As For Me And My House

by Wangerin, Walter Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780785266716
• ISBN10: 0785266712
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-05
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc

Summary

Most books on marriage offer ten easy steps and twenty-five proven principles for achieving marital bliss. But Walter Wangerin side-steps such easy answers and offers us instead an intimate portrait of his own courtship and thirty-two year marriage-and a pastoral view of married life that inspires readers to view their own marriages with new honesty and hope. Wangerin's six tasks of marriage encourages couples to better understand and happily live out the vows they made, giving them tools to nurture and maintain a strong marital relationship. In his endorsement, Philip Yancey accurately describes this book as "an enduring classic and a book of wisdom, beauty, compassion, and piercing honesty."

Table of Contents

When Does Marriage Begin?	9	(20)
Introducing Marriage, Thanne, and Mortal Fears
PART ONE: EARLY MARRIAGE WORK
Who Did I Marry After All?	29	(10)
Idealization/Realization
How Shall We Live Together?	39	(16)
Mutualization and Gender Differences
PART TWO: FORGIVENESS
What Kind of Relationship Is Marriage Meant to Be?	55	(10)
The Divine Ideal
How Does Sin Destroy the Marital Ideal?	65	(10)
The Reality
What is Forgiveness?	75	(18)
The Divine Absurdity
How Do We Practice Forgiveness?	93	(14)
Steps to Accomplish the Necessary Miracle
How Do We Preserve the Goodness Gained in Forgiving?	107	(10)
The Covenant
PART THREE: MARRIAGE WORK: THE CONTINUING TASKS
``Faithfulness unto Death'': Working While There's Life	117	(4)
The First Task: Truthfulness and Dependability	121	(16)
The Second Task: Sharing the Work of Survival	137	(14)
The Three Task: Talking and Listening	151	(20)
The Fourth Task: Making Love	171	(22)
Avoiding Adultery	193	(18)
The Fifth Task: Healing	211	(18)
Healing the Abuser	229	(10)
The Sixth Task: Gifting and Volunteering	239	(14)
Study Guide	253