Love Is a Verb: Stories of What Happens When Love Comes Alive by Gary Chapman
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 224pp
- Sales Rank: 128,564
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
- Format: Hardcover, 224pp
- Sales Rank: 128,564
- ISBN-13: 9780764206740
- ISBN: 0764206745
Synopsis
Inspiring true stories of lives changed by love with a "Love Lesson" written by Gary Chapman following each story demonstrating true love in action
Publishers Weekly
Chapman-author of the bestseller The Five Love Languages-posits that "our culture often seems to have a love-tracked mind." This time he takes his expertise in the area to a more personal level by offering readers 40 stories written by everyday folks who have practiced what Chapman preaches: "love is a verb." Readers will discover a husband and wife who make "I'm sorry" part of their lives; a father who sacrifices coaching basketball to help care for his infant daughter; a university staff member who learns to see an outcast girl through God's eyes; and a mother-in-law who learns to love her son's wife. Chapman follows each story with several paragraphs highlighting a key point that can help in developing healthy relationships, drawn directly from the preceding story. Those who have read and applied Chapman's "love languages" to their lives will find inspiration; newcomers to Chapman's work will find that love takes on many forms and is worth the effort. (May)
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Since 1979, Gary Chapman has written more than 20 books. His book The Five Love Languages has sold four million copies in English alone and has been translated into thirty-six languages, including Arabic and Hindi. He has his own daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 100 radio stations across the United States.
In addition to his busy writing and seminar schedule, Gary Chapman is a senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he has served for thirty-six years. Gary and his wife, Karolyn, have been married for forty-five years and have two adult children and two grandchildren.
Gary Chapman is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively. He received MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Duke University.
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Great as a gift for husbands and sonsby BST-BRT
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August 08, 2009: I have not actually read all of the book but after hearing a review of it on Christian radio decided to buy it as a gift for Father's Day. I gave it both to my daughter's significant other and for my new grandson in law (love) on an audio book. Audio is great for those who have a certain amount of difficulty reding or are time limited. I thought the premise of love being something that is expressed with loving action rather than reaction to wanting more from the beloved to be very forceful. I sincerely believe that in loving others we do become more lovable. It is in giving love that we are able to truly receive love. It is so like the grace of God who loves us in spite of how we fail to respond to his unfailing love with the expectation that He will continue to love us if we have the faith to believe in His love. I do intend to read All the book for myself in the future.
This as a Very Inspiring Bookby TheCrazyMom
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July 27, 2009: As part of Bethany House's blogger program I received a copy of Love is a Verb: Stories of What Happens When Love Comes Alive by Gary Chapman. This book was not at all what I thought it would be. I totally expected it to be more along the lines of a self-help book, authored entirely by Chapman. Not that that would have been a bad thing, but I was pleasantly surprised as I opened the book and began to read.
Inside I found stories written by everyday people who actually understand that love truly is a verb. These are people who have learned to love in situations when the world, and sadly, sometimes the church, would have easily allowed them to, or even encouraged them to, justify giving up on, leaving, or even hating those they instead chose to love. Parents, children, spouses, neighbors, and strangers have all become lovable, not because of who they are, but because someone chose to love them. Unconditional love is the theme of this book. At the end of each story, Chapman adds a short commentary to give us something to think about Though I have many, one of my favorite stories in the book is about a woman, Louise, whose young son, Jonathan, suffered from a stroke and changed from a happy little boy, to a cruel young child who commonly spewed hateful things from his mouth such as "I hate you" and "You're dumb and stupid." Louise had to try to learn to love him all over again. And she did.With every story I was convicted. How many conditions have I placed on my love for others? Too many, I hate to say. This book made me realize that we really can love unconditionally, if only we look past ourselves, and simply remember that love really is a verb.
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