Be Devoted: Restoring Friendship, Passion, and Communion in Your Marriage

by Bob Schuchts

Publisher:

Ave Maria Press

, 2020

Overview

Winner of a third-place award for marriage and family life books from the Catholic Media Association.

Drawing from his popular healing conferences, forty years of marriage, and decades of clinical work as a couple’s therapist, bestselling author Bob Schuchts presents his first resource for married and engaged couples and those who desire true love in their relationships: Be Devoted. This highly anticipated guide delivers sound Catholic teaching, rich storytelling, and practical tools for healing, along with psychological insights and expertise to help couples create a relationship that is rich in trust, passion, and unity.

The key to a healthy and passionate marriage is as simple as fostering genuine love and affection, or devotion, according to retired couple’s therapist and healing expert Bob Schuchts of the John Paul II Healing Center. True devotion only develops, however, when both spouses take responsibility for their actions and emotional wounds—something each of us brings to all of our relationships. These wounds, which are often rooted in childhood and past relationships, exist in all of us to some degree, making it difficult for couples to cultivate friendship, resolve conflicts, and build trust.

Drawing on the riches of St. John Paul II’s theology of the body, Be Devoted is an essential guide to healing from these wounds within your marriage, while providing practical tools for cultivating unity. The first part of the book focuses on building intimacy, unity, and communion, and the second part offers wisdom and guidance for restoring trust when it is damaged. You’ll find practical tools for cultivating intimacy, resolving conflicts, and restoring sexual passion.

To help you engage deeply and prayerfully, Be Devoted includes:

Take A Moment reflection questions

prayer guides for couples

scripts for apologizing and tackling difficult discussions

practical ways for understanding and working through conflicts

spiritual exercises for healing past wounds

prompts for journaling

appendices with extended prayer exercises and resources

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Key Features

• Teaches about the Five Key Areas of Unity in Marriage
• Offers wisdom and guidance for restoring trust when it is damaged in marriage
• Provides scripts for apologizing tackling difficult discussions, practical ways for understanding and working through conflicts, and spiritual exercises for healing past wounds

Contents

Part I: Becoming One

• Devoted for Life
• Five Key Areas of Unity
• Rooted in Christ: Spiritual Unity
• Heart to Heart: Emotional Intimacy
• Hand in Hand: Daily Companionship
• Side by Side: Cooperative Teamwork
• Body and Soul: Sexual Fulfillment

Part II: Healing and Reconciliation

• Understanding the Roots of Conflicts
• Healing and Forgiveness
• Restoring Broken Trust

Conclusion: A Legacy of Love

Praise for Be Devoted

Be Devoted is essential reading for any engaged or married couple wanting to live a Christ-centered life together.

Curtis and Michaelann Martin, Founders of FOCUS

This book will be a tremendous gift to all married and engaged couples and those who minister to them.

From the foreword by Christopher and Wendy West, Theology of the Body Institute

This piercingly honest and revealing work, born out of Bob Schuchts’s own life and thirty-five years of private practice as a marriage and family therapist, will deeply impact your heart and life with its wisdom, grace, and inspiration. If you are looking to build trust, intimacy, joy, and passion in your marriage, you need this book!

Sr. Miriam James Heidland, S.O.L.T., Author of Loved as I Am

Product Details

• Title: Be Devoted: Restoring Friendship, Passion, and Communion in Your Marriage
• Author: Bob Schuchts
• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 198
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Marriage › Religious aspects--Catholic Church; Married people › Religious life; Spouses › Religious life
• ISBNs: 9781594718977, 9781594718984, 1594718970, 1594718989
• Resource ID: LLS:BEDEVOTED
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:12:18Z