Love is....
My latest book, *Prayer: Simple and Moving*, was published in March. It was very well received. The design appealed to many people. So did the content – as always, in the „Down to Earth“ style – putting important points across briefly and concisely.
I’m currently working on a new *schlicht + ergreifend* title, which is due to be published in the autumn:
Love. Simple + moving
As I don’t know everything – thank goodness – I’m looking for your input. To be more specific, I’m looking for answers to the following questions:
1. Love is…?
2. What are the most helpful relationship guides you know of? (I mean books, not people)?
Please include the author, title, publisher and year of publication
3. What are your favourite romance novels?
4. What are the best romantic films you know of?
I’m looking forward to your replies. At *Bei Liebe ist*… we list authors by their first name and the first letter of their surname. So you’ve got a chance of being mentioned by name in a book.
If you’d like to have a read, you can find it under the heading „Saying Yes“ here on the blog.
1. Love is… what keeps „carrying“ me through life, time and time again. On the one hand, God’s love; on the other, my husband’s!!
Just to give you a quick background: I once put my marriage at risk because I’d fallen in love with another man. When I finally managed to tell my husband, he simply said that I was the woman he loved and the one he’d said ‘I do’ to. That said it all :-).
This year, on 2 October, to mark our 20th wedding anniversary, we will renew our wedding vows during a church service and a celebration!
2. *The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
*“Salt and Pepper’ by Reinhold Ruthe*
(I’ve just lent them both out, so I don’t know the publishers…)
3. I can’t think of one off the top of my head…
4. „Chocolate for Breakfast“, „Pride and Prejudice“
LOVE IS ALWAYS READY TO FORGIVE, and with God’s help, His Word – the Bible – is THE GUIDE TO LOVE.
(It’s always worked for me in my 33 years of marriage)
Book: *Suzie Wong* by Richard Mason, published by Heyne in 2001
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
Films: Beloved Jane Director: Julian Jarrold
Miss Potter Cast: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson
Director: Chris Noonan
Love is all we need… that makes me start humming straight away: ‘All you need is love.’.
Guide: I liked this: *Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus*.
And: Love yourself, and it won’t matter who you marry.
(I think both are well known and can be easily found on Google).
Novels: Hmm, I liked *Gone with the Wind*
Films:
P.S. I love you
10 things I hate about you
True Love
So close to the sky
Back to you
LOVE
1. Love is…? …serving the other person! For years, I expected and demanded far too much in my relationships. A lot has been broken. Now I’m learning that to love means making sacrifices out of love for the other person, stepping out of my comfort zone, not taking myself too seriously, being patient with the other person, giving without expecting anything in return.
3. What are your favourite romance novels?
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A glimpse into the life of Lynn Austin
Paths of Love by Robin Jones Gunn
4. In your opinion, what are the best romantic films?
Pride and Prejudice
While You Were Sleeping starring Sandra Bullock
1. Love can never be fully expressed in words, for God himself is love
Love sees others through God’s eyes
Love seeks connection
Love motivates and changes us
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2. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
3. I hardly ever read romance novels, but there are some great love stories in the Bible too
4. May I ask?
In Good Times and Bad (Bible TV)
The Bridges over the River
2. My favourite is, and always has been, *The Five Love Languages*, which has been a great help to us. I’d also recommend *The Secret of Marriage* by Mike Mason (ISBN 3-417-24430-7)
1. Love is… the result of choosing to value your partner’s strengths more highly than their weaknesses
2. The Relationship Licence by Katja Sundermaier, Piperverlag; Pepper and Salt by Reinhold Ruthe
3.
4. Bodyguard, whilst you were asleep, the sound of the heart
Hello Kerstin,
On point 1, a quote by Ludwig Börne comes to mind that I really love:
LOVE IS
SHARED JOY IN THE
MUTUAL IMPERFECTION.
2nd/3rd: The novel *Love Needs Heroes* by Eric Wilson
Published by Luqs Verlag, based on the film *Fireproof* by Stephen and Alex Kendrik. The Kendrik brothers have also written a guide on how to make positive changes to your relationship: *40 Days of Love*, which also features in the novel.
4. „Pretty Woman“