"In this heartwarming picture book from trusted family therapist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Leslie Parrott, a little star in the sky and a hidden starfish in the sea learn together that everyone has a purpose and special light. Their tale of friendship and faith reminds children that they were made to shine, whether their glow is big and bright or quiet and gentle.
In a vast sky, a little star feels his light is too faint to matter. Beneath the waves, a quiet starfish feels too hidden to be seen. One day, an unexpected friendship begins that helps each discover their unique and beautiful purpose. Star learns that his gentle twinkle brings wonder and reminds others of God's presence. Starfish discovers that even in hiddenness, she brings joy to those who find her. Together, they realize that every light-whether big and bright or soft and subtle-is meant to shine.
The Star and the Starfish is a tender parable of self-worth, created to help children-and adults-embrace the truth that every person is created with a special purpose.
The Star and the Starfish:
- Is perfect for gift-giving and any moment when someone needs to be reminded of their God-given value.
- Encourages children ages 4-8 to recognize their unique light.
- Sparks thoughtful conversations with kids about purpose and value.
- Offers comfort and inspiration to readers of any age."
"The Pivotal Next Step in the Love Language™ Revolution
Now You Can Personalize the Love You Give… Even More!
Dr. Gary Chapman has helped more than 150 million people discover their love language. But discovering it is just the beginning. Love isn’t one-size-fits-all. What says “I love you” to one person might not mean a thing to another.
Each love language has dialects—personal and powerful ways love is uniquely expressed and received. Miss them, and even the right language can fall flat.
In this long-awaited follow-up, Dr. Chapman and Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott take the world-changing concept of the 5 Love Languages® one step further. They reveal why love often gets lost in translation—and how learning to speak the right dialect at the right time is the key to deeper connection.
Whether you’re dating, decades into marriage, raising children, caring for aging parents, or deepening lifelong friendships, this book provides you with the tools to make love personal and truly felt.
The love language that matters most is the one your loved one is longing to hear. —Dr. Gary Chapman"
"Read by the authors.
Overcome bad thoughts and discover lasting inner health that transforms your life and faith by the renewing of your mind.
Your thoughts don't have to control you. You can control your thoughts--if you know how. And that's exactly what Judah Smith (New York Times bestselling author and popular pastor) and Les Parrott (New York Times bestselling author and trusted psychologist) will teach you.
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, the principles of Christian formation, and their unique relationship as therapist and client, Smith and Parrott give you a fresh, easy-to-understand, and highly practical guide to curbing your compulsive negativity and finding inner health that lasts.
In these pages, they dive into what they call the 'Big 5'--the most commonly held self-destructive thoughts--revealing what they are, why they happen, and how you can overcome them. You'll be equipped to:
- Let go of false guilt and discover the road to grace
- Cure your disease to please and cultivate authentic relationships
- Extinguish self-doubt and rekindle your confidence
- Put pride in its place and embrace humility
- Quit questioning your personal value and receive God's gift of love
Smith brings the sermon. Parrott brings the science. Together, they're dedicated to helping you retrain your brain and refresh your spirit.
Assessments and visuals can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download."
"Every couple has a restless aching, not just to know God individually but to experience God together. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Devotional gives you a road map for cultivating rich spiritual intimacy in your relationship.
Written by the creators of the most widely used pre-marriage program in the world, this devotional includes fifty-two weekly meditations help the two of you grow closer than you've ever imagined. Each week you'll find:
- An insightful devotion focusing on real-life issues
- A key passage of Scripture
- Questions that spark meaningful discussions
- Stories from well-known couples, including Jefferson & Alyssa Bethke, Gary & Karolyn Chapman, Dave & Sharon Ramsey, Francis & Lisa Chan, and Keith & Beth Moore
- A brief prayer that will help you both draw closer together and to God
This book will guide you on your marriage journey to make it all God intends it to be. Start building on the closeness you've got today - and reap the rewards of a more satisfying relationship as you enjoy the intimacy of lifelong love together.
Reflection questions are included in the audiobook companion PDF download."
"A comprehensive resource to help churches build a thriving marriage mentoring program.
Les and Leslie Parrott are passionate about how marriage mentoring can transform couples, families, and entire congregations.
In The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring, you will find life-changing insights and essential skills for:
- Preparing engaged and newlywed couples
- Maximizing marriages from good to great
- Repairing marriages in distress
Les and Leslie offer practical guidelines that help mentors and couples work together as a team, agree on outcomes, and develop skills for the marriage mentoring process. The book includes appendixes that provide a wealth of additional resources and tools.
The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring is an exhaustive resource for marriage mentorship in any church setting, and this guide also includes insights from interviews with church leaders and marriage mentors from around the country. A self-test, accompanying visuals, and appendixes are included in the audiobook companion PDF download."
"You can do more than hope.
Safeguard your relationship and build a love that not only goes the distance but fulfills your deepest dreams.
More than a million couples have used the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (SYMBIS for short) to prepare for life-long love.
Created by relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts has become the gold standard for helping engaged and newlywed couples build a solid foundation for lifelong love. In this video course, you will crack the code for joining your personality strengths; learn to speak each other's language fluently; find secrets for a lifetime of deep passion and fantastic sex.
This comprehensive marriage program is designed specifically for today's couples by a couple. This study is full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that will help couples apply what they are learning directly to their relationship.
Sessions include:
- Have You Faced the Myths of Marriage with Honesty? (28:00)
- Can You Identify Your Love Style? (32:00)
- Have You Developed the Habit of Happiness? (19:00)
- Can You Say What You Mean and Understand What You Hear? (20:00)
- Have You Bridged the Gender Gap? (21:00)
- Do You Know How to Fight a Good Fight? (32:00)
- Are You and Your Partner Soul Mates? (14:00)
Coordinating study guide available separately.
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately."
"Build your second marriage on more than a hope and a prayer. Beat the odds and make remarriage the best thing that's ever happened to you.
Sixty percent of second marriages fail, but yours can be among the ones that succeed. Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show how you can beat the odds with flying colors and build a future together that is everything marriage can and ought to be.
More than a million couples have used the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts to prepare for life-long love. And now, with Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie have added material for couples where one or both individuals are entering marriage for the second time. In this course you will:
- Face the myths of remarriage
- Learn to communicate with instant understanding
- Discover the secret to resolving conflict
- Master the skills of money management
- Get your sex life off to a great start
- Learn how to blend a family
This comprehensive marriage program is designed specifically for today's couples by a couple. This study is full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that will help couples apply what they are learning directly to their relationship.
Sessions include:
- Are You Ready to Get Married Again? (14:00)
- Have You Faced the Myths of Remarriage with Honesty? (29:00)
- Can You Identify Your Love Style? (30:00)
- Have You Developed the Habit of Happiness? (19:00)
- Can You Say What You Mean and Understand What You Hear? (19:00)
- Have You Bridged the Gender Gap? (21:00.)
- Do You Know How to Fight a Good Fight? (32:00)
- Do You Know How to Blend a Family? (15:00)
- Are You and Your Partner Soul Mates? (15:00)
Coordinating study guide available separately.
The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately."
"Includes an audiobook-exclusive conversation between the authors.
The ultimate guide to marriage mentoring so you can feel confident in offering wisdom, encouragement, and practical help to couples who want to live out a love that lasts!
Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott and Dr. David Olson--renowned marriage experts and founders of the two largest marriage support organizations, SYMBIS and PREPARE/ENRICH--share what they have learned from decades of research involving more than five million couples. Packed with practical and proven methods, data-driven techniques, and immediately usable strategies, Helping Couples includes:
- The secrets--and the science--behind couples who thrive with lasting love
- Why romantic love is never enough, and what to do about it
- Strategies to instantly help reduce conflicts and increase intimacy
- The game-changing boost that scientific assessment tools give couples at any age or stage
- Four common myths about marriage and how to debunk them
- The distilled wisdom from hundreds of insightful surveys and studies
- How you can reduce a couple's chances of divorce by 31 percent
The ultimate guide for coaches, counselors, and clergy who want to know what really works!
Accompanying graphics are available in the audiobook companion PDF download."
"Discover the secret to happy relationships.
Relationships are rife with disappointment-but they are also the primary source of personal happiness. So it is no surprise that the number one question Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott hear over and over is, What's the single most important thing you can do for your relationships?
After over twenty-five years of researching, writing, and speaking on this subject, in Healthy Me, Healthy Us the Parrotts have whittled down their answer to the truth contained in this single sentence: if you try to build intimacy with another person before you have gotten whole on your own, all your relationships become an attempt to complete yourself.
Relationship skills, tips, and tactics? Sure. They have their place. But meaningful relationships-the kind we all long for-grow from something deeper, something stronger, something that has more to do with being than doing."
"You loved John Maxwell's best-selling Winning with People, and now you're ready for some specific action steps to build on the knowledge you gained. 25 Ways to Win With People has just what you need! This complementary companion to the full-length book is ideal for a quick refresher course on interpersonal relationships.
A small sampling of the twenty-five specific actions listeners can take to build positive, healthy relationships includes:
- Complimenting People in Front of Others
- Creating a Memory and Visiting It Often
- Encouraging the Dreams of Others"
"What can the Bible teach us about unconditional, everlasting, life-changing love? Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Les Parrott as he shows us that we all deserve Love Like That.
In this authentic, practical book, Dr. Parrott provides a simple plan to improve all of your relationships--with spouses, family, friends, coworkers, and even strangers. Dr. Parrott takes proven findings from psychology and sociology and blends them with biblical teaching to reveal five transformative ways of relating to people demonstrated by Jesus himself.
In Love Like That, Dr. Parrott gives you the tools you need to love like Jesus, because when you do:
- You become less detached and more mindful
- You become less exclusive and more approachable
- You become less judgmental and more grace-full
- You become less fearful and more bold
- You become less self-absorbed and more self-giving
Dr. Parrott teaches us that loving like Jesus can be a daily reality for anyone who chooses it. Why? Because this love isn't elusive. It isn't pie-in-the-sky. It isn't out of reach or relegated to untouchable saints. It's real. Jesus gives us practical examples of how to love in extraordinary ways. And you're likely closer to it than you know.
Praise for Love Like That:
'From the first vulnerable sentence, this heart-felt message from Dr. Parrott will compel you to not only be a better person, it will show you exactly how you can do just that.'
--Dave Ramsey, #1 bestselling author and radio host
'Refreshingly honest and incredibly practical. This book is for everyone who wants to love like Jesus but never thought they could. I've personally benefited from this helpful book, and you will too.'
--Lysa TerKeurst, president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and bestselling author of Forgiving What You Can't Forget
'With an incredible blend of contemporary social science and a deep understanding of Scripture, Les Parrott's writing will help you see beyond what you may be tempted to settle for. And he'll show you the way, step-by-step, to realizing the kinds of relationships we all long for.'
--Lee Strobel, New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Christ"
"OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD!
With this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before.
This is more than a book--it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you'll ever have.
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, which has been translated into more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world. Why? Because it will help you . . .
- Uncover the misbeliefs of marriage
- Learn to communicate with instant understanding
- Discover the secret to resolving conflict
- Master the skills of money management
- Get your sex life off to a great start
A compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition, Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that lasts a lifetime.
Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage--before (and after) it starts."
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