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By For Your Marriage Staff and Associates

Join us each month for a review of a book pertaining to marriage, dating, family life, children, parenting, and all other things For Your Marriage.

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Manual for Women

When I opened the mailer packet and pulled out Manual for Women by Danielle Bean, I immediately got a good impression of this book. The soft, flexible leatheret...

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Good Enough is Good Enough: Confessions of an Imperfect Catholic Mom

October 05, 2018

With social media and smartphones, people are more connected—at least digitally—than ever before. Instagram and Facebook provide ample opportunities for families and friends to share their lives with others and foster community. However, this constant connectedness can foster a culture of comparison that sometimes leads to a disordered expectation of perfection. Even Catholic mothers can … More →

Sex, God, and Marriage

September 12, 2018

In her forward to Sex, God & Marriage, Mother Teresa writes “In this book we find a message needed today in every part of the world.” Not that the message has never been proclaimed, but it is not well heard or is flat out rejected. The message is to be pure. Purity might sound like … More →

Made for Love: Same-Sex Attractions and the Catholic Church

August 07, 2018

“Every human being — regardless of sexual orientation, regardless of past experiences of relationship, regardless of how he may have been treated by family members — is made for love” (p. 58). While humans have a tendency to doubt their value and worth, basing it on their origins, experiences, or perceived destinies, all people have … More →

The Catholic Table: Finding Joy Where Food and Faith Meet

July 03, 2018

“Man’s story can’t be told apart from food; it’s inextricably woven into the fabric of life. God’s story can’t be told apart from food either; God the Son actually becomes food.” As human beings, food is always both a necessity and a gift. Yet throughout history, man has struggled with his eating habits. The Catholic … More →

The Father of the Family: A Christian Perspective

May 03, 2018

“The act of helping to conceive a child–one of the greatest of a man’s privileges–may make a man a biological father but not a true one.” So writes Clayton C. Barbeau in the introduction of his 2013 revised edition of The Father of the Family: A Christian Perspective, originally published in 1990. True fatherhood, in … More →

God’s Guide for Grandparents

April 01, 2018

As soon as I read the first chapter of God’s Guide for Grandparents by Susan M. Erschen, I knew this was not going to be an easy book to review. That is, it is not a book that I could breeze through while jotting a few nice things to say. This grandparenting book is not … More →

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