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Growing up as a child of the 1950’s, I’d listened to music on the radio and one of the songs which has always resonated in my mind has been Frank Sinatra’s “Love and Marriage.”

“…Try, try, try to separate them
It's an illusion
Try, try, try, and you will only come
To this conclusion

Love and marriage, love and marriage
Go together like a horse and carriage
Dad was told by mother
You can't have one, you can´t have none
You can't have one without the other…”

And for those of us who love to read romances, don’t we love it when two individuals finally come together in the HEA they’ve both always dreamt of having despite of all the hardships they might have had to face along the way.

This all makes it appears that having love/sex in a marriage just happens and that it’s easy to achieve. While this might be truthful for many individuals; however, if a couple has religion in their marriage [regardless of their faith], this combination is far more complicated.

The author of this, Rebecca Riley, has used her knowledge as a pastor, who has been working in the ministry for over thirty years, to write this self-help manual regarding sexual as well as emotional intimacy, all within the Christian faith.

Ms. Reilly, starts off with the most basic question Christian couples can have after entering the “holy bounds of matrimony” which is simply: “What does the Bible say about marriage and sex?” She then dwells into those more personal issues of being able to please my spouse sexually, adding more romance into the married relationship and there’s of course the area of conflict many couples might have: “How does one spouse get the other to listen to what they’re saying?”

In order to best help someone, regardless the subject, is by first giving actual examples of the topic, then moving on to some form of discussion, culminating with providing activities to put the ideas presented into actual practice; and course, the all-important self-evaluation component of any educational process.

For wanting to help all Christian couples [and possibly some of other faiths] in the complexities of sex and marriage within the confines of their faith, I’ve given Ms. Reilly 5 STARS for this endeavor.
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MyPenNameOnly | Feb 4, 2018 |
There isn’t a woman who from time to time doesn’t want to return some spice to their relationship with their dear OH [other half] that they once had prior to and shortly after they’d said their I Dos.

But having a family and becoming more religious there’s a strong desire to keep everything clean and without even a glimmer of being perverted like it once might have been. Sex is in the minds of those participating in it and as the author uses her character, Phoebe to say, “I know God created sex for marriage. And not just for beautiful people, either. Sex is supposed to bind a man and wife; to give them an intimacy they share with no one else. Sex is supposed to be fulfilling. And fun! I think we’re supposed to want to have sex with our spouse.”

There needs to be a happy midpoint where one can go to fulfill our lustful desires, while being sexually anxious in terms of our actions in the eyes of our maker; remembering we’ve also got a standing to maintain to in the eyes of our children, and those in our community. But where are we to find such guidance. Phoebe finds her guidance in the form of a book we’ve all heard of “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Even though this book is a work of fiction, it’s interesting to read how Phoebe goes about using this book in the relationship she shares with her husband George.

But given the author’s background as a pastor and working in the ministry for over thirty years, one has to wonder whether we can use the same ideas and techniques Phoebe had used on George, in our own real lives. We need to remember some of the best religious messages are sometimes best communicated through works of fiction, and a good example of this I believe would be Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

For having given her readers a clean romance novel with much to dwell upon in our own lives, I’m giving the author, Rebecca Reilly and this book 5 STARS.
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MyPenNameOnly | Jan 20, 2017 |

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7
Jäseniä
79
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#226,897
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½ 4.3
Kirja-arvosteluja
2
ISBN:t
6

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