The Bottom Line
Written from a Christian perspective, this is a serious discussion about what things an engaged couple should be looking at before getting married.
Pros
- Practical help.
- Emphasizes the importance of talking with one another.
- Easy to read.
Cons
- No index.
Description
- Small book, but it is packed with questions.
- There are great specific questions concerning the wedding budget and money management as a couple.
- Discusses the importance of looking at early life formation and the teen years.
- Looks at the importance of a spiritual foundation, and how marriage is a mutual ministry.
- Touches on family, friends and communication issues.
- Makes a case for fidelity and commitment, lives of intimacy and becoming parents.
- Notes importance of communicating together.
- It also has a section on the loss of a spouse through death.
Guide Review - "Let's Talk Marriage"
Although small in size, it is loaded with questions concerning roles, assumptions, expectations, hopes, problems, and uncertainties that married couples face. Every engaged couple should be considering asking themselves these questions.
The author sees marriage as a great adventure that involves life long growth, especially when a couple has shared spiritual values.
