Getting Ready for Marriage: A Practical Road Map for Your Journey Together

I used this book, and the manual, for premarital counseling, when I was serving as the pastor of a congregation. It is a good tool for having people work through/talk through all of their expectations around family of origin, finances, the future, communications - great stuff that people often don't really examine. I found this through our church music director, who recommended it to ME when I was counseling him and his fiance! So it gets a double recommendation! As I told all of the people who came to me asking me to do their weddings, "I don't care as much WHAT you decide about these as I care THAT you talk about these things!!"

Shipping was fast and easy. The chapters are easy to follow. Great read for those getting ready for marriage and want to dive deep into some topics they may have or may not have thought of with added perspective from the authors.

My fiancé and I would go to the park or coffee and read it and it helped us have some great convo that were fun, tough, prayer inspired, grace filled, tearful but lead to deeper love and understanding of one another. A friend saw me reading it at work and I even bought her a copy because she was engaged too. I only read it with my girl tho. I’m a dude man and I don’t buy stuff to give away but this book made me want to see my friends marry right.

Great book

What a great resource! As a pastor and a licensed therapist, I believe this book to be the perfect tool for guiding the countless pre-marital sessions I lead with engaged couples. It has a natural sequence of topics to discuss and a great tool for getting the couple to come prepared for the sessions. I'll give the couple a copy as a gift before we begin and assign them a chapter to read before they return. I'll ask them to write in the margins (their thoughts and reactions) of the book and bring it to the next pre-martial counseling session to share and discuss.

Good Tool

Anyone thinking of getting married should read this book. Very thorough and honest and asks the hard questions. Absolutely loved it.

I love how they got into the practical side of it by outlining what the wedding consists of. This was defined a good read as it was well rounded to have touched those big tickets things that need to be addressed before the “I Dos”

Der Versand war unmöglich. Der Artikel sollte nach 3 Tagen da sein. Das Buch kam nicht an, weil angeblich eine falsche Adresse angegeben wurde. Musste zweimal bei Hermes anrufen, bis eine Beschwerde eingereicht und das Buch erneut versendet wurde. Das Warten hat sich jedoch mehr als gelohnt. Ich liebe das Buch. Mein Freund und ich wollen heiraten und man redet über einzelne Seiten und Fragen, die in dem Buch gestellt werden stundenlang, wozu man aber auch aufgefordert wird. Durch das Lesen und gemeinsame Reden/Beten wächst man noch enger zusammen. Es werden alle relevanten Themen angesprochen. Auf jeden Fall emphelenswert für Paare, die vorhaben, zu heiraten und nach einem Ehevorbereitungsbuch suchen.

Very encouraging

Very simple and practical writing I'd recommend to all about to wed or even already wedded My fiance and I read this together.

I have read this book and started to use the workbook with my girlfriend. The book is good for couples (Or the part of a couple) who wants more high fibre pre mariage material. Although written from a christian viewpoint, most chapters in the book can be useful for non-christians. This book (and the work book) is all about getting the foundation prepared before mariage. As they state in the book - 50 % og mariages end in divorce. However, the rate is dropped with 30% if a couple do pre marital preparations. So buy this book if you want more confidence in your relationship or need confirmation in your compatability. I withhold one star as the book's chapters regarding sexuality and re-mariage(Which I find weird to include) is somewhat dissapointing.