Together But Alone: When God Means Something Different to Your Spouse - Softcover

Donna Erickson Couch

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0867168528 ISBN 13: 9780867168525

Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2008

Synopsis

You attend church on Sunday while your husband golfs. You want to join a weekly small faith-sharing group, but your wife wants you to spend time with her. You want to talk about a great spiritual book you've read, but you cannot engage your spouse in discussion. During a family crisis, you want to pray with your spouse, but your spouse doesn't know how to pray. What is a spouse to do?

Donna Erickson Couch, herself a veteran of such situations, offers spiritual guidance to help us keep our quest for a deeper understanding and richer experience of God from threatening the peace in our marriages and homes. With practical suggestions on how to compromise on expressions of faith, resolve schedule conflicts and talk about the issues that separate you and your spouse, Together But Alone is a valuable resource for married men and women on their journey of faith.

About this title

About the Author:

DONNA ERICKSON COUCH has served as director of faith formation at St. Edward the Confessor Church in Dana Point, California for more than two decades. She is a spiritual director, retreat guide, master catechist, college professor and writer. She has been married for thirty-nine years and has three adult daughters and three grandchildren.

Review:

Together But Alone is a needed book, balm and guidance for anyone suffering from moral loneliness. Donna Couch writes with great insight and extraordinary sensitivity about an issue on which there has been too much silence. I heartily recommend this book. --Ronald Rolheiser

While mixed-belief marriages are not rare, the challenges these partnerships pose to their participants are rarely discussed.... Couch's book fills this gap to comfort, to instruct, to begin the conversations that need to take place. The spare, honest nature of Couch's prose ensures the work's accessibility, and it is a pleasure to read. The stories she shares are memorable and poignant; the framework offers readers a clear and concise understanding of the issues. Together But Alone offers hope and help, not only for people of mixed-belief households but also their loved ones and their spiritual companions. --Monique Keffer, Presence Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0867168528
• ISBN 13: 9780867168525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 117