Marriage
Whether you are dating, engaged, or married, Parkway is passionate about helping couples build and sustain healthy relationships. We want to provide you with practical tools based on God’s Word to help your relationship truly succeed.
MARRIAGE REPAIR
At Parkway Fellowship Care Resources, we believe that no matter how your marriage arrived at its current place, resolution, redemption, and restoration are possible. We desire to come alongside you by offering biblically grounded tools and resources that can help you move toward healing, renewal, and lasting hope for your marriage.
Surviving An Affair by Harley & Harley
This book offers meaningful insight into the “why” behind affairs, addressing the often–unspoken reality of unmet needs within a marriage and how disconnection can gradually open the door to betrayal. It also provides guidance on what to expect emotionally in the aftermath of an affair and offers practical steps for couples who desire to begin meeting one another’s needs again. Throughout the book, readers will encounter honest stories from couples who have walked through many different kinds of affairs and found a path toward healing. Sin thrives in isolation, and one of its greatest lies is convincing us that we are alone in our struggle. By bringing these stories into the light, this book helps expose that lie and gently invites couples to take their first steps toward restoration and hope.
Anatomy of An Affair by David Carder
This book is a valuable resource for couples who want to be proactive in protecting their marriage, as well as for those seeking healing and recovery after an affair. It creates space for meaningful conversations around the specific factors that can make a relationship vulnerable, such as family-of-origin influences, high-risk seasons in marriage, and other common pressures. The author emphasizes that while these factors do not make an affair inevitable, they can create an environment where one becomes more likely, highlighting healthy communication as one of the most important preventative tools.
Throughout the book, couples are guided through interactive exercises designed to encourage honest dialogue and a deeper understanding of one another and their relationship. Each chapter also concludes with a real and transparent story from a couple who have faced similar challenges, offering both perspective and hope.
I Don’t Want a Divorce by Dr. David Clarke
What could possibly be good about a struggling marriage? The good news is that even a marriage marked by unhealthy patterns and destructive habits does not have to be the end of the story. Couples can move beyond the “old” version of their marriage and build something new—renewed, healthier, and stronger—with the very same spouse. Transformation is possible, and meaningful change can begin in as little as 90 days—even if only one spouse is willing to take the first step toward doing things differently.
Avoiding the Greener Grass Syndrome by Nancy Anderson
Nancy presents a practical and hopeful guide to predicting and preventing extramarital affairs, built on the simple principle that the grass is greener where it is watered. This book focuses on cultivating a strong, healthy marriage by establishing six protective “hedges” that help guard and nurture the relationship.
Most couples don’t want a shallow connection—they long for something deeper. This resource encourages intentional investment in your marriage, leading to greater understanding, more meaningful conversations, and a richer sense of intimacy and passion.
The First Few Years of Marriage by Burns and Fields
Every lasting marriage must be built on a strong and steady foundation. This book provides practical, immediately applicable tools designed to help you strengthen your relationship and establish habits that support long-term health. Whether your marriage needs reinforcement or a fresh start, these principles will help you build a resilient, life-giving partnership that can truly go the distance.
Grace Filled Marriage by Kimmel & Kimmel
This book highlights the transforming power of grace in marriage and family life, offering practical wisdom for building a relationship shaped by the grace God freely gives us. Often, the missing ingredient in marriage isn’t love—it’s grace. Love may lead us into marriage, but grace sustains it, keeping it healthy, strong, and committed. More than simply being “nice,” grace empowers us to treat one another the way God treats us, even when it isn’t deserved.
The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Whether your relationship is flourishing or struggling, Gary Chapman’s proven and practical approach in The Five Love Languages helps couples better understand how they give and receive love. Chapman explains that people express care in different ways—through words, time, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch—and that learning your partner’s primary love language can transform the way you connect. By intentionally showing love in ways that are most meaningful to your spouse, you can build deeper intimacy, strengthen communication, and create a more fulfilling and emotionally secure relationship.
Saving your Marriage Before it Starts by Parrott & Parrott
Relationship experts Les Parrott and Leslie Parrott share time-tested principles to help couples challenge common myths about marriage, strengthen communication, navigate conflict in healthy ways, manage finances wisely, and grow into a deeply connected, lifelong partnership.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Visit the Affair Recovery website for a variety of care resources, including online courses for couples & individuals and an extensive online recovery library. https://www.affairrecovery.com/
Deep Love: Take a customized, online marriage assessment that will generate a 4-date action plan to discuss your results! https://www.deeplove.com/
