Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 Marriage Will Change You: What Do You Want That Change to Look Like?

2 Not Your Mother’s Lasagna: Legacies, Wounds, and Unrealistic Expectations

3 Beyond Pink and Blue: Creating Christ-Centered Gender Expectations

4 An Unlikely Blessing: Mining Disappointment and Anger

5 Tuning In: Why Good Listeners Make Better Spouses

6 Unmasking Counterfeits: How Disordered Attachments and Addictions Thwart True Desire

7 Nonnegotiables: Confession and Forgiveness

8 A Paradox: How Suffering Leads to Love

9 Choosing Joy: God’s Secret Weapon

10 It’s Not Good to Be Alone: The Complex Gift of Community

11 Made Beautiful: The Redemptive Power of Sacrificial Love

Notes

About the Author