As for Me and My House: Crafting Your Marriage to Last

by Walter Wangerin Jr.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785266712
• ISBN13: 9780785266716
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A "must read" for relationship health.

Regardless of whether you have been married for some time or are going to get married, this book is exceptionally well written, helpful, and well worth the time to read. In spite of all the well meaning people who try to advise the husband and wife to be, few if any seem able to explain what you can expect after marriage. "Everyone fights," "depression is normal," etc. etc. - who needs such meaningless, vague, and demoralizing statements? What each couple needs is this book - and if they can get it and use it before marriage, they will probably avoid a lot of heartache. Whether you are wondering "what is going to happen?" or "what just happened?" This book will be much more help than newspaper columns, confused friends, or dear old aunt Alice.

I use it for Pre-Cana Counseling

As a Catholic priest, I use this book for Pre-Cana (before you get married)counseling. I think it's the best I've seen, and I've recommended it to my Bishop to be used in the curriculum of our seminary. Would that people read this before they got married ~ also good as an eye opener if you are married, and for no matter how long. As the Chairman of the Board of Examining Chaplains for my diocese (who oversees academic stuff before a man is considered for ordination), I'll tell you that this book will be required reading for any man before he becomes a priest with pastoral cares.Bravo!!!

Run, don't walk, and get this book

This is one unbelievably fantastic book. Wangerin is a wonderful storyteller. This book stands head and shoulders above other Christian books about marriage. The chapters on forgiveness are incredible. He is transparent and real as he shares from his own marriage. Use it to make your own marriage stronger. Give it to friends, those married and those contemplating marriage. I've read many books on marriage. This one is at the top of my list.

Moving, Compelling, Revealing, Enriching

I am a professional, full time marriage & family therapist, and part time pastor. I have spent a good deal of time searching for literature to suggest to my clients and members. This is it! The book is moving, compelling, revealing, and enriching all at the same time. Walter's openness and honesty in his own self revelations demonstrate for us the work of the grace of God in a Christian marriage.

Walt Wangerin teaches valuable marriage principles.

Walt Wangerin's gift for story telling is demonstrated undeniably in this marvelous book on the challenges of making marriage work. His powerfully transparent autobiographical sections moved me and drew me in, setting me up for his teachable moments, which are compelling and instructive. I wept with Wangerin as he told of the grace and forgiveness afforded him by his wife, knowing full well the liberating joy of being similarly forgiven by my wife of 26 years. This text is required reading at our church for couples preparing to marry. But it may be even more meaningful reading for those of us who have a decade or two of marital experience under our belts! Read and enjoy Walt Wangerin at his best!