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“You can put the ‘Mister I-know-everything voice’ back in the box now.” Megan said. She struggled for room with her seat belt and tugged down at the hem of her silk evening dress. She turned away from Brandt to stare at the dark night outside the car. Brandt sighed and settled in for the long drive home.

Brandt and Megan exist only as a fictional couple. But, they come to life, drawn from real people, working through the real challenges that face all post modern couples whom seek authenticity, fulfillment, and openness in their relationships.

Growing Your Young Marriage is a read-together book. It is an enjoyable and compelling development tool for engagement and early marriage. Reflecting the experiences of hundreds of Christian couples that attended marriage preparation seminars, Brandt, Megan, their families and their friends dramatize difficult and emotionally sensitive encounters for readers to see and consider.

Interspersed throughout the story, non-fiction narratives and work sheets compel reader interaction, both individually and as a couple. Through this interaction, readers are able to draw parallels from their own lives. Because of the examples in the text, they feel “safer” around tough issues, enabling deeper, more meaningful conversation.

Growing Your Young Marriage is divided into twelve chapters, preceded by an introduction and followed by an epilogue. The introduction contains suggestions on reading sessions, some ground rules, and a concept overview. The epilogue fleshes out the Vision of lifetime marriage.

Each of the chapters covers a basic area of marriage:

• Understanding your individual hidden agendas
• Asserting your union in an indifferent world.
• Submitting to the cycles of romance, disillusionment, and true joy
• Being open with yourself and each other
• Celebrating the strength added through your differences
• Acknowledging the Sacred Mystery of the way Jesus touches a marriage
• Making unifying decisions together
• Living with your couple decisions
• Putting love making and sexuality in perspective
• Striving for unity, not conformity
• Understanding the meaning of your wedding day
• Being a healer and being healed – a lifetime job

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