10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage: Updated and Expanded Edition

by David and Claudia Arp

Overview

Small groups of couples can learn important skills and revitalize their marriages with this fun and unique approach. "You will love growing together while going out together." -John Gray Author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Remember back to your dating days—the excitement you felt? Now you can reclaim that same spark, connection, and creativity in your marriage through ten intentional, memory-making dates. This proven approach to relationship growth is low-key, purposeful, effective, easy, and fun , and will help you * Communicate better * Put the sizzle back in sex * Process anger and resolve conflicts * Develop spiritual intimacy * Appreciate your differences * Balance busy lifestyles * And much more! Enjoy your dates alone as a couple or start your own 10 Great Dates group in your church or community. You probably already know 5-6 couples who could benefit from time-out to build their marriage and enrich their relationship with 10 Great Dates. See 10 Great Dates DVD Curriculum for everything you need to lead this effective, husband-friendly and fun program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310344032
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	02/16/2016
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishing
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	808,299
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Claudia Arp and David Arp, MSW, founders of Marriage Alive, are authors of numerous books with more than 1,000,000 in print including the award-winning 10 Great Dates series and The Second Half of Marriage. The Arps have been featured in media like The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time Magazine, and on NBC Today, CBS This Morning, and PBS. When they are not writing or speaking, you’ll probably find them hiking trails in Northern Virginia where they live or in the Austrian Alps where they love to write and hike. Visit them at www.10GreatDates.org.

 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

A Personal Note from Claudia and David 11

Part 1 10 Great Dates

Date 1 Choosing a High-Priority Marriage 21

Date 2 Learning to Communicate 30

Date 3 Solving Problems as a Couple 42

Date 4 Becoming an Encourager 58

Date 5 Finding Unity in Diversity 71

Date 6 Building a Creative Love Life 83

Date 7 Sharing Responsibility and Working Together 97

Date 8 Balancing Your Roles as Partner and Parent 108

Date 9 Connecting Faith, Love, and Marriage 119

Date 10 Achieving an Intentional Marriage 130

Postscript 143

Notes 144

Part 2 Your Dating Guide

Your Dating Plan 159

Smart Tips for Great Dates 160

Great Dates Exercises 1-10 161