Thriving Despite a Difficult Marriage - Paperback

by Charles Misja (Author), Michael Misja (Author)

Christian psychologists Michael Misja and Chuck Misja show you how to be free from shame if your marriage is not "successful" by conventional Christian standards. Learn:

• the practical theology of desire
• how the battlefield of the soul impacts your life
• the relational process for moving from hoping in your marriage to hoping in God
• how to love from godly strength, without asking for a response from your spouse

Back Jacket

It's a hard reality for some: Marriage is difficult, disappointing, and painful. Your spouse is unwilling to change. How do you continue, and not just exist but thrive?
Christian psychologists Michael Misja and Chuck Misja show you how to be free from shame when your marriage is not "successful" by conventional Christian standards. Their relational process for shifting from hoping in your marriage to hoping in God will help you move beyond suffering and mere surviving to finding joy and supernatural thriving.

Author Biography

Michael Misja, PhD, BCPCC, is a Christian psychologist and cofounder of North Coast Family Foundation in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. He has counseled, taught, and spoken on Christian counseling for more than twenty years. In addition to the daily call show he hosted for six years, Michael developed and taught a program in Christian counseling for Moody Extension School for ten years. He has also served as cofounder and clinical director for inpatient and outpatient Christian counseling centers. He and his wife, Lin, found God and were married in New York City, where they were active in the arts and in ministry. They have been married twenty-seven years and have four children.
Charles F. Misja, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and cofounder of North Coast Family Foundation in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. He has hosted a Christian call-in talk show on several radio stations and has taught at the college and seminary level. Chuck maintains a clinical practice and has been involved with missions work in Brazil for many years. He and his wife, Jackie, are high school sweethearts and have been married thirty-seven years. They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Chuck enjoys running marathons, downhill skiing, and fishing with his grandchildren.