Does your heart skip a beat when you think of all that could go wrong in the parenting years ahead? Anxiety is normal, but your worst fears dont have to become reality. Speaking both as a therapist and a father--and drawing on a landmark study of thirty-five thousand parents--Dr. James Dobson helps you . . .

• prevent child-rearing troubles before they happen
• banish your guilt about hard-to-raise children
• protect your sanity during a childs adolescence
• restore your energy when youre facing burnout
• enhance your relationships with your kids

With more than one million copies sold, this confidence-building classic will help you experience the full joy of parenthood--and what may be the greatest sense of fulfillment youll ever know. Saber más

Id Like You More if You Were More like Me takes on one of lifes most important questions: How can I get closer to God and other people?

We were created for deep connections. When people have deep connections, says John Ortberg, they win in life. When they dont have deep connections, they cannot win in life. Id Like You More if You Were More like Me offers help in overcoming one of the biggest obstacles to making deep connections: the fact that were so different. Different from God and different from each other.

The good news is that connectedness is not based on similarity, but on shared experiences. When one person invites another to share an experience, theyre connected. It can be sharing a beautiful sunset or a meal, having a great conversation over cup of coffee, going for walk, or even teasing somebody. And when we share those same experiences with God, we get closer to him, too. God wants to connect with us--so much that he sent his son to live as a human being. God took on flesh and shared every human experience. So we dont have to wonder what a close relationship with God looks like anymore.

An intimate relationship with God and other people doesnt have to be a cliche, it can be a daily way of life. Saber más

This collection bundles two popular titles on relationships into one e-book for a great value!

The DNA of Relationships
"Life is relationships; the rest is just details." We are designed for relationships, yet they often bring us pain. In this paradigm-shifting book, Gary Smalley unravels the DNA of relationships: we are made for three great relationships--with God, others, and ourselves--and all relationships involve choice. Gary exposes a destructive relationship dance that characterizes nearly every relationship conflict, and he offers five new dance steps that will revolutionize relationships. The DNA of Relationships, the cornerstone book in Gary Smalleys relationship campaign, will revolutionize your marriage, family, friendships, and work relationships.

The DNA of Relationships for Couples
This book shows readers who are struggling in their marriage the steps to take to strengthen and rebuild their marriage relationship. The practical solutions are built on the basic steps that are explained in The DNA of Relationships. Smalley uses fictional couples (based on real client experience) who are grappling with real-life problems ranging from work and family priority balance issues to extramarital affairs. Through the telling of the stories of real couples going through the step-by-step counseling process, the book provides a tool to help both partners identify destructive relationship habits and explains how to begin the rebuilding process. Saber más

What The Hole in Our Gospel did for justice and Daring Greatly did for vulnerability, Brave Soul is about to do for the most overlooked yet crucial of Christian values: empathy.

Empathy is a risk. It means opening yourself up to connection--and possibly getting hurt. It means entering into others lives in ways that will push you outside who you thought you could be. It means learning to care for others, and yourself, in ways that go far beyond platitudes and easy answers into the very heart of what it means to be alive.

But it also makes us stronger. It makes us closer. And it makes us more like Jesus.

If we yearn to become wholehearted Jesus followers, we must be willing to be brokenhearted for each other. So what do we do in response to others pain? How do we show that we care when we feel so helpless? And what difference can it make?

The answer lies in how God hardwired each of us. You have a brave soul that, when you cultivate it, will make you more like Him--a more loving, peaceful, purposeful force for good in our world.

Brave Soul will change the way we understand ourselves, how we grow our relationships with one another, and what we can do to impact the world with the love of Jesus. Saber más

Caring for elderly parents is challenging. Its a season of life that requires grace and strength that can only come from God. In The Caregiving Season, Jane Daly shares personal caregiving stories, offering practical advice to help you honor your aging parents well and deepen your personal relationship with Christ along the journey. Saber más

Relationships can be confusing, and communication is a huge part of that confusion. I Dont Get You aims to be a practical, accessible resource that helps readers navigate opposite-sex communication with intentionality.

This booklet explores how God designed our hearts and the variations between men and women. Men and women relate, attach, and express themselves differently. Even what we think and feel during a shared conversation may be misunderstood.

The 5 Categories of Conversation introduced in this booklet give practical and easy-to-apply guidelines for interaction. The material guides us to fulfilling relationships that respect emotional boundaries and promote healthy interactions. I Dont Get You equips men to protect their own hearts and the hearts of women around them. It also reveals how we can intentionally pursue the heart of one special person. Women will learn to recognize the invisible emotional ties that easily form and to guard their hearts from uncommitted emotional intimacy. Saber más

Eight setups. Eight awkward dates. Eight things God tried to teach her along the way. (Some of which shes still trying to figure out.)
Stephanie Rische was starting to feel invisible. All around her, her friends were getting married, and she found herself decidedly alone. Stephanie couldnt help but wonder if there was something broken in her--was she not pretty enough? Not fun enough? Not dateable enough (whatever that meant)? So she started praying in earnest for God to bring the right man into her life. And instead, He brought her matchmakers. Eight of them, to be precise.

Beloved blogger Stephanie Rische debuts with this charming, vulnerable, and (who are we kidding?) often mortifying true story of a girl who tried really hard to find someone to fall in love with--even when she mostly just ended up falling flat on her face. But amid the most cringeworthy setups and awkward encounters, Stephanie found Gods grace and love meeting her there in ways she never could have imagined--once she opened her eyes to see. Saber más

After interviewing thousands of teens, author Andy Braner put it all down on paper in a straight-talk approach to teen sex and dating. Revealing some startling statistics, he explains to parents and youth pastors what the current situation is with teens and sex, how we got here, and where the current out-of-control sex-driven culture is leading us. Readers will find out how to reach teens with a biblical message on dating, sexual promiscuity, purity, and redemption. Saber más

Friendship is not a rational process. While reasoning and discerning play a part in our choices of friends, feelings and emotions are strong elements as well.

Much of the conscious development of our circle of friends rests on an understanding of the elements and foundations of friendship. There is no magic formula. Friendship choices rest on principles and concepts. Friendships take effort. They hold a bit of mystery. They cant be manufactured. But they are priceless.

Walk with Jerry and Mary White in To Be a Friend as they probe and discover together the great adventure of being and having friends. Saber más