Staying One

Marriage is the most demanding and potentially rewarding relationship for many adults. Learning to navigate its challenges can be difficult. Staying One is a practical guide that not only teaches the spiritual what and why of marriage but also provides advice and practice in the how. Intended to save readers from the pain of learning the hard way, it illustrates and explains biblically sound approaches to building a healthy and fulfilling marriage that lasts. These include things married people should and shouldn’t say to each other. Staying One will prove useful to pastors in their pre-marital counseling and to the couples they are ministering. It will serve as powerful source material for marriage enrichment workshops, retreats focused on marriage, and church-based growth groups and adult education classes. The book will prove of special interest to engaged couples, newlyweds, those wanting to revitalize their marriages, and married people on the brink of divorce. A key feature is that each chapter concludes with a response from the author’s wife, reflecting a woman’s point of view. We also offer a Workbook for use in completing the twenty hands-on activities contained in Staying One, as well as a comprehensive Leader’s Guide for those facilitating workshops based on the book.

Clinton McLemore holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Southern California. Both a clinical and organizational psychologist, he is President of Relational Dynamics, Inc. For fifteen years, he was a full-time professor, and for nine of these taught in the doctoral clinical psychology program at Fuller Theological Seminary. He frequently speaks, conducts workshops, and consults. Dr. McLemore has appeared on many radio and television programs and is the author of seven previous books.

Anna M. McLemore was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Relational Dynamics, Inc. She also served as a church board member and treasurer and as a chapter president of the National Charity League. With her husband, Anna has been interviewed about marriage on national TV.