Best Selling Books by Gary D. Chapman

According to the authors, each child expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. A parent''s love language may be totally different from that of his or her child, which causes hurt feelings and misunderstandings. With the help of this book, adults can discover their child''s primary language and learn what they can do to effectively convey unconditional feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in their child''s emotions and behavior.

"After being married for nearly fifty years, the contented life that Charlie and Esther Moore have built together begins to crumble, and as Esther''s declining health begins to shatter their reverie, the couple must come to terms with all the paths their lives have not taken to pull their marriage out of winter"--NoveList.

Newlyweds Brad and Ashley Hanes face their first season of winter. Opposite work schedules, differing views on finances and when to start a family, and Brad''s selfish habits are forcing the young couple apart. It will take a whole lot of help for Ashley and Brad to pull their marriage into a hopeful spring.

"This book guides emerging adults in discovering and understanding their own love languages as well as how to best express love to others"--

On Christmas Eve twenty years earlier, Marlee and Jacob were married in a snowstorm. This Christmas Eve, they are ready to quit, divorce is imminent. Their relationship is as icy as the road they’re traveling and as blocked with troubles as the piling snow. They take a shortcut to get to the lawyer’s office, on a slippery, no-fault path. She thinks they need to stay on the main road. He disagrees. They fight. Story of their lives and they slam into a bank of snow , spinning, drifting, falling, out of control. Just like their lives. Reluctantly, freezing cold, hungry, scared, she trudges up the hill. Jacob is nowhere to be found. Her ears frozen, fingers and hands red, she comes to a house on the hillside, built like a Bed and Breakfast, a green wreath on the red door and the door-knocker is in the shape of a wedding ring. The red door opens and the first thing she notices is the fire in the room, blazing hot, a warm, inviting, friendly place and the voice of an old man welcomes her in. There are three golden pots on the hearth, shining, glimmering things. The old man claims that they are used to restore marriages. She laughs—and begins a journey through her past, present, and future that will test how she views her lifelong love. There are two futures available. Which will she choose?

A tactless comment about your child''s weight; finding the gas tank on empty again. Getting angry is easy, and once the unwieldy cluster of emotions of anger are aroused, our thoughts and actions can feel out of control and impossible to manage. Chapman offers insights into why you get angry and what you can do about it. By handling anger positively, God gives us a chance to become a role model for our non-Christian friends.

The Love Languages Devotional Bible is a "straightforward approach to reading through Scripture, complemented by brief devotional readings that apply the text to real-life relationships, will deepen couples'' understanding of God and of each other. This Bible gathers together in one powerful, life-changing resource all the best of Gary''s decades of counseling experience ... covers numerous topics, including: communication, expectations, roles, sex, conflict, money, children, in-laws, and more.

Offers accounts of workers in emotionally unhealthy work environments and how they coped with the situation or left it behind, with practical advice for readers who find themselves in toxic workplaces.

"The workplace is stressful these days. Sync or Swim is a refreshing story of a sheepdog and a puffin that helps us to solve a frustrating mystery: Why do morale-building programs often hurt morale . . . and why does communicating appreciation too often result in cynical reactions? In Sync or Swim, you''ll follow an organizational manager and the challenges he has to overcome: - A threating storm rapidly approaching the island - The expectation to do more with less - Complaining, negative team members - Morale of loyal employees who feel undervalued - Long history of mismanagement It''s a small tale with great wisdom, a classic insight into the ways expressing authentic appreciation can change everything-and help us survive the storms that threaten us in work and life"--

Using this 6-session study, parents and student ministry leaders will learn that even teens understand and show love in different ways some prefer gifts, others physical affection, and still more respond to words of affirmation.

Marital Bliss?''My wife is a nag!'' ''My husband thinks I''m his slave! ''We just don''t love each other anymore. '' Common phrases in an all too common world of marital failure. We hear them everyday from our co-workers, our friends, and even ourselves. The separation and divorce rate among Christian couples continues to rise while thousands of other Christian couples continue to live together in something far less than the ''abundant life'' that Jesus promised. Is your marriage turning out differently than you expected? Are all of today''s alarming statistics making you wary of ever getting married? Well you are not alone. In Toward a Growing Marriage, Dr. Chapman offers the hope you''ve been looking for. The author of the best-selling book The Five Love Languages, will help you get your marriage off to a good start or back on the right track with advice that is both biblical and practical. Part of the problem, according to Dr. Chapman, is that too many times our churches have focused on the negative biblical directives when teaching about marriage. We need to know more than to not marry a non-believer and to save sex for marriage. We need to know how to succeed. Toward a Growing Marriage is divided into two sections in order to help two different audiences succeed: those who are in the process of finding a spouse who will be a ''fitting'' or ''suitable'' marriage partner those who have already said ''I do'' and are trying to fulfill that commitmentMarital happiness is not automatic, but the practical application of Dr. Chapman''s helpful information will put couples well on their way to successful and fulfilling marriages. (Barnes & Noble).

Dr. Chapman and Dr. White give you practical steps to make any workplace environment more encouraging and productive.