Staying Close: Stopping the Natural Drift Toward Isolation in Marriage

Countless married couples end up living alone-in the same house! Over twenty-eight years of conducting "Weekend to Remember" conferences have convinced Dennis and Barbara Rainey that isolation is the number-one problem in marriages today. But they believe it's possible to overcome "marital drift" and experience the miracle of oneness. This book provides a positive, workable strategy for keeping your marriage vital and intimate. Learn proven principles including: understanding the cultural and personal forces that isolate you from your spouse; manage your schedules, workloads, roles and responsibilities without losing sight of each other; grow closer during hard times instead of letting your troubles pull you apart; and allow for (and enjoy) individual differences while maintaining unity.

Countless married Americans end up living alone-in the same house. Years of conducting FamilyLife conferences and counseling couples have convinced Dennis Rainey that isolation is the number one problem in marriages today. But Rainey is also convinced that it is possible to defeat "marital drift" and experience the miracle of oneness.

Staying Close provides couples with a positive, workable strategy for keeping their marriage vital and intimate. Couples will learn to:

• recognize the personal and cultural forces that isolate them
• manage the busyness of life without losing sight of each other
• grow closer during hard times rather than allow troubles to pull them apart
• "affair-proof" their relationship (or heal it after the fact)
• discover the secrets of a mutually rewarding sex life
• create a safe atmosphere for transparent communication

Previous Edition: 0-8499-3343-9

Dennis and Barbara Rainey are the cofounders of FamilyLife^™ and frequent speakers at FamilyLife's "Weekend to Remember" and "Rekindling the Romance" arena events. Dennis is also the President of FamilyLife and the host of the radio program, FamilyLife Today. He is also the creator of the HomeBuilders Couples Series^®. Dennis and Barbara have coauthored several best-selling books, including Building Your Mate's Self-Esteem and Moments Together for Couples. They have six children, one son-in-law, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. They live near Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Reviewed by David R. Bess (Charleston, West Virginia), July 22, 2005

This volume is sound, solid advice for married couples. While most of the tips and insights here offer few ideas that are new to books on Christian marriage, the way in which they are arranged is refreshingly original. The authors are right on target when they claim that the greatest enemy facing marriages today is isolation. Other resources touch upon this danger, but this work focuses upon it. It's not a great book, but it's very good.

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