“Life is relationships; the rest is just details.” We are designed for relationships, yet they often bring us pain. In this paradigm-shifting book, Gary Smalley unravels the DNA of relationships: we are made for three great relationships—with God, others, and ourselves—and all relationships involve choice. Gary exposes a destructive relationship dance that characterizes nearly every relationship conflict, and he offers five new dance steps...

Children of every age long for the gift of The Blessing-the unconditional love and approval that comes from a healthy relationship with their parents. This life-changing gift for Christian parents and their children, essential for instilling a deep sense of self-worth and unshakable emotional well-being, contains five essential elements: • meaningful touch • a spoken message • attaching high value • picturing a special future • an active...

This touching story follows the lives of the Baxter family as Erin and Sam attempt to adopt a child. As the family looks forward to a heartwarming reunion, they find out that Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have a secret that could change their lives forever.

When Marilyn, tired of being the perfect wife, leaves her husband Jim after twenty-seven years of marriage, it will take a devoted transformation to restore their love.

Brooke Baxter has achieved everything this world has to offer--a prestigious career, a beautiful home, and two wonderful children. Her recent return to her faith is an encouragement to her family. But can her fledgling faith and her rocky marriage survive?

How you feel about life often boils down to how you feel about your relationships. In this book, relationship expert Gary Smalley shows how we are designed for relationships: with others, with ourselves, and with God. It's part of our relational DNA. When those relationships are balanced and healthy, life is good. But too often we live with broken, strained relationships, and the pain can be unbearable. Too often we unknowingly damage the most important...

For the last five months, Tom Anderson has been without a job, a fact he's been hiding from his wife Jean--and everyone else. He leaves each morning, pretending nothing has changed, and spends his disheartening day rotating through two coffee shops and the library, using their wi-fi to search for a job on the internet. The stress of keeping this secret is beginning to put serious strain on his marriage and it looks like the legacy that began with...