We’re excited to get started on the Marriage Chat Book Club! We plan on going through multiple books each month in order to strengthen our marriages (or prepare for strong ones) in 2012. Our first book that we will begin with is one we have referenced multiple times: Dr. Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts. Choose whatever format is best for you: paperback, eBook, or audiobook. You can find it in your local book store, online, or at your local library. You can read the first chapter for free on Amazon using one of their Kindle apps! Here’s a description of the book:
Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse’s primary love language””quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch.
By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with specific, simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together.
Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program Building Relationships with Gary Chapman, which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com.
The Five Love Languages is a consistent new York Times bestseller – with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running!
So to start off, I’d like us to start off with the first 2 chapters: What Happens to Love After the Wedding, and Keeping the Love Tank Full. That’s 16 pages, which I believe is more than doable in one week, even with our busy schedules. Next week, we’ll go over the 2 chapters right back here, and on Wednesday, February 29 we’ll have a special Marriage Chat to discuss the entire book and what we’ve learned and applied.
Whether you’ve read the book before or not, we’d love to have you join us. To keep track of the discussion on Twitter, we’d love it if you could use the hashtag #marriagechatbc. Feel free to tell your friends and family to join in, and definitely include your spouse!
Sister Noble says
This is a great book! My boyfriend and I read it together.
Katrina L. says
My husband and I won a copy of this at a marriage seminar. Read it back in college. Interested in reading thru it again to hear other people’s perspectives
trini says
I am from Trinidad and just wanted to let u know that this site is a blessing. Also, I wanted to suggest a book for the club “his needs her needs” by willard harley. This book can save any marriage. Couples please read together.