Lasting marriages are built one defining moment at a time. The moment of blame. The moment of weakness. When your spouse suffers. When dreams disappoint. When the children leave the nest. How we think and behave toward one another in moments like these is what determines whether a marriage endures or falters.

Ultimately, Dave Harvey argues, these are invitations from God to consider our direction and pursue transformation rather than merely to survive a bad week. He writes with thirty-seven years of marriage and thirty-three years of pastoring behind him, which shows in the specificity of the examples. For couples at any stage.