Handbook for Engaged Couples : A Communication Tool for Those About to Be Married

You're engaged! And now you are knee-deep in planning the details of the wedding. But are you also getting ready for what comes after the wedding?Alice and Robert Fryling bring over twenty-five years of marriage experience to this workbook designed to guide you through open and honest communication about the things that will really matter in your marriage:

• money
• time
• communication
• sex
• family
• work
• faith

This isn't justa book you read--it's a book you experience together. Its interactive style allows you and your future spouse to explore its biblically-based counsel and challenging questions together or with a pastor. And with three chapters tailored specificallyto your first few months together, you can even use A Handbook for Engaged Couples after the wedding.Set aside time now to develop a marriage that starts well and grows to lasting maturity.

Alice Fryling is a spiritual director and the author of nine books, including Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction. She has been giving Enneagram workshops for fifteen years, teaching participants how to usethe Enneagram to know God and themselves more deeply. She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren.

Robert A. (Bob) Fryling is publisher of InterVarsity Press (Westmont, Illinois) and Vice President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Madison, Wisconsin). He writes, speaks and teaches in the areas of spiritual formation, leadership, Christianfaith and culture. He lives in Illinois with his wife, Alice, an author and spiritual director. Together they have co-authored three books.