Although we haven’t been able to find very many resources (that are still in print) that are solely dedicated to the stages of marriage, below you will find a few that might help you in some way.

If you know of any resources on the various stages of marriage that Christian married couples would benefit from exploring, please let us know, we’d truly appreciate it.

• About.com has an on-line page called “Understand the Stages of Marriage” As they say, “The stages of marriage include newlyweds, midlife, sandwich generation, grand parenting, long lasting marriages and being widowed. The more you understand how the stages can impact your relationship, the better you two will be able to deal with the changes and issues.” You can read more about the stages by clicking HERE.

• 4 Stages of Marriage These are four stages of marriage that the ministry of Retrouvaille has listed. Their aim is to help couples survive, and eventually thrive through the stages of marriage, as they live out their partnership with each other.

• Passages of Marriage … Five Growth Stages That Will Take Your Marriage To Greater Intimacy and Fulfillment by Minirth, Newman, and Hemfelt (published by Nelson Publishers). Unfortunately, this book is no longer in print. That’s why we worked hard to put within this article the essence of what it had to say. There of course is so much more that the book contains including great self-tests and worksheet pages which coach you through some of the difficult passages of marriage. If you have the opportunity to find this book somewhere, you’ll want to obtain it because it’s filled with so much valuable advice and guidance and pages filled with worksheets to help you and your spouse work through this journey together.

• Readers Digest Living.com has an on-line video and web page dedicated to the “7 Stages of Marriage.” It’s not a Christian web site. And we haven’t looked through every article, but what we’ve seen seems to be pretty tame and you might enjoy reading and seeing what it has to say. You can see what they have by clicking HERE.