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...

10 Fun, Innovative Relationship-Building Dates for Seriously Dating and Engaged Couples 10 Great Dates Before You Say "I Do" combines the best of marriage preparation research with a fun, easy-to-follow format. Couples will love growing together while going out together. Share your hopes and dreams Appreciate your differences Communicate and connect Develop spiritual intimacy Evaluate your relationship Celebrate romance And more

A simple dating plan that is sure to revive romance and rejuvenate the fun quotient in your empty-nest marriageIt's just the two of you again and it's time to renew your relationship. You can reconnect and reclaim that same spark, excitement, and creativity you experienced before you had kids through ten innovative, fun dates guaranteed to spice up your marriage. Specially crafted for empty-nesters, these dates are based on marriage-enriching themes, such as- Becoming a couple again- Rediscovering intimate talk- Revitalizing your love life- Growing together spiritually- Relating to adult...

Fighting forYour Empty Nest-Marriage offers clear-cut instructions for dealing with one of the most difficult periods in any marriage. . .the transition period when the children leave home. Based on the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) and the results of a national survey of long-term married couples, this warm and helpful guide is brimming with practical suggestions and wisdom for learning to let-go of the kids and preserving the sense of commitment, love, partnership, sensuality and fun within a marriage.

Looking to refocus and renew your commitment to your spouse? In this collection of encouraging devotions, marriage experts David and Claudia Arp show how learning to hear God's voice and follow his lead can enable you to strengthen you marriage each and every day. Forty-five real-life portraits of couples who have learned to heed God's voice, combined with thought-provoking observations, make this devotional book enjoyable and helpful for couples who are seeking to strengthen their relationship and connect spiritually. Take this opportunity to stop your life for a moment, look at your...

Vorpubertät - eine herausfordernde Zeit. Nicht nur für Eltern. Wie können Sie Ihr Kind in den Jahren zwischen 9 und 13 verstehen und gut begleiten? Wie können Sie Gelassenheit bewahren, auch wenn die "unkomplizierte" Kindheitswelt sich dem Ende zuneigt? Dieses Buch verrät es Ihnen.