Books we Recommend

---

Why do we sometimes feel more connected in our relationships than at other times? Perhaps you sometimes find it easy and exciting to spend time with your loved ones--but sometimes, especially when things don't according to plan, you feel incapable of connecting in conversations. You then feel distant from those you love most. What if the answer to remaining connected in relationships has been right under your nose--or, rather, right inside your head all along?

Enemy Mode is an immensely damaging brain state that occurs in everyday life. In enemy mode, a person sees and experiences others as adversaries. Living in this mode poisons family and community bonds. It contributes to social stress, business failure, divorce, alienation, domestic violence, crime, racism, and almost all topics or persons imaginable.

Longtime author and neuropsychologist Dr. Jim Wilder explains how the

The new and revised Marriage Book by Nicky and Sila Lee provides up-to-date practical advice for any married or engaged couple

What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships—and even keep you in the shallows with God. The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach—a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality.

The book that has transformed millions of marriages, The 5 Love Languages helped husbands and wives learn how to give and receive love well.

In this groundbreaking devotional book, Peter Scazzero reintroduces and expands upon the ancient spiritual discipline of the Daily Office. The basic premise is simple: Christians need to intentionally stop to be with God twice each day to create a continual and easy familiarity with God's presence for the rest of the day.

The Emotionally Healthy Woman provides women a way out of surface-level spirituality to genuine freedom in Christ. This book is for every woman who thinks, "I can't keep pretending everything is fine " Geri speaks like a friend as she uses personal stories and biblical principles to help you find your way out of superficial spirituality and move to a deep, meaningful, lifechanging relationship with God.

The way we deal (or don''t deal) with our kids'' misbehavior shapes their beliefs about themselves, the world, and God. Therefore it''s vital to connect with their hearts amid the daily battles. Here are four keys to handling their behavior issues with love, truth, and authority--and helping them build faith, wisdom, and character for life.

Renowned child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis gives you practical advice and powerful tools you can use to encourage secure attachment in your family

In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Michaeleen Doucleff looks back to our ancestors for solutions to our failing modern-day parenting theories.

When Dr Michaeleen Doucleff became a mother, she examined the studies behind modern parenting guidance and found that the evidence was frustratingly limited, and the conclusions often ineffective. She began to wonder if an opposite approach was needed – one founded on traditional wisdom, like the knowledge and experience passed down over hundreds, even thou

Making good choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen-time limits for our children. It's about building character, wisdom, and courage rather than accepting technology's promises of ease and instant gratification. It's about developing our heart, mind, soul, and strength when we're tempted to settle for entertainment and consumer satisfaction. And it's definitely not just about the kids.