and achieve their goals!

Kids Personal Growth

As a bonus, this kid's personal growth book comes with a free, coping skills workbook. This coping skills workbook will assist you in diving deeper into the stress management skills and creative parenting ideas inside. So why wait? Pick up this coping skills book. Promote stress management for kids and anxiety relief for kids. Then, help your kids bust stress, boost their mood, and achieve their goals!

Positive Parent Books

131 Stress Busters and Mood Boosters for Kids, is part of a positive parenting books series that includes 131 Conversations that Engage Kids, and 131 Boredom Busters and Creativity Builders for Kids.

Children will have fun while learning calming skills that help kids succeed in school! This book teaches emotional regulation for kids in a fun fairytale adventure. Children will love practicing three school calm down skills as they follow along with Teacher Jen's class!

Creative Self-Regulation in the Classroom

There's a magical place where plants and animals can talk. These amazing creatures sometimes find themselves in Teacher Jen's classroom. In The Secret of the River Rock, an ordinary stone comes to life. The river rock tells how he transformed from sharp and jagged into a smooth skipping stone. Then, he shares a secret that kids can use to rock at school and skip through life—a secret he calls river rock habits! Children will love this imaginative fairytale adventure. Parents and teachers will appreciate the classroom self-regulation skills taught in the book.

Emotional regulation for kids

Kids will have a blast learning and practicing three different emotional regulation skills as they follow along with Teacher Jen's class. Children will discover how to:

• Quiet their bodies and regulate their emotions by taking slow, deep breaths.
• Identify and verbalize their feelings instead of acting them out.
• Brighten their attitudes with healthy self-talk.

Classroom Calming Skills

Mindset matters! This is especially true in school. The classroom calming skills taught in this book will help your child identify and change difficult emotions. This way, they can focus on learning and friendships. The Secret of the River Rock was written by a therapist/social worker team, and each calming skill is time tested.

Kids and Emotions

Embedded in this story are a kid's feeling chart, four positive self-talk statements, and a deep-breathing exercise. The story is kid-tested and parent-approved. Don't just tell kids, "regulate your emotions!" Teach them how. The Secret of the River Rock will guide you every step of the way.

Self-Regulation in the Classroom

This book is designed for:

• Teachers
• Parents
• Home school families
• Grandparents
• Therapists
• Mentors
• Everyone who desires to make a positive impact in the lives of kids.

The Secret of the River Rock is an engaging, easy-to-read, understand, and apply story with a powerful message. Self-regulation in the classroom facilitates learning and growth. To get started, scroll up and click "buy now."

A Coping Skills for Kids Series

The Secret of the River Rock is part of a coping skills for kids series. This book focuses on school calm down skills. However, each of these classroom calming skills can also easily be applied at home.

Books in this Coping Skills for Kids series include:

• The Secret of the River Rock: Calming Skills that Help Kids Rock at School
• Lemonade Joy: A Kid's Guide to Feeling Happier
• The Bee Present: Mindfulness for Kids who Worry too Much

Look for the coping skill for kids' workbook, coming soon!

• Don't Pick Up the Rope: Communication skills for arguing less and connecting more.


• Make the Best Bad Choice: Life strategies for getting unstuck and building momentum.


• Focus on the Good: Ideas for generating energy and creativity.


• Reframe the Problem: Leadership tactics for breaking through barriers and achieving your goals.


• Take Care of You: A plan for staying healthy and refreshed on your leadership and relationship journey.

Growing as a Christian leader is easy with these dynamic tools from psychology and Scripture!



Praise for Coffee Shop Inspirations, Simple Strategies for Building Dynamic Leadership and Relationships:


"Coffee Shop Inspirations illustrates so well the practical use of the Word of God. The author has full confidence in God’s inerrant Word, filtering everything through Scripture as the believer’s final authority. This book is clear, balanced and faithful to Scripture. I recommend it to you for your encouragement in your daily walk with the Lord in the light of His Word."
~Dr. Gary Coombs, President: Southern California Seminary

"This book will be a blessing to anyone who reads it and applies the material. The author's writing is inspiring, helpful, and is truly a self-help book in every sense of the word."
~Dr. Paul Fisher, Pastor, Professor and licensed therapist.

“Jed not only offers sound and biblical advice, but he does it in a way that is both immensely practical and immediately applicable.”
~James Fazio, Dean of Biblical Studies: Southern California Seminary


“Jed has done a masterful of taking the truth of Scripture and the research behind psychology to show practical ways to impact everyday life. The insights shared are not theory but proven techniques which have been applied to real life. Everyone would profit from reading this book.”
~Russ Cox, Senior Pastor of New Hope Community Church

"This particular project of Jed's is not only enlightening; it is spiritually grounded... Thank you for the Coffee Shop experience."
~Jonathan Dean, MA, IMF, PsyD-Student

"As an Assistant Pastor and therapist, I have enjoyed reading this book. Jed had been able to use his God given talents to bring light for both Christians and Psychotherapists. This is truly a must read for all."
~Carlos E. Magallon, M.A., Ephesians 4:5 Ministries

"Jed makes applying key principles from the Bible and psychology practical and easy."
~Jessica Daly, IMF