Editorial Review
Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the perennial best seller
The Five Love Languages, provides an easy-to-grasp framework to help couples understand their marriage and seven practical strategies for strengthening or improving their marriage relationship. A valuable resource for couples regardless of how long they've been married, this biblically based book is a reference tool to help couples through every season of marriage.
Summary of features:
- Valuable insight for every couple, regardless of how long they have been married.
- Provides seven practical strategies to help couples understand and strengthen their marriage relationship.
- Includes a Marital Seasons Profile to help couples determine the season of their marriage.
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Customer Reviews
EXCELLENT reading for any married or wanna-be married people 
2008-08-12
I highly recommend this book. It is such an easy read, and chock full of insights that every married couple or wanna-be married couple should read.
Seasons of Love 2008-03-20
"My experience both in my own marriage and in counseling couples for more than thirty years, suggests that marriages are perpetually in a state of transition, continually moving from one season to another..." ~ Gary Chapman
While "The Four Seasons of Marriage" can be read in a matter of hours, the lessons learned are quite valuable. You can instantly put the ideas into practice because they are practical and wise. Instead of taking a complex problem and making it overwhelmingly difficult to solve, Gary makes everything more simple.
Once you have determined your season (winter, spring, summer, fall) then you can decide to try to stay in a season (summer is comfortable) or move out of a season (like winter which is harsh) more quickly and into a situation you prefer. All that is needed is a little motivation and a sense of determination.
You can experience spring after twenty years of marriage or winter in the first year. Since each relationship is totally unique some seasons may feel more familiar than others. However, Gary believes that you go through the seasons on a continual basis. I have personally found this to be very true.
After reading numerous books on marriage and relationships I think this is one of the best books on the subject. It really makes sense and is written by an author who has been married for over forty-two years. This book also contains a summary of the five love languages.
I can also recommend: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
~The Rebecca Review
Chapman Has it Together 2008-02-11
Chapman is known for his perennial best seller, The Five Love Languages. He now looks at what he calls the four seasons of marriage. We don't progress through these seasons in a steady progression, like the literal four seasons we experience over the course of a year. Instead, he takes characteristics of each season and applies them to where we might be, or where we've been in our journey together as a couple.
Summer is obviously the time of warmth and closeness; winter is the time of trouble, discouraged and even dissatisfied. But the main point Chapman makes is that each season presents us with opportunities for emotional growth and for strengthening our marital relationship.
Chapman provides a "Marital Seasons Profile" with a copy for each spouse to take and interpret. The profile helps tell which season each partner sees their marriage in at this time.
Then building on this, he describes seven strategies a couple can work on to strengthen their marriage, regardless of which season they might be in. He looks at dealing with past failures, working on our attitude, speaking our partners love language, becoming a better listener, helping your spouse succeed, dealing with our differences, and working on developing a positive outlook together.
He has an interesting section at the back of the book where he asks a number of questions that he thinks would be in the mind of the reader, and then answers then for us. He also provides a section that looks at how a couple can use the book, even when only one partner is interested.
Final Note: Telephone and Online Counseling may be a great way to help struggling couples. Learn to Provide Telephone and Online Counseling with this book: The Therapist's Clinical Guide to Online Counseling and Telephone Counseling: The Definitive Training Guide for Clinical Practice
The Secret of Feeling Warm in the Winter 2007-12-08
Ever wonder why sometimes you have a love/hate relationship with the person you took the wedding vow with? You have done "everything" to make your partner happy but he/she still "thinks" that it wasn't good enough for them. Then, this is the book for you.
If you're living in a place where there are seasonal changes, you would understand already how spring, summer, autumn and summer feels. Anticipation, depression, joy, and the many feelings that comes along with the warm or very cold weather. In this book, it explains that your relationship is going through all the emotional roller coaster ride as well.
Author Gary Chapman also included ways to understand your partner's love language. Regardless of which season your relationship is in, I highly recommended this book, for all seasons. :)
Refreshing of a New Marriage 2007-07-30
This book is truly a blessing to I and my husband. We are always on the look out for books that will continue to enhance our marriage. We like to be pro-active and not re-active when it comes to enhancing our marriage. This book enlightened us tremdously on how to adjust to the seasons of marriage. It is helping us to do what's necessary to get the best out of each season.
Insight into Marriage 2007-05-23
Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the perennial best seller
The Five Love Languages, provides an easy-to-grasp framework to help couples understand their marriage and seven practical strategies for strengthening or improving their marriage relationship. A valuable resource for couples regardless of how long they've been married, this biblically based book is a reference tool to help couples through every season of marriage.
Summary of features:
- Valuable insight for every couple, regardless of how long they have been married.
- Provides seven practical strategies to help couples understand and strengthen their marriage relationship.
- Includes a Marital Seasons Profile to help couples determine the season of their marriage.
Strong Marriage Advice From A Wise Counselor 
2007-05-22
If you're looking for well-written, positive, up-to-the minute advice and counsel about marriage, here are three names you need to know: Dr. Gary Chapman, Dr. Gary Oliver, and Dr. David Frisbie. All three (you can search on amazon or elsewhere) are excellent writers with a gift for telling stories and showing you new ideas. "Four Seasons" walks you through the common adjustments that married couples make at different life stages --- showing you how to have a thriving union whether you're just starting out, or in the "third quarter" of your adult life. Very well written!
Barbara Sheldon, M.S.W.
I also recommend: Making a Marriage: 7 Essentials for a Strong Relationship
Four Seasons 2007-05-19
I really enjoyed this book and other books by Dr. Gary Chapman. His explanation of the four seasons of marriage is helping me in my marriage ministry as well as in my own marriage. He explains the four seasons and gives strategies and tips on how to get out of the fall and winter seasons to stay in the spring and summer seasons.
A good buy 2007-02-16
It is all too easy to get in a rut. I feel this helps to keep your marriage strong. It is a good investment. I bought it as a gift because I had it myself.
The Four Seasons of Marriage 2006-02-23
My husband & I are teaching a small group on this book. We've taught "The 5 Love Languages" several times and find this book as an excellent follow-up study. Dr. Chapman is very insightful in the realm of marriage. We have seen many marriages do a 180 in our small groups because couples have taken to heart the suggestions in these books by Dr. Chapman. God really uses him through his counselling and writing! Praise the Lord for Dr. Chapman's obedience!
