The Music of Marriage : How Do You Keep the Music Playing?

Discover the score that God has written so that your marriage will not be diminished by time or circumstance! Nashville-based performing songwriters Bob and Evy Smith offer a compelling analogy between the principles that make people love music and the biblical principles that will make your marriage sing! Download original songs for free (www.themusicofmarriage.com) ~ and upload these themes to your marriage: Encountering the Divine Melody, Developing Relational Dynamics, Finding the Rhythm of Love, Resolving Marital Dissonance, Discovering Harmonic Companionship, and How Do You Keep the Music Playing? ~ Invite us for a home, church, retreat or special event concert! CONTENTS Acknowledgments  Prelude  PART I. BALLAD FOR A BROKEN WORLD 1. A Cultural Lament  2. Conformity Vs. Transformation  PART II. THE DIVINE MELODY 3. There Is A Love  4. The Present Tied to the Future  PART III. HARMONIC COMPANIONSHIP 5. The Friendship Connection  6. A Covenant Of Companionship  7. Oneness  8. Deception of the Private Sphere  PART IV. RELATIONAL DYNAMICS 9. Anything More Than You  10. Marriage As A Conversation  11. Grace Space  12. The Divine Role Call  PART V. RESOLVING MARITAL DISSONANCE 13. A Brand New Love Song  14. Strategies for Resolving Conflict in Marriage  15. The Conflict Resolution Continuum  16. Demolishing Strongholds  17. Vanquished Hope & Restoration  PART VI. THE RHYTHM OF LOVE 18. Love's The Little Things  19. Manners  20. Spheres of Love  21. Speaking The Truth In Love  PART VII. HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING? 22. Reflections  23. The Ripple Effect  24. Write the Music of Your Marriage  Postlude  Foot Notes  Endorsements